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GI CVB Featured on Community Connection
May 2, 2025 / KRGI News
Brad Mellema of the Grand Island Convention and Visitors Bureau spoke in advance of National Tourism Week.
Nighttime work will begin on I-80, from Hampton to York
May 2, 2025 / NDOT
May 2, 2025 (Grand Island, Neb.) — Weather permitting, work will begin Sunday evening, May 4 on Interstate 80 (I-80), from reference pos...
Summer Literacy Training Aimed to Help Teachers
May 2, 2025 / David Jespersen Administrator Office of Public Information & Communications
The Nebraska Department of Education and the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council, in partnership with Institute for Learning & Resear...
Advocates Decry Provisions Amended into LB 530
May 2, 2025 / Samantha Livermore
LINCOLN, NE – Advocacy groups spoke out against the Legislature's vote today to move a criminal and juvenile justice package from general fil...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Working Hard for Nebraska
May 2, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
Our country faces many threats. Communist China is our greatest external threat. Our $36 trillion national debt is our greatest domestic threat. Ov...
Paul Schaub Joins the Attorney General's Office in Ogallala
May 2, 2025 / Heather Buell
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is pleased to announce that Paul Schaub is joining the Attorney General's Office as an assistant attorney ge...
Revised Burn Ban Provides Exception to Irrigation Districts
May 2, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has revised a burn ban to allow fire chiefs discretion in granting burn permits to irrigation districts so ...
Ricketts Leads Resolution Announcing Renewable Fuels Month
May 2, 2025 / Noah Sadlier
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, led a bipartisan ...
GI Police Report
May 2, 2025 / GIPD
News media report for: 05/02/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
Go Big GIVE Sails to Record in 2025
May 2, 2025 / Sara Kirkley Communications Director
Donors made waves with their generosity during Go Big GIVE, raising a record preliminary $2,005,744 in 2025 for 167 nonprofits in Hall, Hamilton, H...
UNMC commencements to be held throughout state May 8 and 10
May 1, 2025 / John Keenan
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will honor two individuals with special awards at its May 10 Omaha commencement at Baxter Arena, as appro...
Gov. Pillen Announces Chief Bryan Waugh to Lead Nebraska State Patrol
May 1, 2025 / Laura Strimple
Listen to press conference below. LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Chief Bryan Waugh as the next su...
Attorney General Mike Hilgers is pleased to announce Cody Barnett has joined the Nebraska Department of Justice as its next Solicitor General.
May 1, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications
“Our office has a history of elite Solicitors General. Our previous Solicitor General is in a prominent position in President Trump’s D...
Hastings Police Report
May 1, 2025 / HPD
May 1st 2025Reported Offenses: Arrests/Citations: On April 30, 2025, a 51-year-old Hastings resident was arrested for abuse of a vulnerable adult...
Governor Pillen's Pro-Water, Pro-Ag Legislation Advances
May 1, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen released the following statement after the Nebraska Legislature passed LB 317, which will form the Departme...
GIPD Using LVT Units
May 1, 2025 / KRGI News
(Grand Island, NE) - The Grand Island Police Department is taking a new tool and technology to law enforcement for a test drive. GIPD is on a demo ...
GIPS Preps for Launch of Refreshed Website
May 1, 2025 / KRGI News
Communications Director Mitchell Roush visited with Brian Gallagher about the refreshed GIPS website, debuting later this spring.
B&B Theatres Grand Island 7 Opens At Conestoga Marketplace
May 1, 2025 / KRGI News
(Grand Island, NE) - The wait is finally over. A multi-screen movie theatre is back in Grand Island. After the loss of AMC theatres during the res...
St. Francis once again earns an ‘A’ for patient safety
May 1, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager
GRAND ISLAND – CHI Health St. Francis once again earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofi...
Minimum Wage Adjustment Bill Advances at the Legislature.
May 1, 2025 / KRGI News
A bill to adjust the minimum wage advance at the legislature. Here's the statement of intent for the bill: The following constitutes the reasons ...
Renewable Fuels Month Highlights Importance of Biofuels for Nebraska
May 1, 2025 / Jill Bookhout Director of Communications
LINCOLN, Nebraska — As the summer driving season kicks off in May, Nebraskans are encouraged to fuel up on clean and cost-saving biofuels. Re...
GI Police Report
May 1, 2025 / GIPD
News media report for: 05/01/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
Tabitha’s Monthly Health Tip
May 1, 2025 / Tabitha
How Do I Think More Positively About Aging? Wrinkle creams, micro-needling, chemical peels… The list of anti-aging cosmetic products and pr...
May 1st is the 12th Annual Go Big GIVE UPDATE
May 1, 2025 / Sara Kirkley Communications Director
Listen to an interview with Karly Behrendt below. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are expected to be raised for causes in Hall, Hamilton, Howard,...
Gov. Pillen Announces Chairperson Cotton Retirement from Parole Board
May 1, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced the retirement of Rosalyn Cotton from the Board of Parole. Cotton has served on the ...