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Nebraska lawmakers move to end prison system's reliance on inconclusive drug tests
3+ day, 7+ hour ago —...Since 2018, Nebraska’s Department of Correctional Services has routinely... ...Margo Juarez of Omaha, the bill (LB519) would require inmates to... ...the state’s deputy director for prisons, Robert Madsen, told inspectors... ...collectively, led to her death as she manually mixed the explo… The Nebraska Supreme...
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Jeff Bahr: Time to look at good things in central Nebraska
1+ day, 20+ hour ago —...— Grand Island has great hike and bike trails. — The Hall County... ...way the Grand Island Fire Department never forgets firefighters who... ...With the hot temps the Grand Island Fire Department decided to set... ..., July… This sticker on the side of a Grand Island fire truck pays...
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Plum Creek Fire up to 70% contained, more than 7,000 acres burned in north-central Nebraska
2+ week, 6+ day ago —...(Courtesy of Ann Moylan Fiala, Ainsworth Volunteer Fire Department... ...AÂ Friday morning update from Ainsworth Fire Chief Brad Fiala, shared...
theindependent.com > local > music
UNL Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts recognizes area students at Nebraska Young Artist Awards Day...
1+ week, 6+ day ago —...Hauser (Grand Island), Shae Eggers (Sutton), Cielo Rios Ortiz (Cedar... ...(Hastings), Kendal Wineteer (Aurora), Hixson-Lied College of...
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Komorebino Omoide rolls in Bosselman
2+ week, 5+ day ago —...Drivehappy, a stablemate to Tennessee Moon in the Mark Hibdon barn... ...Komorebino Omoide was content to sit in a close second behind Tennessee... ...the Kentucky Derby. — The Dinsdale Automotive Pick 5 jackpot went... ...That card will feature the Al Swihart Memorial Stakes as well as...
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Elizabeth Exstrom: Container gardening a simple way to add life and color
5+ day, 12+ hour ago —...natural choice—just be sure it hasn’t been treated with creosote or CCA... ...along the Middle Loup River in Howard County in central Nebraska... ...Judith Puncochar, at the age of 74, is rewilding 135 acres of farmland...
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Food Bank for the Heartland sounds alarm over rising need in Grand Island, other areas
1+ week, 1+ day ago —...Calib Miller, Food Bank for the Heartland vice president of community... ...for the Heartland President and CEO Brian Barks said during... ...meal providers, Grand Island Public Schools’ Backpack Program and... ...as Backpack Program coordinator for Grand Island Public Schools,...
theindependent.com > news > local > education
'2025 NSAA Speech Championships: Best of the Best' airing Sunday on Nebraska Public Media
2+ week, 6+ day ago —...Ty Diedrichsen, Jacson King, Karter Lingenfelter, Harrison Thor and... ...East (Class A), Coach: Nick Herink The annual Nebraska School Activities... ...The Alyssa Sandmeier Foundation Board of Directors has announced... ...at NebraskaPublicMedia.org and YouTube....
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Former Omaha dairy to become $43 million,194-unit apartment complex near downtown
6+ day, 4+ hour ago —...Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert and John Ewing, the current Douglas County... ...Tom McLeay of Clarity Development, one of the partners in the project... ...Lincoln-based Assurity Life Insurance is a partner in the project... ...Streets pays homage to the Alamito Dairy, which formerly occupied...
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Grand Island man sentenced to federal time for conspiracy to distribute meth
6+ day, 11+ hour ago —...The effort was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces... ...Burkhardt and Cummings met Armentrout and Mason in Las Vegas.... ...the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States... ...out killings on a secure messaging system secretly run by the FBI...