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Adrian Smith 3rd Dist

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 ...
Nebraska Department of Corrections

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...
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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

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

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

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...
Pete Ricketts Weekly Column

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 ...
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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

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...
Department of Justice

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 3rd Dist

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...
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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...
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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

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...
National 4H Shooting Sports Championships

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...
(L-R) NCTA instructor Dan Stehlik, Dean Larry Gossen, and Associate Dean Jennifer McConville at the Nebraska Career Education Conference Awards luncheon in Kearney on June 4, 2024. Mr. Stehik received the ACTEN Lifetime Achievement Award, and Dr. McConville was named Administrator of the Year.

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

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

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 ...
The beauty of the Bull Thistle is misleading, as the plant is a noxious weed. Photo by Chabella Guzman

‘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 ...
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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...
Visit Kearney

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...
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GIPS Board of Education Meets Thursday

Jun 12, 2024 / GIPS

Here's the agenda for Thursday's GIPS Board meeting. Click here for a more detailed version. June 13, 2024 at 5:30 PM - GIPS BOE Regular Me...
Salestrom Celebration of Life Planned at UNK

Salestrom Celebration of Life Planned at UNK

Jun 12, 2024 / Press Release

There will be a Celebration of Jim Salestrom’s life on Friday, June 21, in the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Fine Arts Recital Ha...
Nebraska Department of Transportation

Work Will Begin on N-14, Central City South

Jun 12, 2024 / NDOT

June 12, 2024 (Grand Island, Neb.) — Weather permitting, work will begin June 17 on N-14 at reference post 78+91, according to the Nebra...
First cohort graduates coding program at NCCW

First cohort graduates coding program at NCCW

Jun 12, 2024 / NDC

June 12, 2024 (York, Neb.) – The first cohort of students at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women (NCCW) have successfully completed th...