The U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Championships have financially infused the communities of Scottsbluff and Gering, Nebraska to the amount of 2 million dollars in revenue in three years

Only eight years after the creation of the Robidoux Rendezvous, the event, created by Dr. Matthew Hutt, has continuously grown since 2015 with the help of both returning and new riders.

Western Nebraska's ( WyoBraska ) North Platte River sits at the heart of many communities from as far east as North Platte, NE, and reaches west into Wyoming and northern Colorado where its headwaters flow from the Never Summer Mountains.

Shouts will be heard across the Pony Express Historic Trail on June 08, 2022, beginning at around 4:00 pm at the Scotts Bluff National Monument in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.

Bead Mountain lies in the space between Chimney Rock and the Scotts Bluff National Monument, providing a breathtaking and scenic view of the North Platte Valley below. It is the prominent butte on Bead Mountain Ranch's property.

My latest assignment for WyoBraska magazine: go up in a hot air balloon, and then write about it. At this rate, I’m assuming that my next article will involve discount bungee jumping or a day as a PBR bull rider (I really shouldn’t be giving my boss any ideas.) But since I’ve tried everything from motocross to Senior Bingo Night at the Elks Lodge at least once, I decided that I’d cross it off of the old bucket list.

On the seemingly boundless grasslands of far southwestern Nebraska, in an area dotted with working cattle ranches, farms, and towering windmills, lies the highest point in the state, Panorama Point.

Originally homesteaded by the Montz family in 1886, the property 14 miles southwest of Morrill, Nebraska, down what is now Stegall Road often served as a way station in its early days for travelers due to its location halfway between La Grange, Wyoming, and Scottsbluff, Nebraska. It was also the end of the line for the telephone company for many years, making it a vital gathering place for neighbors on surrounding farms and ranches.