The North Platte Bulletin

12/05/2025

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Mayor Brandon Kelliher plugged in the lights for the downtown Christmas tree Thursday evening, capping festivities that spanned four blocks of the bricks.

12/03/2025

This effort began last spring and was postponed because of other demands on city crews.

Click the link for details on the Bulletin's website.

Pursuant to city ordinances, every owner of any tree above any street or right-of-way within the city shall prune the branches so that overhanging branches are 16 feet above the surface of the street and eight feet above the sidewalk.   

12/03/2025

Nominations are now open in the Beauty of the Holidays lighting competition, which is organized each year by Keep North Platte and Lincoln County Beautiful and the North Platte Bulletin.

The friendly competition is a way to salute the accomplishments of those who put up yard decorations and make the Christmas holidays brighter for everyone.

If you know the work of someone who shares the holiday spirit through yard decorations, please nominate them in the contest.

Anyone can nominate a home. It can even be your own. Submit the name of owner, address, brief description of the display, a photo (if possible), and directions that might help locate the property.

The nomination deadline is 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Send nominations one of these ways:

Facebook Message: the North Platte Bulletin or Keep North Platte and Lincoln County Beautiful.
Email: [email protected] or [email protected].
Phone: 308-534-8100 – leave a message with requested information.

This year’s prize sponsors are Zeller Motors Co., Rooster Roll-Offs/ Rooster Sanitation, Cody Keno and Brother’s Tavern.

Prize money will be awarded to the top winners and color photos of the homes will be published in the Bulletin‘s print paper, online and social media.

Winners will be selected in each of North Platte’s 4 city wards as well as a home outside the city limits, within Lincoln County.

Judging will be based on curb appeal, balance, theme and maintenance.

There is time to get everything set in the yard: Entries will be judged Friday-Sunday, Dec.12-14. The lights must be on from 5-10 p.m. those nights and the display must be seen from the nearest street or road.

The first-place winners from 2024 are not eligible to win a prize this year. Otherwise, everyone can enter.

It’s important to get your nomination in, because only the homes that are nominated will be judged. One nomination is enough. The judges will decide the winners.

Good luck and may the “best bulbs” win!

Photo -- The dazzling lights of a past winning home, 321 East 12th.

11/23/2025

This was announced Friday. It is still sinking in...

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Tyson Foods will close its beef packing plant in Lexington, the company announced Friday. The plant employs about 3,000 workers and will close on Jan. 20, according to notifications to employees.

11/22/2025

Christmas in the Neighborhood at Westfield plaza today, Saturday.. Santa Claus is around the corner.
Continues until 2 pm.

11/22/2025

Amazon's new last mile delivery center opened Friday in North Platte, Neb.

Click the link to see what more that means. You can also see what's up with the announced closing of the Tyson plant in Lexington on our website.

Amazon’s last mile delivery center opened Friday in North Platte and expects to ramp up to full operations after the holidays.

11/21/2025

IN THIS WEEK'S BULLETIN -- A family construction company purchases a unique, futuristic-looking, 77-year-old house on the north side of town and goes right to work on restoration... we dug into the records to see what we could find out about it... and toured the premises with the owner... also... more about the U.S. mail... and... a master woodworker shows our readers what he can do and how he does it... plus... a young man faces a long prison sentence for weapons violations... more reports from Lincoln County District Court... the Westfield plaza merchants prepare a special day in their neighborhood.... the North Platte city council works on contentious annexations... the state department of transportation intends to build two roundabout intersections in a planned four-lane highway just east of the city... a retired North Platte High wrestling coach returns to the mats at Hershey... plus, our weekly rundowns of upcoming entertainment events, arrests, marriages, real estate deals, deaths, police citations, and more.

The print edition is on sale at convenience and grocery stores as well as several restaurants in Lincoln County and surrounding towns.

11/12/2025

Northern lights!

A severe geomagnetic storm from a solar flare caused the northern lights to appear in the sky across much of Nebraska and the northern half of the United States Tuesday night.

11/06/2025

Back before COVID-19, some of us started making plans for an evening of folk music from the 50s, 60s and 70s.... live acoustic music that ties back to earlier days and speaks to the heart and head at the same time.

The COVID shutdown waylaid those plans, but the dream didn't die. Award winning musician Jim Calhoun recently brought some new energy to the project, so we have put this show together with songs from the best groups of the era.
Hope you can attend!

11/04/2025

This will be a great event to build up our community. Tuesday evening, Nov 4 -- the public is invited.
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Deborah’s Legacy will host their annual fall fundraiser at 6 p.m. on Tuesday evening at Bethel Church, featuring a program by the creators of the sellout production, The North Platte Canteen: A Musical.

11/02/2025

On 11/1/2025 at approximately 6:55 p.m. Deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office received a call of a single vehicle rollover accident south of Sutherland on West Power Road. While en- route the lone female occupant was able to get out of the vehicle with minor injuries before it became fully engulfed in flames. Hershey Fire and Rescue responded to contain the fire from spreading. Speed is a suspected factor in the cause of the accident.