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Writing our Own Greater Nebraska Stories
Alliance Times Herald - Nebraska
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July 2, 2025
By Jarrod McCartney My hometown of Red Cloud recently celebrated a massive milestone: after years of dreaming and planning and nailing down the details on the revitalization of a historic building, community members gathered downtown to cut the...
Nebraska Community Blood Bank issues urgent call for blood donations
KOLN - Nebraska
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June 26, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Nebraska Community Blood Bank (NCBB) has issued an urgent call for blood donors ahead of the upcoming 4th of July holiday weekend amid a critical blood shortage, particularly of types O- and B- blood. NCBB says type...
High E. Coli levels prompt temporary closure of Gremlin Cove Beach
KFXL - Nebraska
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HARLAN COUNTY, Neb — Gremlin Cove Beach at Harlan County Lake has been temporarily closed due to high levels of E. Coli detected in the water. Weekly sampling by the Lower Republican Natural Resource District revealed E. Coli levels at 365.4...
Nebraska health officials offer tips to stay safe while swimming
KOLN - Nebraska
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June 26, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) wants to remind people to prioritize safety and health to reduce the risk of illness and injury when enjoying water-related activities in pools, lakes and rivers...
Nebraska Wrestling Team Announces Challenging Non Conference Schedule
Sandhills Express - Nebreska
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After a historical season, the Nebraska wrestling team has a reloaded roster and is looking ahead to its challenging non-conference schedule and Big Ten rotation for the 2025-26 season. The Big Red will host four duals, including top-10 team...
The Most Peaceful Place in Every U.S. State, According to Travelers
The Travel
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June 29, 2025
America is a land of contrast, and each state has its own unique character and stories to tell. Across the vast American landscapes lies the most peaceful place in every U.S. state that travelers have discovered and experienced. It's a mix of...
CSRA travel baseball team brings home trophy from world's biggest youth baseball tournament
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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The Complete Game McKnight 14U team has been together for the last four years travelling around the country playing baseball in the summer and fall. And on June 15, all the team’s work came full circle with a win at the Omaha SlumpBuster, the...
Public Health: Abortions have increased in the U.S. as desperate women turn to pills and travel
The Milwaukee Independent
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July 1, 2025
It is now been two and a half years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door for states to implement bans. The policies and their impact have been in flux ever since the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...
United Way of Western Nebraska announces 25-26 partner agencies 1 hour
KNEB 960 AM - Nebraska
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July 1, 2025
United Way of Western Nebraska is proud to announce the 2025–2026 grant recipients: twenty-two local nonprofit organizations that will receive funding to support impactful community programs. These grants are made possible through generous...
Nebraska State Auditor says state employees are ‘gallivanting, joyriding’ on taxpayers’ dime
KOLN - Nebraska
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June 25, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Out of the roughly 4,000 vehicles owned by the State of Nebraska, 1,200 are maintained as a fleet for use by state employees on an as-needed basis. And state statute is clear — those vehicles can only be used for government...
Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission Proposal Will ‘Destroy Patient Access,’ Advocates Say
Marijuana Moment
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June 25, 2025
“I believe it is another direct and intentional step that they are taking to absolutely destroy patient access to medical cannabis.” By Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner It’s unclear what requirements the state commission to regulate medical...
Nebraska auditor details continued ‘widespread misuse’ of state vehicles to stores, private errands
Nebraska Examiner
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June 25, 2025
LINCOLN — The Nebraska auditor on Wednesday flagged “widespread misuse” of state-owned vehicles — including allegations of an employee taking multiple trips to his family’s vineyard and winery and another in which a worker used a state car to...
Beach Bash returns for 10th annual July 3 celebration
The Globe - Minnesota
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June 25, 2025
WORTHINGTON — On July 3, Centennial Park will be the place to be as the 10th anniversary RadioWorks Beach Bash celebrates the best of summer. This year’s theme is “Back to our Roots” because as RadioWorks General Manager/Vice President Chad...
Nebraska Winter’s Icy Allure
Nebraska Life
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For some Nebraskans, winter can feel like a lifeless, dreary season, but for Omaha-area photographer Derrald Farnsworth-Livingston it’s a magical time. Winter has a unique quality because it has the potential to transform the landscape utterly....
Nebraska Volleyball's Harper Murray shares highlights of summer ahead of her upcoming season appearance
Sportskeeda
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June 25, 2025
Nebraska Volleyball player Harper Murray shared highlights of moments she spent with close ones during the summer. The outside hitter and her team will begin the regular season in August and the postseason in December. Harper Murray and the...
Rick Bryson, Long Beach financial and sports legend, dies at 81
Long Beach Press Telegram - California
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June 30, 2025
Rick Bryson, a Long Beach sports and financial legend who has been fighting cancer for more than 50 years, has died. He was 81. Bryson died at his home in Long Beach on Saturday, June 28, surrounded by family members. “He was a fighter until the...
Nebraska, Iowa travelers expected to be part of 5.1 million others expected for Independence Day
KNOP - Nebraska
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June 24, 2025
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - AAA is expecting 5.1 million travelers from the West North Central (WNC) region, which includes Nebraska and Iowa, for the upcoming Independence Day weekend. In a release sent Tuesday, AAA says they are forecasting a 2%...
State auditor: 15 Nebraska agencies made thousands of dollars in bad payments, some to dead employees
KSNB Local 4 - Nebraska
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June 30, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - The Nebraska state auditor’s office sent a letter Monday to 15 state agencies it said had wasted “tens of thousands of dollars in public funds” by issuing “improper or excessively large payments” to many former state workers...
Ohio State football announces trio of players to travel to Big Ten media days
Yahoo Sports
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Big Ten football media days are nearly upon us. In fact, it is less than a month away and taking place in Las Vegas this year (sounds like a good road trip). As is customary, Ohio State will travel in style to the annual spectacle with head coach...
York houses travel to Bradshaw as part of hospital expansion
KSNB Local 4 - Nebraska
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June 30, 2025
BRADSHAW, Neb. (KOLN) - The village of Bradshaw, just over an hour outside of Lincoln, is getting nearly two blocks worth of new homes, adding much needed housing to the area. But instead of being built from the ground up, they’ll be placed on the...