Half A Million Holiday Lights Return To This Nebraska Garden Every December Evening

A 20-foot Christmas tree stands in one Nebraska garden, and it’s built entirely from living poinsettias. Hundreds of plants stack up to form it, red leaves and all. That alone feels like a reason to grab your coat. The tree is only the centerpiece, though. More than two dozen...

Nebraska airman killed at Pearl Harbor to be laid to rest eight decades later

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - A Nebraska airman killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor will be laid to rest beside his younger brother, more than eight decades after his death, according to Adams & Swanson Funeral Home. Cpl. Lester H. Libolt was 21 when he was killed at Hickam...

Two Team Takeaways as Nebraska Controls Western Illinois

In their second game of the season, every Husker scored and had at least one rebound in a full-team thrashing of Western Illinois.

Pillen eyes 2028 ballot if Nebraska lawmakers again stall on property tax reform

LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen hasn’t budged on his approach to cap local spending and cover K-12 education costs to alleviate property taxes he’s called for in the past four years. But in 2027, Pillen’s second term begins with a more skeptical, divided Legislature to his ideas than before. Though he is adding a backstop: […]

Thursday Superlatives from 2026 NSAA Volleyball State Championships Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal Thursday at the NSAA State Volleyball Championships produced more magnificent performances and a few more upsets than day one as Class D2, Class D1 and Class C2 took the stage at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Here’s a list of some superlatives from the second day of action. Most Dominant...

10 states ranked by Senate ad dollars per person from highest to lowest

Maine's Senate ad money could cover a $167 heating-oil voucher per voting-age resident. See how 10 states compare on ad dollars per adult. Every senator casts one vote in the chamber, whether the seat represents a populous state or a small one. The cost of winning those seats follows no such rule of equality. Some seats carry more strategic value than others, and the bill for capturing them swings across a wide range. A handful of contests this year stands to decide which party controls both the Senate and the House. People who live in those states become the audience for an advertising war that much of the country escapes. The rest of the electorate watches from a distance, while a few states take the full brunt of each party's pitch.

Nebraska voters block measures to legalize online sports betting, rejecting a campaign’s promise of $166 million in property tax relief

Nebraska voters narrowly rejected to legalize mobile sports betting in the state.

Nebraska Educators Unite to Establish State Chapter of the National Alternative Education Association

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — Alternative education leaders from across Nebraska have established the Nebraska State Chapter of the National Alternative Education Association (NeNAEA), creating a statewide professional organization dedicated to strengthening alternative education and supporting the educators and students it serves. “I founded NeNAEA because Nebraska has dedicated alternative educators...

Together, Freight and Passenger Rail Can Grow, Union Pacific Says

Union Pacific said on November 5 that its passenger-rail obligations would remain if it combines with Norfolk Southern. Katie Novak, general director of interline operations, wrote that the company reviewed routes where it expects freight to grow, and that its analysis found room to keep those passenger commitments. That conclusion is Union Pacific’s. It is not a finding by the Surface Transportation Board. In the same post, the railroad calls the proposal America’s first transcontinental railroad. The transcontinental railroad completed in 1869 is a different line.

Katin Houser Connects With Jordan Anderson For 5-Yard TD, Giving Illinois Lead Over Nebraska

Upper North Platte River Basin Reservoir water levels remain low

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. -- Low snowpack levels and runoff in the winter/spring of 2025-2026 left producers in the North Platte Valley with only 30 to 40 days of irrigation water for the 2026 growing season. On Nov. 5, the water in the reservoirs on the North Platte River in Wyoming are...

Florida loses a net 51 Medicare Advantage plans for 2027, Nebraska sees 18 plans leave and Wyoming loses six of its 14, while Aetna leaves Maryland entirely before the Dec. 7 deadline

Florida will have 51 fewer Medicare Advantage plans in 2027 than it did in 2026, the largest net drop of any state, according to a Becker’s Payer Issues tally of federal plan data. The count falls from 611 plans to 560. Wyoming is losing six of its 14, Nebraska sees 18 plans leave, and the... The post Florida loses a net 51 Medicare Advantage plans for 2027, Nebraska sees 18 plans leave and Wyoming loses six of its 14, while Aetna leaves Maryland entirely before the Dec. 7 deadline appeared first on The Financial Wire .

Eagles Return Home to Host Nebraska Sunday

STATESBORO - The ninth-ranked Georgia Southern rifle squad returns home on Sunday, hosting fifth-ranked Nebraska at the Shooting Sports Education Center. Action begins at 10 a.m. with a single smallbore relay followed by a single air rifle relay. The Eagles last shot at hom ein October, posting a 4,740 to knock off #1 West Virginia. Nebraska is coming off a 4,727 at home to beat Alaska. Live targets for the match can be viewed via ShooterOnline. A link is on the Rifle Schedule Page . The Approximate Schedule: Call to the Line: 9:30 am Sighters and Prep: 9:45 am First...

Model Railroaders Hunt Supplies At These 5 Nebraska Hobby Shops

One tiny village in southern Nebraska holds a model train store packed with HO and N scale trains. The town is small enough that the shop could be its biggest draw for hobby travelers. That detail made me grin. Another shop on this list sells trains right alongside rows of...

‘Reevaluate and reverse': Nebraska hospital leaders ask Congress to roll back Medicaid cuts

The Nebraska Hospital Association has called upon federal lawmakers to reconsider cuts to the federal Medicaid program. In a statement Thursday, the NHA said cuts could “severely compromise access to care for Nebraskans,” especially those in rural areas. “Nebraska's rural hospitals are facing uncertain futures with increasing costs,...

USDOT Invests Up To $59.6 Million in Nebraska Transportation Projects

Lincoln, NE- Nebraska has been awarded nearly $59.6 million in federal transportation funding for seven projects aimed at improving highway, truck parking and railroad infrastructure across the state. One of the projects will provide $7.46 million to the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) to expand truck parking along Interstate 80...

Nebraska voters soundly reject proposal to extend legislative term limits

Nebraska’s state senators will remain limited to two consecutive four-year terms after voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would extend them. Constitutional Amendment 1 was on track to be rejected at the ballot box as of 10 p.m. Tuesday night, with 69,100 yes votes against 290,202 no votes, according to unofficial results. The measure would have increased term limits in the state Legislature to a maximum of three consecutive terms instead of two.

Medicare Advantage members in North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and New Mexico are losing plans for 2027, and 21 North Dakota counties will have no general-enrollment plan left

Insurers are pulling Medicare Advantage plans out of North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and New Mexico for 2027, and in 21 North Dakota counties no general-enrollment Medicare Advantage plan will be left at all. Members of an ending plan have until Dec. 7 to choose another one, or they are placed in Original Medicare on Jan. […] The post Medicare Advantage members in North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and New Mexico are losing plans for 2027, and 21 North Dakota counties will have no general-enrollment plan left appeared first on The Money Overview .

Foley's watchdog streak scores him rare resounding bipartisan support

State Auditor Mike Foley was reelected for a fourth term on Tuesday, winning 75% of the vote. He’s known for his predictably tough reports on government finances. But he's taken an unpredictable route to where he is today. A native of Rochester, New York who went to college at...

TIF: State hearing reflects love, hate and suggestions to retool development incentive

LINCOLN — A pros-and-cons discussion about one of Nebraska’s most controversial yet championed economic development tools took center stage at a legislative hearing Friday: Is TIF out of control? What, if any, changes should lawmakers pursue? TIF stands for tax-increment financing, and state Sen. Danielle Conrad of Lincoln had called for a review of state […]