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DNR Director Riley Announces Departure from State Government
Jul 10, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced that Tom Riley, director of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be lea...
PSC Closes 911 Windstream Investigation
Jul 9, 2024 / PSC
The Nebraska Public Service Commission has issued an Order (911- 076/PI-249) closing its investigation into three separate 911 outages involvi...
Rural Immersion Program brings UNK Health Science Students to the Communities That Need Them
Jul 9, 2024 / By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications
SIDNEY – Brodie Mitchell and Alexys Hurt sat at a table inside a cozy coffee shop just off Interstate 80, sipping specialty drinks and discus...
The Nebraska Corn Board Kicks off New Fiscal Year with New Program Focuses
Jul 9, 2024 / Jill Parrent Director of Communications Nebraska Corn Board
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) began the new fiscal year on July 1 which brings new programs funded by the checkoff for the 20...
Cultivating a Culture of Love & Life
Jul 9, 2024 / Governor Jim Pillen
July 8, 2024We are winning the fight to protect unborn babies here in Nebraska. After I signed a new law last year to ban abortions after 12 weeks,...
Stolen Vehicles, Stolen Firearms Recovered after Multi-County Pursuit
Jul 8, 2024 / NSP
JULY 8, 2024 (OGALLALA, NEB.) — Nebraska State Troopers arrested three people and recovered multiple stolen firearms after pursuits wit...
UNMC Interim Chancellor Davies names interim academic leaders
Jul 8, 2024 / UNMC
H. Dele Davies, MD, makes key academic appointments at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. H. Dele Davies, MD, interim chancellor of UNMC, ...
Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report
Jul 8, 2024 / USDA
LINCOLN, Neb. July 8, 2024 - For the week ending July 7, 2024, there were 4.4 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Ag...
State Patrol Begins 70th Basic Recruit Camp
Jul 8, 2024 / NSP
JULY 8, 2024 (GRAND ISLAND, NEB.) — The next class of recruits has started their journey to becoming a Nebraska State Trooper. The recr...
Lt. Governor Kelly to Lead Trade Mission to Indonesia
Jul 5, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN, NE – In just over a week, Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly will lead a 20-plus member trade delegation to Indonesia. The week and a hal...
Advancing Clean Nuclear Energy
Jul 5, 2024 / Pete Ricketts
Supporting nuclear energy is one of my priorities as the Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and...
Minden Opera House Welcomes Artist Taylor Majerus
Jul 5, 2024 / Press Release
(Minden, Nebraska) The Minden Opera House Gallery, located within the restored Minden Opera House in downtown Minden, rotates artists every two mon...
Troopers Arrest LRC Escapee After Foot Pursuit on Coal Train
Jul 5, 2024 / NSP
JULY 4, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol, with assistance from Butler and Seward County deputies, have ar...
Murder Conviction in Platte County
Jul 3, 2024 / AG
Today, Platte County District Court Judge Rachel A. Daugherty sentenced 33-year-old Michael J. Keener to 85 years to life of incarceration for the ...
Attorney General Hilgers Announces Two Major Victories Against The Biden Administration
Jul 3, 2024 / AG
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced victories against two recent unlawful and undemocratic mandates by the Biden Administration that i...
An Inheritance of American Liberty
Jul 3, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
On July 4, 1851, the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the federal government embarked on a project to add two ma...
All Victims of Crete Shooting Released from Hospitals
Jul 3, 2024 / NSP
JULY 2, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — The Nebraska State Patrol is thankful to report that all seven victims of Friday’s shooting in Cre...
NSP Encourages Safe Travel this Independence Day Weekend
Jul 3, 2024 / NSP
JULY 2, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — Independence Day calls for more than fireworks and freedom. With many people travelling to celebrate the...
Determining a “Good” Price for New Crop Corn
Jul 2, 2024 / By Jessica Groskopf, Nebraska Extension Agricultural Economist
As we roll into mid-summer, many farmers are looking for opportunities to do some forward contracting for fall. This has led some farmers to ...
UNL Projects Advance Study of Soil Moisture
Jul 2, 2024 / Geitner Simmons, IANR Media
Lincoln, Nebraska, July 2, 2024 — The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is now home to a neutron monitor, a sophisticated device that prov...
History Nebraska Announces Access Program for Low-Income Families
Jul 2, 2024 / History NE
Lincoln, NE - 07/02/2024 - Today, History Nebraska announced that three of its historic sites and museums have joined Museums for All, a signature ...
Gov. Pillen Invites Nebraskans to Register for the Ag & Economic Development Summit
Jul 1, 2024 / Press Release
LINCOLN – Governor Jim Pillen, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED), and the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) encour...
Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report
Jul 1, 2024 / USDA
LINCOLN, Neb. July 1, 2024 - For the week ending June 30, 2024, there were 5.9 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National A...
June’s Mid-America Manufacturing Index Edges Above Growth Neutral
Jul 1, 2024 / Creighton University
OMAHA, Neb. (July 1, 2024) — For only the third time in 2024, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading econo...
Suspect Arrested After Pursuit, Search in Lincoln County
Jul 1, 2024 / NSP
JUNE 30, 2024 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — The Nebraska State Patrol SWAT Team has arrested a Colorado man following a pursuit and search nea...
