NebraskaPedia™ - August, 2009 Archived News
» Small, peaceful protest held at Carhart clinic CNN report Ultrasound law takes effect
» Omaha property tax hike now appears inevitable
» Niobrara cancels football season, looks at sports cooperative
» Evolution conference set in Kearney
» N.P. native recognized in U.S. News for her DNA research
» Troopers test State Fair games to make sure they're winnable
» Omaha labor unions refuse city's proposal for furloughs
» EEOC will require meatpackers to make more concessions to Muslims G.I. Assimilation forum
» Love's Travel Stop at Aurora will add tire care facility
» Carhart's abortion clinic broke health laws, say ex-employees Demonstrations planned
» Governor mulling plan to shut down some Republican Basin wells in dry years
» 'Move-over' highway law goes into effect Aug. 30
» Lifetime hunting, fishing permits discounted for kids at Fair, Harvest Days
» State Sen. Nantkes marries, is now Sen. Conrad
» Many of same health care themes heard by Nelson in Norfolk
» Planners envision development for rundown 84th Street corridor in La Vista
» Wind power promoters: Firm national energy policy needed
» Panhandle leaders meet to develop common voice on Heartland Expressway
» Remodeling project begins on Brodstone Memorial Hospital in Superior
» Harvard prof tells Omaha crowd she backs a health plan that works in Switzerland
» Smith asks Nebraskans to lobby U.S. trade representative for progress
» As Carhart plans to expand to Kansas, Operation Rescue plans Omaha demonstration
» H1N1 likely to be there, but under control, this fall
» Good snowpack this winter would aid recovery of Platte reservoirs
» Nelson says some sort of health care reform favored by Nebraskans. Nelson in N.P.
» Johanns: 'Public option' would gut private insurance for Nebraskans
» Did Legislature use too much of its stimulus money for budget gap?
» Cash for clunkers: Short-term gain, long-term pain?
» UNL, Doane dorms again overflowing at start of school year
» Norris school bus accident was real-life test of Lincoln area disaster plan
» One of smallest Nebraska schools, Dodge adds school breakfast program
» FedEx is latest business added to Aurora's I-80 transportation park
» Handwashing reminders are prominent K-12 at schools this fall
» Omaha man is subject of widening financial fraud investigation
» Memorabilia being collected for a new State Fair museum
» Gering contractor selected for three buildings at G.I. fairground location
» It's a little tougher to get a driver's license in Lincoln these days
» Ted Turner makes an appearance at Midland Lutheran College
» State Fair's final run in Lincoln begins August 28
» Private enterprise opens 13,000 acres of Wildcat Hills to public near Scottsbluff
» Inmates around Nebraska get faith-based training on how to be better fathers
» Cool weather may delay harvest, but timely rain boosts good crop in SE Nebraska
» National health care debate may come down to centerists like Nelson
» Omaha police chief questions furlough plan for 2010, city plays other layoffs
» 'Clunkers' participants have to pay tax on that federal subsidy
» Study suggests Obama health plan would be costly for Nebraskans
» Nebraska students continue to do well on the ACT
» Police advise motorists to slow down for kids returning to school
» Despite budget pressure, Omaha City Council rejects entertainment tax
» Axelrod to come to UNL as second part of Democrat lecture series
» Study says Omaha's VA hospital is falling into disrepair
» Unions disagree with Hall County supervisors over how to cut budget
» Flood control project near Wahoo is ahead of schedule
» Lincoln is losing its last Homer's music store
» Event to examine Grand Island's role as center for refugees
» Nebraska Guardsmen get IED training at Hastings facility
» Should sixth-graders be in elementary or middle school?
» Archway Monument was rolled into place 10 years ago
» Viaero says government mandate, loan problems delaying Loup City, Ord projects
» Pipeline companies to pay $3 million for ammonia spills in 2004
» Compromise sought in Muslim prayer dispute at Swift plant in G.I.
