Recalling and name-calling: The political fight fracturing a southeast Nebraska community
Voters in Brownville recalled two members of the village board. Then the board created two new jobs and hired the ousted members.
Natalia Alamdari has worked at newspapers throughout the country. Her reporting has taken her to small town shooting ranges in Missouri, contentious school board meetings in Delaware, and aquariums in Texas. Working at the Flatwater Free Press is a return to Nebraska — in college, she spent a summer interning at the Omaha World-Herald. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia and native Texan. When she’s not reporting, you can probably find her baking, petting her cat, or trying out a new crafty hobby.
Voters in Brownville recalled two members of the village board. Then the board created two new jobs and hired the ousted members.
A June FFP investigation found that in the past decade, one of every three state civil forfeiture cases in Nebraska happened in Seward County, population 17,608. Now, a bill seeks to end the practice statewide.
An Omaha woman’s son and other Nebraska juveniles are spending longer stretches locked in solitary confinement. State officials say confinement is needed in some cases. Research says it harms children.
Loup County Public Schools, one of the smallest school districts in state, has managed to stay open. It’s backers argue that it’s working for students and point out…it’s growing.
WEST POINT – Gwen Lindberg sits in her plush beige recliner, and listens to the news. Not from the television, or the radio, but from the loud and…
The University of Nebraska campus plans to end or cut deeply into several programs in the arts and humanities. Leaders say there’s little choice and the programs have low enrollments.
The Simmons family is one of a growing number of Sandhills ranchers raising bison, whose numbers continue to increase in Nebraska.
Nebraska still lags behind other states in remote work, but the number of remote workers has doubled. It’s making a difference in Valentine.
The McBride family continues to sell boots, hats and western wear items to Nebraskans at Ranch-Land, just as they have since 1959.
Seward Sheriff says the former trooper, who argues he was wrongfully fired in Georgia, will stay in his Nebraska job as his legal battle continues.