Aug 25, 2025
Kester receives Public Lands Hero Award
The Nebraska chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers presented its inaugural award Aug. 13.
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission conservation officers are investigating a Scotts Bluff County hunting incident in which a woman was shot by a firearm.
Jeff Clauson, Game and Parks law enforcement administrator, said the 24-year-old woman was shot by another member of the hunting party and later treated for non-life-threatening injuries in Scottsbluff.
Officers are not releasing the names of those involved in the incident during the investigation.