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The 144-year-old university said it had secured $99,775,175 in fundraising commitments during fiscal year 2022.
The Smokey Fire started about 16 miles southeast of Gering on Tuesday, according to the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency.
The city will charge participating fleets and drivers that use curbside loading zones monitored by Automotus' cameras — areas referred to as "smart loading zones." Most of the zones are downtown.
A special committee is hosting a series of public hearings to gather feedback on ideas for spending the bulk of $335 million in funding set aside by the Legislature earlier this year.
The money Nebraska will receive will fund electric charging stations along the length of I-80 within the state.
The Sunday evening get-togethers continue at the Bryant Center until Oct. 9. This coming Sunday, Togolese musician Kusher Snazzy will perform. The Sunday events are free and run from 4Â to 7 p.m.
Ground has been broken for a $17 million residence for Jesuits at Creighton University. The building will be named the Jérôme Nadal, S.J., Jesuit Residence.
Lake Ogallala will be lowered beginning in late September, with re-filling scheduled to start a few weeks later.Â
Burke High School is using a new strategy this year to improve student attendance. Students with more than three unexcused absences won't be allowed to attend the homecoming dance next month.
Spring wildfires. A June frost/freeze. Successive hail storms. Hurricane-strength winds. Unrelenting heat. Weeks and weeks with virtually no rain. All have conspired to set back or decimate crops.
The Archdiocese of Omaha's gender-identity policies, which sparked blowback and have been paused, adhered to church teachings. A national LGBTQ advocate says it's time for those teachings to change.
Rita Ryan organized the school’s Latin club. Each year, the officers were inducted in a before-school ceremony that ended with them running the school’s halls in togas.
Bob Dropinski delivered his first Omaha World-Herald when he was 9 years old. 50 years later, he's still walking the same route he started with in 1972, and he has no plans to quit any time soon.
The developer who proposed building an RV park along the Platte River near Valley, Nebraska, has withdrawn his plan.
Delayed shipments of coal combined with high natural gas prices are likely to cause increases in household utility bills, Fremont Utilities is warning its customers.
Roughly 200 people filled an Omaha conference center Thursday to take in and pitch ideas for $335 million worth of recovery dollars earmarked for underserved areas of the state.
The Crete Police Department has identified the person killed in a skydiving accident last week.
National Weather Service offices in Valley and North Platte are sending up extra weather balloons to gather data on the atmosphere to help forecast a potential hurricane approaching Florida.Â
Since expanding Medicaid coverage, the number of Nebraskans without health coverage has plunged, hospitals are feeling less stress on their bottom lines and fewer people are filing for bankruptcy.Â
When Debra McKnight showed up to a Planned Parenthood rally last October wearing a pastor collar, people thought she was wearing a Halloween costume. She wasn't.
The Nebraska Soybean Board paid for a soy-based product to be applied on gravel road surrounding the Husker Harvest Days site near Grand Island to keep dust down.
Experts in Nebraska say over-the-counter hearing aids, while they stand to benefit a lot of people, also pose some questions and concerns.
A 71-year-old Omaha man died Saturday night after his motorcycle left the road and crashed into a mailbox.
Rep. Don Bacon and state Sen. Tony Vargas don't agree on much when it comes to abortion rights. The two men even disagreed on the topic's importance for voters.Â
Getting the latest COVID-19 booster between now and Halloween can help people protect themselves over the upcoming holidays, a Nebraska physician says.
The Rotella family has purchased the tract of land along the Platte River where a developer had proposed building an RV park.
Gov. Ricketts celebrated Nebraska's child welfare workers Tuesday while acknowledging that 6 in 10 case workers in the Omaha area have caseloads exceeding state standards.
Officials are investigating a fire that destroyed a well-known gazebo in Omaha's Hanscom Park.
Two candidates competing for a seat on the Nebraska State Board of Education sparred over student test scores at a forum where they were asked about hot-button education issues.
A 69-year-old man died Sunday while in custody at the Douglas County Jail.
A man was pronounced dead at the scene following a shooting early Sunday in downtown Lincoln.
Nebraska's Education Committee launched a study Friday examining the possible creation of a statewide process to award college credit for military education and training.
Depending on the outcome of November's elections, there could be enough support in the Nebraska Legislature to do away with the process of electing leadership via secret ballot.Â
A recent survey measuring passengers’ satisfaction with North American airports found Eppley Airfield ranked fifth from the bottom among 18 medium-sized airports.
Dr. Jeffrey Gold was inducted into the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators.Â
From mood check-ins to mentorship to new curriculum, Nebraska schools are implementing more social emotional learning this year using the latest round of federal COVID relief money.