Wilkinson Development News Today

Wilkinson Development Corp. embarked on a “brag tour” Wednesday.

Ground work is well underway for a new truck stop and travel center at North Platte's I-80 Exit 179.

Fat Dogs has canceled a planned Wednesday groundbreaking for its new Fat Dogs Travel Center Lincoln location because of excessive heat warning, the company said in a press release on

The North Platte-based gas station chain is planning a Wednesday groundbreaking ceremony for the project, which will be located near the northeast corner of the airport exit on Interstate 80.

The business will include a convenience store, a truckers lounge, showers and "some sit-down eating," said Jim Riewe, president of Fat Dogs Travel Centers.

The business will include a convenience store, a truckers lounge, showers and "some sit-down eating," said Jim Riewe, president of Fat Dogs Travel Centers.

North Platte's Community Redevelopment Authority will consider tax incentives Thursday for a new travel center at North Platte's east I-80 interchange.

A plan to open an ice-skating rink this winter in North Platte is receiving substantial support from the community,

By the narrowest of margins, the North Platte city council has approved a blighted and substandard designation.

Saxophonist and North Platte native Stan Raetz led a lineup of musicians on Aug. 12-13 at North Platte’s sixth annual Music on the Bricks.