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The grandfather of a Dawes County girl injured in a fireworks mishap Friday says he considers the accident a "freak occurence". The 3-year old remains at the Western States Burn Center at the North Colorado ...

The western Nebraska city of Chadron is gearing up for its 32nd annual Fur Trade Days celebration.

Native American activists who held what they call a Red Ribbon Grand Jury session last week in Chadron on allegations of racism in the local legal system plan to hold another session next Thursday morning at ...

A Tennessee woman died early this morning after a traffic accident north of Chadron in Nebraska's Panhandle.

DAWES COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE RANDY LIPPSTREU WAS SCHEDULED TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS TUESDAY ON A DEFENSE MOTION TO DISMISS THE CASE. via KOTA Television

Dawes County authorities say a 44-year-old Chadron woman is dead following a crash in western Nebraska. via KHGI

The grand jury investigation into a police shooting that left a 16-year-old boy dead has cost Dawes County $40,000. Officials say those costs include the work of special investigators and a special prosecutor, ... via KOLN-TV Lincoln

Suspended Crawford Police Chief Rick Thompson claims he acted in self defense and questions the actions of special investigators in the grand jury proceedings in briefs filed by his attorneys. via KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

DAWES COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE BRIAN SILVERMAN GAVE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR JEAN RHODES TWO WEEKS TO RESPOND TO THREE DIFFERENT MOTIONS CHALLENGING THOMPSON'S GRAND JURY INDICTMENT. via KOTA Television

A Chadron man sentenced to 6 years in prison in December for ramming his estranged wife's van while two of their children were inside has been given another year for threatening her. via KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

Attorneys debated more than a dozen motions for nearly 3 hours Wednesday morning in the case of a Chadron man accused of molesting young girls in incidents a decade apart. via KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

“Thompson failed to follow reasonable procedures, protocols and standards which should have been expected from a reasonable police officer under the circumstances.”

The mother of a slain Crawford teen has filed a wrongful-death claim against the northwest Nebraska city that employs the police chief charged with shooting and killing the 16-year-old. Authorities have said ... via The Topeka Capital-Journal

Another local small rural-attendance center will be closing its doors soon.Earlier this week, the Hemingford School Board voted unanimously to close the Cottonwood Creek Attendance Center located northeast of ... via KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

A DAWES COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTED THOMPSON IN THE OCTOBER SHOOTING DEATH OF 16 YEAR OLD JESSE BRITTON. via KOTA Television

An attorney asked a judge Tuesday to dismiss an assault charge against Crawford's police chief that was filed after a Dawes County grand jury indicted him following the shooting of a teenager in October. via Star-Herald

The tone was generally negative at a Nebraska Department of Natural Resources hearing in Gordon Thursday declaring the river basin as fully appropriated" for water use from the Box Butte reservoir in Dawes ... via KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

Dawes County has named longtime county road worker Harvey Keim as the county's first full-time Road Superintendent in 3 decades. via KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

“These projects are making a significant contribution to the quality of life in Nebraska communities -- from the smallest village to the largest city”

Four Lincoln-area projects will share in $6.1 million in transportation enhancement grants announced Monday by the Nebraska Department of Roads. via Lincoln Journal Star

“At least they came back with something”

Crawford Police Chief Rick Thompson has been arrested and charged with second-degree assault for his role in the death of 16-year-old Jesse Britton, who was shot and killed early in October in a vacant Main ... via Rapid City Journal