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Good Samaritan Annual Olympiad 5K Set for June 29
May 23, 2024 / Anissa Paitz, PR Strategist, CHI
KEARNEY - CHI Health Good Samaritan’s annual Olympiad 5K is set for Saturday, June 29. Runners and walkers will start the race on Avenue A ea...
UNK receives $2M in federal funding to address state’s early childhood workforce shortage
May 23, 2024 / By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications
KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney is receiving $2 million in federal funding to support and expand the state’s early chil...
NSP Kicks Off Summer Travel with Make It Click Campaign
May 22, 2024 / NSP
MAY 22, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — Summer is right around the corner! The Nebraska State Patrol is kicking off the summer travel season wit...
Lincoln County Fatality Accident
May 22, 2024 / Lincoln County Sheriff
On 5-21-24, at 11:57 AM deputies and North Platte rescue were dispatched to MM 104 on U.S highway 83. This is 20 miles north of North P...
Attorney General Hilgers Files Landmark Lawsuit against TikTok in Nebraska State Court
May 22, 2024 / AG
Lincoln, NE – Today, Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a landmark lawsuit against TikTok in Nebraska State Court, alleging violatio...
Good Samaritan Names Scholarship Recipients
May 22, 2024 / Anissa Paitz, PR Strategist, CHI
KEARNEY - CHI Health Good Samaritan Foundation recently awarded $17,750 in scholarships to 26 area students whose field of study includes a career ...
The Little River Band Chosen for State Fair Classic Rock Concert
May 22, 2024 / Nebraska State Fair
The Nebraska State Fair and 1868 Foundation are pleased to announce a change in the Nebraska Lottery Concert Series. Concert organizers weren&rsquo...
Turk Investigating Soil Health
May 21, 2024 / Tiffany Lee, Office of Research and Economic Development
Lincoln, Nebraska, May 21, 2024 — Nebraska’s Judith Turk will use an $845,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Facult...
Governor Pillen Declares May as General Aviation Month
May 21, 2024 / Press Release
May 20, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, Governor Jim Pillen proclaimed May as General Aviation Month in Nebraska, celebrating the signific...
State Fair to Honor Veterans With Special Celebration
May 20, 2024 / NSF
The Nebraska State Fair will pay tribute to America’s veterans during its annual Veterans Day celebration at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 2, in t...
Nebraska State Fair 1868 Foundation Announces New Board Member, Honors Award Winners
May 20, 2024 / NSF
GRAND ISLAND - The Board of Trustees for the Nebraska State Fair 1868 Foundation appointed a new member to serve a three-year term on its Board of ...
87th Nebraska Fire School Kicks Off in Grand Island UPDATED WITH VIDEO
May 20, 2024 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI
Grand Island, Neb. — Another year of the Nebraska Fire School is off and running on the Fonner Park campus in Grand Island. Governor Jim Pil...
Three Honored at Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial UPDATED WITH VIDEO
May 19, 2024 / KRGI News
Three names were added to the Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial in Grand Island on Friday Morning. Hear the complete service below. The prog...
Recognizing Emergency Responders
May 18, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
Recent severe weather and wildfire disasters in Nebraska’s Third District have highlighted the critical role the Americans who serve ...
Impersonation Scam Using US Attorney’s Office Information
May 17, 2024 / DOJ
United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Nebraska has become aware of an Impersonation Scam u...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Fair Elections Are at Risk If We Don’t Stop Counting Illegal Aliens in the Census
May 17, 2024 / Pete Ricketts
In the last year, President Biden has allowed 1.2 million illegal aliens into our country through parole. For comparison, the Obama and Trump admin...
UNL Soil Judging Team takes home runner-up award at the National Soil Judging Contest
May 17, 2024 / Emily Eilers | IANR Communications
Lincoln, Neb. May 17, 2024 —The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Soil Judging team took home six awards this year from the National Soil Judgin...-2024-05-17-12-33-19.jpg?width=550&height=289)
Don't Strike Out With Extra Traffic
May 17, 2024 / NDOT
May 17, 2024 (Omaha, Neb.) — The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) is pitching suggested routes and traffic reminders for vis...
Nebraska's April 2024 Unemployment Rate is 2.5 Percent
May 17, 2024 / Department of Labor
The Nebraska Department of Labor (NDOL) announced today that Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for April 2024 is 2.5 percent, seasonal...
Rural Mainstreet Economy in Negative Territory Again
May 17, 2024 / Creighton University
May 2024 Survey Results at a Glance:-For a ninth straight month, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index sank below growth neutral.-The farmland price i...
Good Samaritan once again earns an ‘A’ for patient safety– One of only three hospitals in the state
May 17, 2024 / Anissa Paitz, PR Strategist, CHI
KEARNEY, NE – CHI Health Good Samaritan once again earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonpro...
State Treasurer Visits Tri-Cities
May 16, 2024 / KRGI News
Nebraska State Treasurer Tom Briese visited Grand Island, Hastings, and Kearney to highlight the importance of saving for college. The treasu...
Lincoln County Shooting Suspect Arrested
May 16, 2024 / Lincoln County Sheriff
On 5-15-2004 Lincoln County Deputies were dispatched to 510 Linden Street in Sutherland. This is the home of Victor Finley. He reported...
Health Care Workforce Report Highlights Challenges, Accomplishments
May 16, 2024 / UNMC
The “2023 Status of the Nebraska Healthcare Workforce” report, commissioned and funded by the Office of Rural Health Initiatives at the...
April Traffic Fatality Toll
May 16, 2024 / NDOT
May 15, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — During the month of April 2024, twenty-three people were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska ro...
