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Symposium to Explore Ways Faith, Science are Woven Together
Apr 19, 2024 / Michael Howie Hastings College
(Hastings, Nebraska) – Exploring the ways that faith and science are complementary, and how God has woven faith and science together in beaut...
CCC Takes Second Place in Military Friendly Schools Rankings
Apr 19, 2024 / Scott Miller
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – Central Community College placed second in the 2024-25 Military Friendly School rankings for small community colleges. T...
LFS Open House May 2nd
Apr 19, 2024 / LFS
Lutheran Family Services (LFS) provides their communities Real Help and Real Hope. Teams specialize in behavioral health, family education, and sub...
Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
Apr 19, 2024 / Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours arou...
Schieber Named President of CHI Health St. Francis
Apr 19, 2024 / Anissa Paitz CHI
Grand Island-CHI Health St. Francis announces Steve Schieber, MBA, FACMPE, FACHE, will be the hospital’s new president starting May 12. Schie...
Nebraska Unemployment Rate Remains Low
Apr 19, 2024 / Department of Labor
LINCOLN - The Nebraska Department of Labor (NDOL) announced today that Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for March 2024 is 2.5 percent...
US Senate Candidate Dan Osborn Visits Region
Apr 19, 2024 / KRGI News
Dan Osborn, an independent candidate for US Senate is visiting Central Nebraska. After stops in Hastings yesterday. He's in Grand Island today (Fri...
Nebraska Farm Income Projected to Fall
Apr 19, 2024 / UNL
Lincoln, Neb. April 19, 2024 — Nebraska’s net farm income is projected to fall to $6 billion in 2024 and average $6.3 billion per year ...
Rural Mainstreet Economy in Negative Territory Again
Apr 19, 2024 / Creighton University
April 2024 Survey Results at a Glance: For an eighth straight month, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index sank below growth neutral.Only 0.9% of ban...
LB631 furthers NDCS efforts to transform Nebraska
Apr 19, 2024 / NDOC
April 18, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Signed into law on April 16, 2024, LB631 expands resources for those returning to the community after incarc...
Legislative Session Has Busy Final Day
Apr 19, 2024 / KRGI News
At the end of the final day of the 108th legislative session, outgoing senators addressed the body. Listen to the comments of Fred Meyer, Ste...
GI Police Report
Apr 19, 2024 / GIPD
News media report for: 04/19/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
Agreements Help Hastings College Expand Medical Career Paths
Apr 18, 2024 / Michael Howie
(Hastings, Nebraska) – Hastings College has signed agreements with Nebraska Methodist College (NMC) and Des Moines University (DMU) to create...
Attorney General Mike Hilgers Joins 25-State Coalition to Halt the Biden Administration’s Electric Vehicle Mandate
Apr 18, 2024 / Nebraska AG
LINCOLN – Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed suit to defend Americans who drive gas and diesel-powered trucks and cars against the Biden Adm...
Vehicle Crash Wednesday In Hastings Knocks Out Power Utilities
Apr 18, 2024 / City of Hastings
City of Hastings first responders and electric distribution personnel responded to a vehicle crash on the morning of April 17 that damaged mul...
Former Sen. John Stinner Recognized at BHECN Awards Dinner
Apr 18, 2024 / UNMC
As leader of the Nebraska Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee, former Sen. John Stinner held a uniquely powerful post that ...
Hastings College to Honor Achievements During Celebration of Excellence
Apr 18, 2024 / Michael Howie
(Hastings, Nebraska) – Hastings College students will share research and projects, and the College will honor the high achievements of studen...
State Fair Board to Meet
Apr 18, 2024 / Nebraska State Fair
NEBRASKA STATE FAIR BOARDMeeting AgendaApril 19, 2024 – 1:00 PMAdministrative Offices, Grand Island, NE1. Call to Order2. Roll Call3. Inform ...
Ricketts Comments on Democrats’ Refusal to Hold Mayorkas Impeachment Trial
Apr 18, 2024 / Pete Ricketts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) condemned Senate Democrats’ refusal to hold an impeachment trial for the ch...
GI Police Report
Apr 18, 2024 / GIPD
News media report for: 04/18/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
GI Man Indicted in Federal Court
Apr 18, 2024 / DOJ
United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned nine (9) unsealed Indictments ch...
GISH Evacuated
Apr 17, 2024 / GIPS
Grand Island Senior High was evacuated for a short time on Wednesday. Jeff Gilbertson shared the following with GISH parents. --- Dear Islander F...
For the Love of Children Award Winners Announced
Apr 17, 2024 / Brenna Poindexter Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Nebraska
The For the Love of Children Banquet began in 2015 to celebrate and honor the contributions of Grand Island community members who advocate for and ...
AG Hosts Youth Conference
Apr 17, 2024 / Nebraska AG
LINCOLN - On Tuesday, Attorney General Mike Hilgers hosted fifty-three students at the Nebraska State Capitol for the 2024 Attorney General’s...
Ricketts Celebrates Committee Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Crack Down on Iran
Apr 17, 2024 / Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, celebrated the advancemen...
