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NSP Seeks Public Help After Hit-And-Run Fatality Crash
Aug 2, 2024 / NSP
AUGUST 2, 2024 (OGALLALA, NEB.) — The Nebraska State Patrol is seeking assistance from the public in locating a vehicle believed to be ...
Two NDCS staff members arrested
Aug 2, 2024 / NDOC
August 2, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Two Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) staff members have been arrested by the Nebraska Sta...
Mormon Island Fatality Victim Identified
Aug 2, 2024 / Josh Berlie Hall County Sheriff's Office
On July 31st 2024, at approximately 5:40 P.M., the Hall County Sheriff’s Department responded to Mormon Island for a report of a vehicle...
Minden Opera House Announces 25th Season
Aug 2, 2024 / Press Release
(Minden, Nebraska) As they approach their 25th anniversary in 2025, the Minden Opera House is gearing up to present an exhilarating lineup of event...
Ricketts Applauds Passage of Water Resources Bill with Major Conservative & Nebraska Wins
Aug 2, 2024 / Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released the f...
Mormon Island SRA Lake 1 temporarily closed
Aug 1, 2024 / Shawna Richter-Ryerson Public Information Officer
Lake 1 and its beach at Mormon Island State Recreation Area, south of Grand Island, are temporarily closed after a semi-truck accident resulted wit...
New Collaboration, More Cancer Care Options for Region
Aug 1, 2024 / Anissa Paitz, PR Strategist, CHI
KEARNEY-NE—CHI Health Good Samaritan and Nebraska Cancer Specialists (NCS) announce a new collaboration that will provide additional cancer t...
July's Mid-America Manufacturing Index Edges Lower Wholesale Inflationary Pressures Cool Again
Aug 1, 2024 / Creighton University
OMAHA, Neb. (August 1, 2024) — For only the fourth time in 2024, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading ec...
Halftime Report: Special Session Hearings
Aug 1, 2024 / Open Sky
Special session hearings are halfway completed, with additional hearings scheduled today, tomorrow and Saturday in a variety of committees. The Ope...
Preston Live Responds to Rickett's Refusal to Debate
Aug 1, 2024 / Press Release
OMAHA, NE - Preston Love has issued the following statement after Pete Ricketts publicly declined a joint debate invitation from Nebraska Public Me...
Lt. Governor Kelly & Delegation Tout Opportunities from Trade Mission
Aug 1, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly is touting the many opportunities that he and trade mission delegates had to promote Nebraska pro...
Hastings Water Park: 13 Year Old From Japan Hospitalized
Jul 31, 2024 / City Of Hastings Release
(Hastings, NE) - The Hastings Police Department and Hastings Fire & Rescue were dispatched to the Hastings Water Park at approximately 1:50 p.m...
Nebraska Corn Congratulates Reiners on Election to the U.S. Grains Council Board
Jul 31, 2024 / Jill Parrent Director of Communications Nebraska Corn Board
Lincoln, Neb. – This week, farmers and agribusiness leaders from across the country attended the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) Board of Delegate...
Gov. Pillen Appoints Hoeft as District Court Judge in the 10th Judicial District
Jul 31, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Gov. Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Timothy E. Hoeft as district court judge in the 10th Judicial District. Tha...
A Third Day of Special Session Hearings
Jul 31, 2024 / Open Sky
The OpenSky team weighed in on some marathon hearings yesterday at the Capitol, discussing responsible tax policy, transparent and prudent budgetin...
Gov. Pillen Testifies Before Revenue Committee on Nebraska Plan for Property Tax Reform
Jul 31, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Tuesday, Governor Jim Pillen testified before the Legislature’s Revenue Committee on LB1, the property tax reduction bill...
Love Challenges Rocketts to Debate
Jul 30, 2024 / Press Release
OMAHA, NE - At a press conference today at his North Omaha office, Preston Love challenged his opponent Pete Ricketts to accept a public debate inv...
Senator Dover Named Inaugural Recipient of AARP Nebraska’s Community Fraud Fighter Award
Jul 30, 2024 / Jess Kinser, Associate State Director – Communications AARP Nebraska
LINCOLN, NEB. —AARP Nebraska is pleased to announce Senator Robert Dover of Norfolk (District 19) as the inaugural recipient of its Community...
Substantial Legislative Bill Having Public Hearings Today
Jul 30, 2024 / Open Sky
It is a busy lineup of hearings in the Legislature’s Revenue and Appropriations committees, including LB 1, which contains most of the compon...
Platte Institute Provides Testimony on LB 1, Aimed to Lower Property Taxes
Jul 30, 2024 / Press Release
OMAHA, NE — Today, the Platte Institute is providing testimony on LB 1, Governor Pillen’s bill aimed to lower property taxes during the...
Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report
Jul 30, 2024 / USDA
LINCOLN, Neb. July 29, 2024 - For the week ending July 28, 2024, there were 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National ...
Terminating a Verbal Farm Land Lease
Jul 30, 2024 / By Jessica Groskopf, Dave Aiken, UNL ag economists
Some farm leases are not written but are verbal or "handshake" agreements. Because nothing is in writing, the parties may have different recollecti...
Gov. Pillen Requests Federal Aid for May 20 – June 3 Storms
Jul 30, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has requested a federal disaster declaration from President Joe Biden, due to damage resulting from a serie...
Troopers Find 77 LBs of Meth in Traffic Stop Near York
Jul 29, 2024 / NSP
JULY 29, 2024 (YORK, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol located 77 pounds of suspected methamphetamine and arrested two pe...
Platte Institute Testifies in Special Session
Jul 29, 2024 / Platte Institute
Platte Institute Testifies on LB 7, LB 9, LB 10, and LB 11 as Special Session Committee Hearings Begin.OMAHA, NE — Today the Platte Institute...