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Early Giving Now Open for Give Hastings Day
Apr 22, 2024 / Give Hastings
(Hastings, Neb.) — Giving is now open for Give Hastings Day. The fundraising event will culminate on Thursday, May 2. Now in its eleventh yea...
Smith Calls for 2024 Angels in Adoption Nominations
Apr 22, 2024 / Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) opened nominations this week for the 2024 Angels in Adoption Award for Nebraska’s Th...
Revving Up Safety: NDOT Joins in Speeding Awareness Week to Promote Safer Roads
Apr 22, 2024 / NDOT
April 22, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) — The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) in taking a stand against speeding. Agencies and organ...
GI Police Report
Apr 22, 2024 / GIPD
News media report for: 04/22/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
UNK Announces Winners of Nebraska Emerging Writers and Artists Contest
Apr 22, 2024 / Tyler Ellyson UNK News editor
KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney is recognizing eight high school students selected as winners of the annual Nebraska Emerging...
Hejny Has Shown Vision in Directing LEAD Program
Apr 22, 2024 / Geitner Simmons | IANR Communications
Lincoln, Neb. April 22, 2024 — For the past 17 years, Terry Hejny has regularly traveled Nebraska, from the Missouri River to the Panhandle, ...
Two Arrested After Pursuit, Search in Omaha
Apr 21, 2024 / Nebraska State Patrol
(OMAHA, NEB.) — Nebraska State Troopers, with assistance from local officers, have arrested two people following a pursuit in Omaha ove...
Supporting Israel’s Right to Self-Defense
Apr 20, 2024 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
On April 13, Israel endured an unprecedented attack of more than 300 long-range missiles and drones from Iran. The Islamic Republic of Iran has bee...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: I Voted For a Full Impeachment Trial for Secretary Mayorkas
Apr 20, 2024 / Pete Ricketts
The House of Representatives passed two impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. One article was for “wil...
Smith Announces 2024 Congressional Art Competition Winners
Apr 20, 2024 / Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today announced the winners of the 2024 Congressional Art Competition for the Third Distri...
Secretary of State Wraps up State Wide Tour
Apr 19, 2024 / KRGI News
Nebraska Secretary of State Robert Evnen spent a few days educating voters on the photo ID requirement for the May 14th primary. He also made a pit...
EPA Allows Summer Sales of E15
Apr 19, 2024 / Press Release
Ricketts Comments on EPA Allowing Summer Sales of E15 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Co...
Symposium to Explore Ways Faith, Science are Woven Together
Apr 19, 2024 / Michael Howie Hastings College
(Hastings, Nebraska) – Exploring the ways that faith and science are complementary, and how God has woven faith and science together in beaut...
CCC Takes Second Place in Military Friendly Schools Rankings
Apr 19, 2024 / Scott Miller
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – Central Community College placed second in the 2024-25 Military Friendly School rankings for small community colleges. T...
LFS Open House May 2nd
Apr 19, 2024 / LFS
Lutheran Family Services (LFS) provides their communities Real Help and Real Hope. Teams specialize in behavioral health, family education, and sub...
Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
Apr 19, 2024 / 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...
Schieber Named President of CHI Health St. Francis
Apr 19, 2024 / Anissa Paitz CHI
Grand Island-CHI Health St. Francis announces Steve Schieber, MBA, FACMPE, FACHE, will be the hospital’s new president starting May 12. Schie...
Nebraska Unemployment Rate Remains Low
Apr 19, 2024 / Department of Labor
LINCOLN - The Nebraska Department of Labor (NDOL) announced today that Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for March 2024 is 2.5 percent...
US Senate Candidate Dan Osborn Visits Region
Apr 19, 2024 / KRGI News
Dan Osborn, an independent candidate for US Senate is visiting Central Nebraska. After stops in Hastings yesterday. He's in Grand Island today (Fri...
Nebraska Farm Income Projected to Fall
Apr 19, 2024 / UNL
Lincoln, Neb. April 19, 2024 — Nebraska’s net farm income is projected to fall to $6 billion in 2024 and average $6.3 billion per year ...
Rural Mainstreet Economy in Negative Territory Again
Apr 19, 2024 / Creighton University
April 2024 Survey Results at a Glance: For an eighth straight month, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index sank below growth neutral.Only 0.9% of ban...
LB631 furthers NDCS efforts to transform Nebraska
Apr 19, 2024 / NDOC
April 18, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Signed into law on April 16, 2024, LB631 expands resources for those returning to the community after incarc...
Legislative Session Has Busy Final Day
Apr 19, 2024 / KRGI News
At the end of the final day of the 108th legislative session, outgoing senators addressed the body. Listen to the comments of Fred Meyer, Ste...
GI Police Report
Apr 19, 2024 / GIPD
News media report for: 04/19/24All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on repor...
Agreements Help Hastings College Expand Medical Career Paths
Apr 18, 2024 / Michael Howie
(Hastings, Nebraska) – Hastings College has signed agreements with Nebraska Methodist College (NMC) and Des Moines University (DMU) to create...
