Box Butte County News

The Box Butte County Attorney's office has filed felony charges against a Chadron man concerning a vehicle/pedestrian accident four miles northwest of Alliance.

The Nebraska State Patrol says 17-year-old Andrea Michael of Marsland was driving east on State Highway 2 west of Hemingford on Friday morning.

When it comes to school, Alliance High School senior Sydney Swanson is all about excellence.

A two vehicle accident about 8:00 Friday morning 10 miles west of Hemingford claimed the lives of two teenage sisters from Box Butte County and injured a man from South Dakota.

A 17-year-old Box Butte, County teen and her 15-year-old sister were killed and a 49- year-old South Dakota man injured in a two vehicle crash 10 miles west of Hemingford on Highway 2 in Box Butte, County Nebraska.

The issue of how long the Veterans Administration will continue utilizing the basement of the Slagle Building at Sixth and Box Butte in Alliance is being evaluated by Veterans Administration Brass.

Alyssa Dye and Sage Henderson have been selected to attend National 4-H Congress in Atlanta Georgia at the end of November.

An Alliance woman has died following pickup train collision in Box Butte County.

Some anxious moments for local fire and rescue personnel early this afternoon. Alliance Rescue Squad members were asked to assist the Hyannis Fire Dept.

The Alliance School Board has postponed the sale of old, vancant school buildings and is struggling to decide what the next step should be.

A Box Butte County resident has won a brand new 2009 F-150 flex-fuel 4x4 supercab Ford pickup truck drawn at Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island Thursday.

Members of the legislature's Transportation Committee Friday heard six Box Butte County residents discuss the importance of increased funding for roads during an interim study hearing in Alliance.

Box Butte County District Court Judge Brian Silverman has dismissed charges filed against a rural Gering woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the Nebraska Potato Certification Association based in Alliance.

The Panhandle Area Development District is accepting applications for housing rehabilitation funds.

The first infant left at a Nebraska hospital since the state revised its safe-haven law has been permanently returned to his parents, a state official said Tuesday.

An infant left at an Alliance hospital last month under the state's safe-haven law has been permanently returned to his parents' custody.

The August 4 Lincoln Journal Star reported more details in the "safe haven" abandonment of Baby Box Butte, now known as Baby Boy Ana.

The August 4 Lincoln Journal Star reported more details in the "safe haven" abandonment of Baby Box Butte, now known as Baby Boy Ana.

The August 4 Lincoln Journal Star reported more details in the "safe haven" abandonment of Baby Box Butte, now known as Baby Boy Ana.

A Chadron attorney has been appointed to serve on the county court in a western Nebraska district.