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Scottsbluff is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States, in the Great Plains region. The population was 14,436 at the 2020 census . Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandle , and the 13th-most-populous city in Nebraska .
The bluff is now managed by the National Park Service as Scotts Bluff National Monument. The town of Gering was founded at the base of the bluff in 1887, and the city of Scottsbluff was founded across the North Platte River in 1900. Joined by the river, the former transportation highway, the two cities now form Nebraska's 7th-largest urban area.
The Scottsbluff Star Herald is the city's primary newspaper, published six days a week. [1] In addition, News Media Corporation publishes the Business Farmer , a weekly agribusiness paper. [ 2 ]
Mitchell was established in 1900, when the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was extended westward to that point. [6] It was named after the historic Fort Mitchell nearby, which had been named after General Robert B. Mitchell, a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Western Airlines DC-3s were at Scottsbluff by 1945 and United appeared in 1953–54; both left in 1959, replaced by Frontier, which remained until 1984. In July 1970 Scotts Bluff County took control and has had it since. The county continues to operate the facility as the William B. Heilig Field.
In 1907 the Star's publication was moved to Scottsbluff and the paper was renamed the Scottsbluff Star. [4] In 1912, Asa B. Wood, owner of the Gering Courier, and Harry J. Wisner purchased both the Herald and Star and consolidated them into a single newspaper under the title of the Star-Herald. The paper's main competitor was the Scottsbluff ...
Before the Flour Bluff police substation officially opened at 1456 Waldron Rd. in 2022, people knew it as the building that housed a library, police substation and office for the Women, Infants ...
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