4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (247+ words) North Dakota has recorded its first death from the mosquito-borne West Nile virus in 2026. The North Dakota Health and Human Services said in a news release Thursday that the person who died was over 60 years old and lived in southwest…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (298+ words) For many years I have heard the good and the not so good saga of sprinkler end guns. Quotes like, “Those are the most inexpensive additional acres on my farm”, to “those acres are the least productive and most water…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (163+ words) Positioned in the middle of the United States, Nebraska has played an outsized role in disrupting terrorism across the country over the past 25 years, since the most significant terrorist attack in our nation’s history on September 11, 2001. President Bush was in…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (567+ words) Florida physicians want a formal hearing on the DeSantis administration’s latest effort to weaken vaccine requirements for Florida schoolchildren. The Florida Chapter of the American College of Physicians on Wednesday sent notice to the Department of Health requesting a rule…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (410+ words) Kiowa County residents can expect a mild, breezy Wednesday followed by a good chance of overnight thunderstorms, then a sharp warm-up to the low 90s by Friday, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Kiowa County drew particular attention in…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (797+ words) The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld Nebraska’s two voter-approved medical cannabis laws following a legal challenge to the 2024 petition effort. Chief Justice Jeffrey Funke, in a 7-0, 49-page opinion, sided against the lawsuit from former state Senator John Kuehn of…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (708+ words) The selection of key pieces of Oklahoma’s high-stakes reading law is underway in a process that likely will straddle two governors and state superintendents. While schools prepare teachers and students for the “third-grade gate” that will take effect in the…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (176+ words) The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment lifted its water contact advisory for John Martin Reservoir near Hasty after water quality sampling confirmed E. coli concentrations have returned to levels consistent with state recreational standards. The advisory had been issued…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (296+ words) Cattle ranchers in Western states are fighting for attention in the long-overdue Farm Bill. It has been eight years since lawmakers drafted an updated measure, which is supposed to be renewed every five. Washington lawmakers are struggling to come to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (364+ words) © JJ Gouin - iStock-2074087177 A Nebraska voter is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn the secretary of state’s decision to put a measure on the fall ballot that would let Nebraska voters decide whether to constitutionally limit sports participation in…...