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Adrian Smith Announces 2024 Angels in Adoption Honorees
Jun 17, 2024 / Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) announced Neil and Whitney Wolford of Hastings as the 2024 Angels in Adoption honor...
GI Police Report
Jun 17, 2024 / GIPD
News media report for: 06/17/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
Hall County Airport Authority Board to Meet
Jun 17, 2024 / Hall County
Hall County Airport Authority Board meets on Thursday. The agenda is attached.
Nebraska State Patrol Graduates 69th Recruit Class
Jun 17, 2024 / NSP
JUNE 14, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — Thirteen new Nebraska State Troopers are ready to hit the road in service to the people of Nebraska. Me...
Why We Stand for the Flag
Jun 17, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
On my recent trip to the beaches of Normandy, I witnessed a striking testimony of patriotism when American veterans of the D-Day invasion made the ...
Three Lincoln YRTC Absconders Apprehended in Omaha
Jun 17, 2024 / NDOC
JUNE 15, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — The Nebraska State Patrol, with assistance from the Omaha Police Department and Lincoln Police Departme...
Nelly Venegas Joins Grand Island Chamber Staff
Jun 14, 2024 / GI Chamber
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Nelly Venegas has been named vice president of the Grand Island Area Chamber of Commerce. In this role, she will oversee...
NDOT Announces National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
Jun 14, 2024 / NDOT
June 14, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — Today, the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) announces updates to its National Electric Vehic...
Platte Institute Outlines Comprehensive Property Tax Reform Plan and Opposes EPIC Tax Proposal
Jun 14, 2024 / Ryan Kopsa Communications and Marketing Director
OMAHA, NE — The Platte Institute outlined some specific policy recommendations necessary to reform Nebraska’s property tax system. At t...
GIPS Continues to Develop Educators with New PathBack Program Recipients
Jun 14, 2024 / Mitchell Roush Director of Communications & Marketing | Grand Island Public Schools
GRAND ISLAND (Neb.) — Grand Island Public Schools is continuing to “grow their own” and promote careers in the education field th...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Working on a Farm Bill for Nebraska
Jun 14, 2024 / Pete Ricketts
Congress is supposed to pass a new Farm Bill every five years. The Farm Bill is crucial and complex. It deals with everything from conservation to ...
State Fair adds Los Huracanes Del Norte to Nebraska Lottery Concert Series
Jun 14, 2024 / State Fair
The Nebraska State Fair announced Los Huracanes Del Norte has been added to the Nebraska Lottery Concert Series. The multiple Grammy nominated nort...
Choice Family Health Care in Kearney Receives Community Support for Clinic Renovation
Jun 13, 2024 / Press Release
Choice Family Health Care, a non-profit community-based clinic specializing in reproductive health care and health education, is pleased to announc...
Kearney Man Sentenced for Post Office Burglary
Jun 13, 2024 / Lecia E. Wright Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney
United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Tyrelle Smiley, 26, of Kearney, Nebraska, was sentenced on June 13, 2024, in federal court in Linc...
Adrian Smith Leads Letter Demanding Answers from IRS Commissioner on Direct File Program
Jun 13, 2024 / Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), along with Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO), led their Ways and Means...
Nebraska State Patrol 69th Basic Recruit Camp to Graduate Friday
Jun 13, 2024 / NSP
JUNE 13, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — The recruits of the Nebraska State Patrol’s 69th Basic Recruit Class will graduate during a cerem...
Ricketts Introduces CRA to Overturn Biden’s Changes to Title IX
Jun 13, 2024 / Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) to introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) res...
Tabitha at Prairie Commons to Host Tours & Summer Kick Off
Jun 13, 2024 / Hannah Polacek Marketing & Social Media Specialist
Tabitha at Prairie Commons, nonprofit Tabitha’s newest senior living community in Grand Island, is kicking off the summer season with tours a...
4-H Shooting Sports National Championships Coming to Grand Island
Jun 13, 2024 / Press Release
Albion, NEB. – The 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships will be held in Grand Island June 23-28. This is the 14th year that Grand Islan...-2024-06-13-16-37-23.jpg?width=550&height=289)
Two NCTA Leaders Honored Statewide
Jun 13, 2024 / Dean Larry Gossen, Ph. D.
Associate Dean Jennifer McConville is ACTEN's Administrator of the Year Four years ago, I embarked upon my first career experience in higher educa...
GI Police Report
Jun 13, 2024 / GIPD
News media report for: 06/13/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
Gov. Pillen Announces Additional State Funding for Museum of Nebraska Art’s Renovation and Expansion
Jun 13, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – This morning, Governor Jim Pillen announced an award of $845,767 to support the Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA) in Kearney ...
‘Pretty flowers’ and plants can be out of place in range and pasture
Jun 13, 2024 / Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension beef systems educator
Late May and June are the months when we frequently see both native and non-native forbs begin to flower in range and pasture. This is a good time ...
Nebraska Crop Production Report
Jun 12, 2024 / USDA
LINCOLN, Neb. June 12, 2024 - Based on June 1 conditions, Nebraska's 2024 winter wheat crop is forecast at 42.5 million bushels, up 15% from l...
Ten-Millionth Model T Ford to Stop in Kearney & Grand Island
Jun 12, 2024 / Visit Kearney
KEARNEY, Neb. – On Sunday, June 16 the Ten-millionth Model T Ford will stop at the Classic Car Collection from 2:30p - 4:30p for a publi...