Blizzard warnings are in effect for much of central and northeast Nebraska into Wednesday. Christmas Day snows could erase North Platte s 3.2-inch record from the World War II Canteen s opening
The new Essential Air Service contract also retains SkyWest Airlines minimum 12 weekly flights to and from Denver in place since February 2018, North Platte Airport Authority leaders said.
Sam Seafeldt, who had succeeded retiring longtime North Platte Regional Airport Manager Mike Sharkey in 2018, resigned to become “reliever airports manager” for six airfields surrounding Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Two people were killed and four injured in a three-vehicle crash east of North Platte, while a North Platte man died later in a separate one-vehicle wreck near Gothenburg.
North Platte will experience its first overnight hard freezes from Thursday night through Halloween evening, the National Weather Service said. Snow is likely Saturday with 70%-80% chances of precipitation.