Kearney -- The Nebraska School Mental Health Conference is being held Wednesday and Thursday of this week at the Younes Conference Center North in Kearney to bring together mental health experts, educators and community members to share information on how to provide comprehensive mental health services in schools. The Nebraska…
A new bronze statue of Nebraska author Willa Cather was unveiled Wednesday morning in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C., with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy saying the addition marked a unique and historic day. The new statue joins that of the other Nebraska sculpture, Ponca Chief Standing…
Listen to interview below with Big Boy No 4014 Chief Engineer Ed Dickens! Union Pacific’s famed Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest steam locomotive built to haul heavy freight over steep mountain passes during World War II, will be traveling across Nebraska en route to Omaha in June for…
Cather will be the first Pulitzer Prize-winner and the twelfth woman in the National Statuary Hall Collection RED CLOUD, NE—The Willa Cather National Statuary Hall Selection Committee is pleased to announce that Willa Cather’s bronze sculpture by artist Littleton Alston will be dedicated and unveiled for the first time in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday,…
Humanities Nebraska (HN) has announced the recipients of its spring round of educator grants,supporting 30 projects and helping dozens of teachers to reach thousands of Nebraska students.The purpose of the grants is to help celebrate HN’s 50th anniversary in 2023 and to spark the next50 years of humanities learning, programming,…
Buffalo County Sheriff's Office UPDATE: Additional information update regarding the aircraft fatality in Buffalo County on the morning of Friday June 2, 2023. The victim, who was the pilot / lone occupant of the aircraft has been identified as John G. Reading, age 69, of Broomfield, CO. An autopsy was…
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Jim Pillen issued Executive Order 23-10 to provide emergency relief in response to regional fuel shortages. The order temporarily allows drivers to work extended hours to haul gasoline or gasoline blends, diesel, fuel oil, ethanol, propane, and biodiesel. The Governor’s order will help reduce delays at petroleum product terminals, facilitating timely delivery of fuels to consumers. It is…
Lincoln – The first human case of West Nile virus for the 2023 season has been found in the Three Rivers Public Health District. The person who tested positive was not hospitalized according to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). West Nile virus is the most preventable mosquito-borne…
Omaha, Neb. -- The Biden administration is handing out more than $570 million in grants to help eliminate railroad crossings in 32 states just as the industry is increasingly relying on longer and longer trains to cut costs. The grants announced Monday will help eliminate more than three dozen crossings…
The Chief Operating Officer of the Nebraska Community Foundation has been tapped to become the next Director of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development. Governor Jim Pillen Monday announced that after an extensive search and three interviews, K.C. Belitz is his choice to fill the post. In making the announcement…
