George Lauby

3 weeks ago | northplattebulletin.com | George Lauby

Amazon, one of the world’s most successful companies, is building a new distribution center in the city’s Twin Rivers Industrial Park on the south edge of North Platte. The center is located along Business Park Drive, just a couple blocks north of E. State Farm Road. Business Park Drive one of a small handful of new streets in the business and industrial park. The park is mostly comprised of warehouses. FedEx, Coors Distributing, Frito Lay and K&M Tirealso have distribution centers in that area.

3 weeks ago | northplattebulletin.com | George Lauby

The curtain will go up at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 6 for a performance of the youth theatre production, Shrek, Jr. at the Fox Theater. There is no charge to attend. Rehearsals are June 2-5 for the production, which will be presented by students in grades 5-12, as part of the youth summer camp at the North Platte Community Playhouse. Free-will donations are suggested. Youth attending the grades K-4 summer camp will present their show at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 13 under the same terms.

4 weeks ago | northplattebulletin.com | George Lauby

David Huebner of North Platte, a former border patrol officer turned cattle and hay producer, announced Friday that he is running for Nebraska’s 3rd district seat in Congress. He will challenge incumbent Rep. Adrian Smith in the 2026 Republican primary. Huebner made the announcement at the Einstein’s Brothers bagel restaurant at the North Platte Regional Airport with his wife Amanda and three children at his side. The couple own the bagel restaurant. More than 40 supporters attended.

4 weeks ago | northplattebulletin.com | George Lauby

Ideas ranged from recruiting with tax increment financing to simply picking up trash instead of walking past it at a town hall discussion Thursday on ways to improve the north side of town. About 30 people, plus organizers and news reporters, attended the meeting on the back patio of the Mr. Appliance building at the intersection of Rodeo and Jeffers/U.S. Highway 83.

1 month ago | northplattebulletin.com | George Lauby

The first loads of cattle were delivered to the new Sustainable Beef packing house Wednesday morning, the first day of operation at the plant. The first load consisted of three head of black angus cattle from Rusty Kemp, a rancher near Tryon. That was followed by a semi-load of 40 head of black angus from the Olson Farms, headquartered near Hershey. The truck arrived just before 7 p.m.Olson Farms has three feedyards with an overall capacity of about 48,000 head.