» Prison task force consensus: Criminals need better training to re-enter society
» Lincoln utility holds 'Smart Grid Day' to explain concept to customers
» State consolidates Guard-Reserve bases, opens new facility at Hastings
» Omaha prep athletes will be able to opt out of gym classes
» Norfolk is latest front line in fight over fluoridation
» Projected record-setting corn harvest will affect livestock, ethanol
» Friend leaves Nebraska Legislature for state violence-prevention job
» Former officer: Omaha police have 'zero incentive' to stay longer than 25 years
» Nebraska home sales up 20 percent in second quarter
» Communities with fluoridated water still argue about cost, cancer
» State regulations ease the stress of two-a-day football practices
» TV ads to state Nelson's health care principles amid ongoing debate
» NU's new veterinary partnership with Iowa State reaches next stage
» No consensus emerges at Omaha' public meeting on budget
» Community survey first step in Hamilton County's 2010 strategic plan
» Cool summer temperatures reducing revenue for electric utilities
» Heineman, 7 other governors request federal help for pork industry
» Nebraska consults with other states to develop lethal-injection protocol
» Omaha mayor rejects $3 million payment to de-annex Elkhorn
» Nebraska Firefighters Museum set to open
» Gibbon holds grand opening for new school facility
» 'Clunkers' program may be hurting salvage yards
» Food banks and pantries seeing more donations, more customers
» Scottsbluff man doing what he can to help game wardens stop poaching
» Volunteers keep mission of Norfolk-based Orphan Grain Train rolling
» Annual program hosted by Fremont camp meets needs of HIV/AIDS kids
» Appleton Electric will close in 2010, draining 220 jobs from Columbus
» NU plans to beef up its distance learning capabilities, enrollment
» UNL policy analyst says farmers should examine new subsidy program
» Nelson, Johanns vote against 'Cash for Clunkers' extension
» Congressmen hearing from constituents on health care, including Smith
» Omaha mayor makes $600,000 in cuts to police department
» G.I. police will make a trial run to the Kansas State Fair
» Gering's Hispanic councilman: Sotomayor will do 'a great job'
» Douglas County Judge Marcuzzo is suspended
» Metro-area superintendents put learning community theory into practice
» Cattlemen: Federal rules for livestock compensation don't make sense
» 'Public-option' advocacy groups turn up health-care heat on Nelson
» Fortenberry touts preventive care in Congressional field hearing
» UNK announces nearly $800,000 in budget cuts
» Major Columbus employer lays off 70 workers
» New BSDC director will face plenty of scrutiny
» Buffett tabs Sokol to rescue Berkshire's NetJets
» 'Cash for clunkers' popular, but bogging down in its own paperwork
» Omaha: Big city, big spending, big amenities, big debt
» Capitol restoration project will take longer, be more expensive
» Pheasants Forever plans $20 million fund drive to improve habitat
» Denton man aims for world record with 54-acre corn maze
» New state law extends ADC payments so parents can get job training
» Schools spending stimulus money on their wish lists
» Cash-strapped Planned Parenthood merges Omaha and Des Moines offices
» Nonprofit group plans conference to help women with finances
» Nebraskans have chance to weigh in this month on health care debate
» Is Summer Youth Program wasteful, or a godsend? Depends on perspective
» Group lobbies Holdrege about benefits of school bond issue
» Special Olympics does a trial run in Lincoln to prepare for 2010
» World-Herald-owned newspapers plan unpaid furloughs for employees
» Omaha gets more bad news about its budget deficit
» The Eppley Airfield runway renovation gets $5 million in federal cash
» Design team gives Beatrice citizens its vision of city's future
» Gilg nominated to be first female U.S. attorney from Nebraska
» Small, peaceful protest held at Carhart clinic CNN report Ultrasound law takes effect
» Omaha property tax hike now appears inevitable
» Niobrara cancels football season, looks at sports cooperative
» Evolution conference set in Kearney
» N.P. native recognized in U.S. News for her DNA research
» Troopers test State Fair games to make sure they're winnable
» Omaha labor unions refuse city's proposal for furloughs
» EEOC will require meatpackers to make more concessions to Muslims G.I. Assimilation forum
» Love's Travel Stop at Aurora will add tire care facility
» Carhart's abortion clinic broke health laws, say ex-employees Demonstrations planned
» Governor mulling plan to shut down some Republican Basin wells in dry years
» 'Move-over' highway law goes into effect Aug. 30
» Lifetime hunting, fishing permits discounted for kids at Fair, Harvest Days
» State Sen. Nantkes marries, is now Sen. Conrad
» Many of same health care themes heard by Nelson in Norfolk
» Planners envision development for rundown 84th Street corridor in La Vista
» Wind power promoters: Firm national energy policy needed
» Panhandle leaders meet to develop common voice on Heartland Expressway
» Remodeling project begins on Brodstone Memorial Hospital in Superior
» Harvard prof tells Omaha crowd she backs a health plan that works in Switzerland
» Smith asks Nebraskans to lobby U.S. trade representative for progress
» As Carhart plans to expand to Kansas, Operation Rescue plans Omaha demonstration
» H1N1 likely to be there, but under control, this fall
» Good snowpack this winter would aid recovery of Platte reservoirs
» Nelson says some sort of health care reform favored by Nebraskans. Nelson in N.P.
» Johanns: 'Public option' would gut private insurance for Nebraskans
» Did Legislature use too much of its stimulus money for budget gap?
» Cash for clunkers: Short-term gain, long-term pain?
