By Melanie Wilkinson Managing Editor YORK – Armed with a recent economic impact study and first-hand knowledge about the importance of transportation infrastructure, local officials testified Tuesday afternoon at a legislative committee hearing in a push to have Highway 81 finished once and for all. York, Polk and Platte Counties financially participated in the new […]

By Melanie Wilkinson Managing Editor Yesterday YORK – A decade or so ago, there was a celebration in York as the four-lane progression of Highway 81 reached this community. The four-lane expressway had been completed from Kansas to this town. The bypass around York was completed and officials from the Nebraska Department of Roads and the […]