Where empty storefronts once stood, the bustling downtown has transformed into North Platte’s dining district. Several new businesses have appeared recently, three since early 2024. These include Game Knights, Mackenzie’s Snack Shack and Mockingbird. Laurie Bergman, president of the North Platte Downtown Association, said these new businesses show diversity and growth for the city. “I …
The creators of the influential 2008 documentary Food, Inc. never planned to make a sequel. They thought they had said it all with their horrifying view of a broken, unsustainable food system—a system run, they say, by a few multinational corporations whose monopoly squeezes out local farmers, mistreats animals, workers, and the soil itself, and …
CREIGHTON — A vision that began in the 1940s continues to draw farmers and ranchers to the community today. The Creighton Livestock Market is in the midst of its 83rd year of operation. The sale barn at 1103 Peabody St. sells between 75,000 and 80,000 head of cattle annually to area farmers and ranchers. The …
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