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Good Samaritan Accepting Applications for Health Career Scholarships until April 1

Feb 3, 2025 / Anissa Paitz External Communications Manager

KEARNEY - Applications are being accepted until April 1 for Good Samaritan Foundation’s annual Health Career Scholarship program. Recipients ...

Big Brother Big Sisters of America Launches Groundbreaking Research on the Long-Term Impacts of Mentorship

Feb 3, 2025 / BBBS

Grand Island, NE – (February 3, 2025) – On January 28, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) – the preeminent one-to-one yo...

Mid-America Manufacturing Economy Begins Year on Positive Note

Feb 3, 2025 / Creighton University

January 2025 Survey Highlights:-For only the third time since July 2024, the overall, or Business Conditions Index, climbed above growth neutral.-F...

GI Police Report

Feb 3, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 02/03/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 2, 2025 / HPD

February 2nd 2025Reported Offenses: On February 1, 2025, a 30-year-old Hastings resident reported a criminal mischief in the 700 block of North Mi...

Legislative round-up: Week of Jan. 26

Feb 2, 2025 / by Owen Reimer

Nebraska News ServiceLINCOLN--In its third week of the 2025 session, the Nebraska Legislature began its first full week of hearings, with committee...

Standoff in Hitchcock County

Feb 2, 2025 / NSP-North Platte

FEBRUARY 2, 2025 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol SWAT Team have arrested one person following a standoff in Hi...

Nebraska January 1 Cattle Inventory

Feb 2, 2025 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. January 31, 2025 - All cattle and calves in Nebraska as of January 1, 2025 totaled 6.05 million head, down 3% from January 1, 20...

Senators hear arguments on death penalty

Feb 2, 2025 / by Josie Golka Nebraska News Service

Lincoln--Senators heard arguments to abolish the death penalty at the state level and to allow for execution via nitrogen hypoxia at the Nebraska C...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 1, 2025 / HPD

February 1st 2025Reported Offenses: Arrests/Citations: On January 31, 2025, a 20-year-old Hastings resident was cited for minor in possession of ...

Serving Nebraskans and Focusing our Priorities

Feb 1, 2025 / Governor Jim Pillen

January 31, 2025 For the first time this century, Nebraska’s property taxpayers opened their statements in December and saw a reduction. &nb...

Giving Future Leaders the Chance to Succeed

Jan 31, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

The American education system develops our next generation of leaders, but we must reckon with serious challenges facing our nation’s student...

Final Open House Planned for Parks & Recreation Master Plan

Jan 31, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — Following an initial open house that saw hundreds turn out to voice their opinions, the Grand Island Parks & Recreat...

Grand Island Crime Rate Reduced by 14% in 2024

Jan 31, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — The Grand Island Police Department is starting 2025 off on a great foot, as the final crime statistics for 2024 show a p...

Hastings College announces Jackson Scholars program for aspiring artists

Jan 31, 2025 / Michael Howie Hastings College

(Hastings, Nebraska) – Hastings College is launching the Jackson Scholars program, a groundbreaking opportunity for aspiring artists to hone ...

Hastings Police Report

Jan 31, 2025 / HPD

January 31th 2025Reported Offenses: On January 30, 2025, a 46-year-old Hastings resident reported threats in the 1100 block of West 14th Street. ...

Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours

Jan 31, 2025 / 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...

Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Protecting the Dignity of Human Life

Jan 31, 2025 / Pete Ricketts

The pro-life movement is about love, compassion, dignity, and respect. Nebraska is a pro-life state. As Senator, I’m fighting to uphold those...

USDA To Gather Cash Rent Data

Jan 31, 2025 / USDA

LINCOLN, Neb. January 30, 2025 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the ...

Briese Encourages Nebraskans to Search for Unclaimed Property

Jan 31, 2025 / Charles Isom, Director of Communications

(Lincoln, NE) Nebraska Treasurer Tom Briese today encouraged Nebraskans to observe Unclaimed Property Day on February 1st by searching www.Nebraska...

GI Police Report

Jan 31, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 1/31/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on report...

NDOT Division of Aeronautics Announces Annual Awards

Jan 31, 2025 / NDOT

Jan. 30, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.) — The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) announced a series of achievements recognizing excellence in...

Troopers Arrest Four During Traffic Stop

Jan 31, 2025 / NSP

January 30, 2025 (LINCOLN, NEB.)  —  Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol, with assistance from Lincoln Police Department, have ...

Nebraska Joins the United States and 17 States in Settlement against Pharmaceutical Manufacturer QOL Medical

Jan 30, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications

Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced today that Nebraska has joined the United States and 17 other States in settling allegations against pharma...

Northwest Freshman Orientation Set for Next Thursday

Jan 30, 2025 / KRGI News

Northwest Superintendent Dr. Jeff Edwards gave a preview of the Freshman Orientation which is coming up next week.