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Ricketts Introduces Five Bills to Combat Chinese Communist Party Influence

Sep 26, 2024 / Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, introduced five pieces of...

State Officials Highlight the Importance of Planning for Power Outages National Preparedness Month

Sep 26, 2024 / NEMA

September 25, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.)  —  Nebraskans have faced several significant weather events this year. Power outages alone have...

Gov. Pillen Announces Receipt of Federal Aid for June 20 – July 8 Storms

Sep 26, 2024 / Press Release

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen is announcing the receipt of federal funds to aid in the recovery from storms that impacted multiple Nebras...

Grand Island Utilities Sending Team to Assist With Hurricane Helene Power Restoration

Sep 25, 2024 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — Less than two months after assisting in the power restoration efforts following severe storms in both Omaha and Lincoln,...

Buffalo County Sample Ballots Available

Sep 25, 2024 / Buffalo County

Buffalo County sample ballots for the November 5, 2024 general election are now available for viewing at https://www.votercheck.necvr.ne.gov/VoterV...

Walk to End Human Trafficking–Oct. 19

Sep 25, 2024 / Anissa Paitz, PR Strategist, CHI

KEARNEY-CHI Health Good Samaritan, in partnership with New Life Church, Family Practice Associates, Family Advocacy Network, GI ACT, Kearney Dawn R...

Troopers Make 35 DUI Arrests During Husker Home Games

Sep 25, 2024 / NSP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.)  — The first homestand of the Husker football season is in the books and Nebraska State Troopers were...

CDHD Offers Healthy Families Program

Sep 25, 2024 / KRGI News

Alondra Argueta of the Central District Health Department joined Brian Gallagher about the Healthy Families Program. 

CNCAA Has Several Offerings Coming Up

Sep 25, 2024 / KRGI News

Lorinda Brown visited with Brian Gallagher on a variety of subjects.

UNK scholarship program creates pathway to careers in government, public administration

Sep 25, 2024 / Tyler Ellyson UNK Communications

KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney is launching a new scholarship program for students who want to pursue careers in government ...

Central Nebraska Growth Foundation Awarded $845K Grant for New Rental Construction Project

Sep 25, 2024 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — The Central Nebraska Growth Foundation (CNGF), which serves as the charitable arm of the Grand Island Area Economic Deve...

Harvest Season Requires Drivers to Share the Road

Sep 25, 2024 / NSP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.)  —  Harvest season is underway, and the Nebraska State Patrol encourages all motorists to be awa...

GI City Council Wrap with Doug Lanfear

Sep 25, 2024 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

The Grand Island City Council met on Tuesday. See comments from member Doug Lanfear.

Gov. Pillen Addresses Committee on Pacific Conflict at Inaugural Meeting

Sep 25, 2024 / Press Release

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen addressed the newly formed Committee on Pacific Conflict, which held its inaugural meeting this morning. Th...

Former Kearney radiologist creates scholarship for UNMC medical student at UNK

Sep 25, 2024 / Tyler Ellyson UNK News editor

KEARNEY – Nebraska native William Northwall, M.D., has created a full cost-of-attendance scholarship for a Nebraska student who studies medic...

GI Police Report

Sep 25, 2024 / GIPD

News media report for: 09/25/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...

White Lotus Group Announces Development of New DMV Service Center in Grand Island

Sep 24, 2024 / Press Release

Grand Island, Neb.—September 24, 2024 –White Lotus Group, a vertically integrated real estate development firm, is pleased to anno...

Gov. Pillen Issues Statement Regarding Special Session to Restore Winner-Take-All to Nebraska

Sep 24, 2024 / Press Release

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen issued the following statement regarding a special session to restore winner-take-all prior to the 2...

Hall County Sample Ballots Available Now on NEBRASKA VOTER CHECK

Sep 24, 2024 / Press Release

Grand Island, Nebr. – Hall County sample ballots for the November 5, 2024 general election are now available for viewing on NEBRASKA VOT...

GI Police Report

Sep 24, 2024 / GIPD

News media report for: 09/24/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...

With an emphasis on value, UNK climbs to No. 6 on annual ‘Best Colleges’ list

Sep 24, 2024 / By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications

KEARNEY – When Daelynn Hofaker was comparing colleges, there were a few must-have items on her checklist. She was looking for a school where...

UNK Wind Ensemble announces members, fall concert dates

Sep 24, 2024 / Tyler Ellyson, editor, UNK News

KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney Wind Ensemble has announced its fall 2024 members and concert dates. Performances are schedu...

Melody Round-Up Parade set for Saturday in downtown Hastings

Sep 24, 2024 / Michael Howie Hastings College

(Hastings, Nebraska) – Hastings College’s Melody Round-Up Parade is in beautiful downtown Hastings this Saturday, September 28, 2024. S...

Nebraska Crop Production Report

Sep 23, 2024 / USDA

NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION LINCOLN, Neb. September 23, 2024 - For the week ending September 22, 2024, there were 6.7 days suitable ...

Grand Island City Council to Meet Tuesday

Sep 23, 2024 / KRGI News

The Grand Island Council Meets on Tuesday. An agenda is below.