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Cattle Marketing Hall of Fame Inductees
On July 24 seven men – Jerry Lee Speck, Dwayne Mays, Scott Van Winkle, Jim Odle, Rick Machado, Ken Jordan and H. Skinner Hardy – were inducted into the Cattle Marketing Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Dodge City, Kansas. Read more about them here:. Jerry Lee...
North Platte Bulletin
From the NP Chamber: Size, scale, water use of data centers
Communities across Nebraska and the country are being approached by companies looking for locations to build data centers. The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, online storage, and digital services has created unprecedented demand for this type of infrastructure. The President has declared it a national security issue....
North Platte Bulletin
Maline’s Superfoods to close in Sutherland
Maline’s Superfoods in Sutherland will be closing permanently on Aug. 14 due to rising costs, minimum wage increases and corporate competition. The grocery store has been one of the few, if not the only, full-service grocery store between North Platte and Ogallala at its present location for more than 35 years.
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Sutherland chamber reacts to Maline’s Superfoods closure after 30 years
SUTHERLAND, Neb. (KNOP) - Maline’s Superfoods announced Wednesday it will close permanently on Aug. 14, ending more than three decades of service to Sutherland and surrounding communities. The store has operated in Sutherland since 1990, sponsoring school events, the town’s Fourth of July celebration and partnering with the local...
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Feed and Co. changes ownership after years serving local ranchers and farmers
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - Feed and Co. is under new ownership after Michelle Whitson and Pat Laird announced they are passing the store on to new operators. In a letter to customers, Whitson and Laird said the store became more than a place to buy feed and supplies. They described it as a gathering place for ranchers, farmers, and families to swap stories and check in on one another.
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Midnight Flash Flood Threatened 100 County Fair Cattle, Then Neighbors Stepped In
Showing livestock at the county fair teaches kids all kinds of lessons: patience, persistence, humility, and the importance of practice, to name a few. But those showing cattle this week at the Custer County Fair in Broken Bow, Nebraska, got a lesson in what it means to be a good neighbor.
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‘I’m a boat guy’: Mechanic turns lifelong passion into North Platte’s newest marine business
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Maline’s Superfoods to close permanently in August after years serving Sutherland
SUTHERLAND, Neb. (KNOP) - Maline’s Superfoods will permanently close its doors on Aug. 14, 2026, the store announced Thursday. The store cited rising operating costs, minimum wage increases, corporate competition, and inflation as factors that made continued operation impossible. “Like so many small businesses across America, we have reached...
North Platte Bulletin
Ag Valley Co-op acquires Scoular facility in Hershey
Ag Valley Co-op has acquired the former Scoular grain facility in Hershey, strengthening Ag Valley’s existing grain network in west-central Nebraska. Located just west of North Platte, the Hershey facility complements Ag Valley’s existing grain operations, particularly in North Platte, by adding receiving capacity and providing producers with another delivery location, Ag Valley said in the announcement.
North Platte Bulletin
Honor Homes start to take shape
Foundations and utility lines are being installed for the Honor Homes for Veterans, the tiny house development at 413 E. Fifth St., near North Platte’s Connection shelter. An emergency fund-raising effort was announced on July 1 and generated $12,000, helping to get construction underway, VFW Quartermaster Dave Beran said.
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Final Tyson Foods Employees Exit Nebraska Plant
The last remaining employees at Tyson Foods’ shuttered Lexington, Neb., plant, officially left the building — the site of a once thriving beef processing operation — last week. Announced in November 2025, the closing occurred in January 2026, leaving upwards of 3,000 local residents without work. That number amounts to...
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Gothenburg Native Elected to Corn Board
LINCOLN, Neb. – Last week, farmers from across the country attended the National Corn Growers Association’s (NCGA) Corn Congress in Washington, D.C. During the event, Nebraska corn farmer Andy Jobman was elected to NCGA’s Corn Board. “I am humbled to join the National Corn Board and continue...