The Papio-Missouri River Natural Resource District Board approved a contract Thursday to remove a sandbar near the Highway 75 bridge over the Platte River south of Omaha. Removal will decrease the flood risk to surrounding areas. The project comes at a cost of around $4 million dollars and is expected to be completed by May 2025.

A multigenerational Indigenous nonprofit is hosting its second annual fashion show to display participants’ culture and journeys toward emotional healing. Here’s how the program has adapted after its inaugural show last year.

The search for the next chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Kearney continues with listening sessions planned for next week.

With most of the state’s votes counted, Nebraska shifted slightly in favor of Republicans at the top of the ticket. But political science professor Kevin Smith says that change was less evident in the results of ballot initiatives. Voters legalized medical marijuana, rejected funding for private school scholarships and mandated paid sick leave last week.

Community outreach to determine how to disperse funding in response to opioid misuse

The political makeup of the State Board of Education will continue to be an even split of Democrats and Republicans following the election this week. The board is officially non-partisan.

The Nebraska Department of Education will expand the state’s teacher apprenticeship program to eight colleges and 19 school districts across the state with help from $6 million in federal funding.

The U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Senator Deb Fischer and independent industrial mechanic Dan Osborn has been all over the airwaves in Nebraska. Political attack ads have tried to align Osborn with Democrats, while some of Osborn’s own ads have drawn similarities between him and former president Donald Trump. But Osborn has remained firm in his stance that he would not align himself with either party if elected.

With less than a week before the election, Nebraska Public Media's Dale Johnson spoke with Nebraska Public Media reporter Brian Beach to learn more about how the results of state legislature races could impact the balance of power in the Unicameral in 2025.

Hundreds of Latino high school students attended the Nebraska Latino Youth Summit Thursday. The event serves as a pathway to learn about higher education and future career opportunities.