UNK pre-medical student Brodie Mitchell chats with a health care professional at Sidney Regional Medical Center while participating in the Rural Immersion Program. (Photo by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications) SIDNEY – Brodie Mitchell and Alexys Hurt sat at a table inside a cozy coffee shop just off Interstate 80, sipping…
Danielle Wray of Ord, Nebraska took home the win in the breakaway roping at the Black Hills Roundup in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. "Everything went right," said Wray. She posted a time of 2.4 seconds in the final performance to seal the win and propel herself into the top ten…
Walmart pilots advancing technology to gain timely information about produce production. By partnering with the Israeli company Agritask, Walmart will be using drones to collect information such as immediate risk alerts, real-time harvest assessments, and yield updates according to a company press release on June 20, 2024. The information…
In a new audit conducted at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS),State Auditor Mike Foley has exposed rampant abuses within the agency’s Child Care NFOCUS AidPayments program. Primarily, that wrongdoing involved DHHS credulously paying millions of dollarsof improper billings submitted by child care providers. While participating in…
Broken Bow Seniors over DCB Seniors 8-7 Hi-Line Seniors over Cambridge Arapahoe Seniors 8-5 Overton Seniors over Shelton 15-5 Norton over Loomis 11-7 Imperial Juniors over Cozad Reds 11-10 Cozad Reds over Imperial Juniors 8-2
The University of Nebraska Athletic Department and 1890 Nebraska announced a partnership today, making 1890 Nebraska the official Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) Collective of Nebraska Athletics and streamlining the process to make it easier for fans to support Husker Athletics among several options. “Nebraska has always been an innovator…
The Seward County Sheriff's Office says they have made the third seizure in the last year, of a significant amount marijuana destined for Elkhorn, NE. The latest interdiction occurred on Wednesday July 3, 2024 as a deputy initiated a traffic stop around noon on Interstate 80 near mile marker 376.…
Megan Ray knew she needed a change in her life. In 2021, she took a leap of faith and applied for a job that had closed its application window. These days, she has settled into that very job and is managing communication with millions of people across the United States…
Planted acres in Nebraska this year are up 2 percent, or 389,000 acres, compared to 2023 according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Total acres, 19.8 million, is roughly equal to the recent high planted in 2021. The average acreage since 1993 is 19.1 million. Figure 1 shows…
JULY 8, 2024 (GRAND ISLAND, NEB.) — The next class of recruits has started their journey to becoming a Nebraska State Trooper. The recruits of the 70th Basic Recruit Class of the Nebraska State Patrol began training Monday at the Nebraska State Patrol Training Academy in Grand Island. “Today is…