» UNL, Doane dorms again overflowing at start of school year
» Norris school bus accident was real-life test of Lincoln area disaster plan
» One of smallest Nebraska schools, Dodge adds school breakfast program
» FedEx is latest business added to Aurora's I-80 transportation park
» Handwashing reminders are prominent K-12 at schools this fall
» Omaha man is subject of widening financial fraud investigation
» Memorabilia being collected for a new State Fair museum
» Gering contractor selected for three buildings at G.I. fairground location
» It's a little tougher to get a driver's license in Lincoln these days
» Ted Turner makes an appearance at Midland Lutheran College
» State Fair's final run in Lincoln begins August 28
» Private enterprise opens 13,000 acres of Wildcat Hills to public near Scottsbluff
» Inmates around Nebraska get faith-based training on how to be better fathers
» Cool weather may delay harvest, but timely rain boosts good crop in SE Nebraska
» National health care debate may come down to centerists like Nelson
» Omaha police chief questions furlough plan for 2010, city plays other layoffs
» 'Clunkers' participants have to pay tax on that federal subsidy
» Study suggests Obama health plan would be costly for Nebraskans
» Nebraska students continue to do well on the ACT
» Police advise motorists to slow down for kids returning to school
» Despite budget pressure, Omaha City Council rejects entertainment tax
» Axelrod to come to UNL as second part of Democrat lecture series
» Study says Omaha's VA hospital is falling into disrepair
» Unions disagree with Hall County supervisors over how to cut budget
» Flood control project near Wahoo is ahead of schedule
» Lincoln is losing its last Homer's music store
» Event to examine Grand Island's role as center for refugees
» Nebraska Guardsmen get IED training at Hastings facility
» Should sixth-graders be in elementary or middle school?
» Archway Monument was rolled into place 10 years ago
» Viaero says government mandate, loan problems delaying Loup City, Ord projects
» Pipeline companies to pay $3 million for ammonia spills in 2004
» Compromise sought in Muslim prayer dispute at Swift plant in G.I.
» Prison task force consensus: Criminals need better training to re-enter society
» Lincoln utility holds 'Smart Grid Day' to explain concept to customers
» State consolidates Guard-Reserve bases, opens new facility at Hastings
» Omaha prep athletes will be able to opt out of gym classes
» Norfolk is latest front line in fight over fluoridation
» Projected record-setting corn harvest will affect livestock, ethanol
» Friend leaves Nebraska Legislature for state violence-prevention job
» Former officer: Omaha police have 'zero incentive' to stay longer than 25 years
» Nebraska home sales up 20 percent in second quarter
» Communities with fluoridated water still argue about cost, cancer
» State regulations ease the stress of two-a-day football practices
» TV ads to state Nelson's health care principles amid ongoing debate
» NU's new veterinary partnership with Iowa State reaches next stage
» No consensus emerges at Omaha' public meeting on budget
» Community survey first step in Hamilton County's 2010 strategic plan
» Cool summer temperatures reducing revenue for electric utilities
» Heineman, 7 other governors request federal help for pork industry
» Nebraska consults with other states to develop lethal-injection protocol
» Omaha mayor rejects $3 million payment to de-annex Elkhorn
» Nebraska Firefighters Museum set to open
» Gibbon holds grand opening for new school facility
» 'Clunkers' program may be hurting salvage yards
» Food banks and pantries seeing more donations, more customers
» Scottsbluff man doing what he can to help game wardens stop poaching
» Volunteers keep mission of Norfolk-based Orphan Grain Train rolling
» Annual program hosted by Fremont camp meets needs of HIV/AIDS kids
» Appleton Electric will close in 2010, draining 220 jobs from Columbus
» NU plans to beef up its distance learning capabilities, enrollment
» UNL policy analyst says farmers should examine new subsidy program
» Nelson, Johanns vote against 'Cash for Clunkers' extension
» Congressmen hearing from constituents on health care, including Smith
» Omaha mayor makes $600,000 in cuts to police department
» G.I. police will make a trial run to the Kansas State Fair
» Gering's Hispanic councilman: Sotomayor will do 'a great job'
» Douglas County Judge Marcuzzo is suspended
» Metro-area superintendents put learning community theory into practice
» Cattlemen: Federal rules for livestock compensation don't make sense
» 'Public-option' advocacy groups turn up health-care heat on Nelson
» Fortenberry touts preventive care in Congressional field hearing
» UNK announces nearly $800,000 in budget cuts
» Major Columbus employer lays off 70 workers
» New BSDC director will face plenty of scrutiny
» Buffett tabs Sokol to rescue Berkshire's NetJets
» 'Cash for clunkers' popular, but bogging down in its own paperwork
» Omaha: Big city, big spending, big amenities, big debt
» Capitol restoration project will take longer, be more expensive
» Pheasants Forever plans $20 million fund drive to improve habitat
» Denton man aims for world record with 54-acre corn maze
» New state law extends ADC payments so parents can get job training
» Schools spending stimulus money on their wish lists
» Cash-strapped Planned Parenthood merges Omaha and Des Moines offices
» Nonprofit group plans conference to help women with finances
» Nebraskans have chance to weigh in this month on health care debate
» Is Summer Youth Program wasteful, or a godsend? Depends on perspective
» Group lobbies Holdrege about benefits of school bond issue
» Special Olympics does a trial run in Lincoln to prepare for 2010
» World-Herald-owned newspapers plan unpaid furloughs for employees
» Omaha gets more bad news about its budget deficit
» The Eppley Airfield runway renovation gets $5 million in federal cash
» Design team gives Beatrice citizens its vision of city's future
» Gilg nominated to be first female U.S. attorney from Nebraska