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Patrick Schmidt greets a nearby dog, Ginger, during the 2018 Husker DogFest at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. This year’s DogFest — the first since the COVID-19 pandemic — is Oct. 7.

Check your pup’s ‘smarts’ at Husker DogFest on Oct. 7

September 27, 2023

Two Wahoo Public Schools students join Josh Synder, director of learning for the school district, and Sarah Buckley, sustainable landscape coordinator for the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, in planting trees on the grounds of Wahoo High School.

Nebraska Statewide Arboretum receives $10M to boost urban trees

September 20, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Shoppers look through T-shirts at a sidewalk sale in downtown McCook.

Poll: Rural Nebraskans are increasingly pessimistic about present, future

September 18, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Members of the Otoe-Missouria Nation and other tribes dance during the inaugural Otoe-Missouria Day on Sept. 21, 2022.

Second annual Otoe-Missouria Day is Sept. 21

September 15, 2023

Adeline Johnson stands in front of crafts made by students at Our Place After School Care and sold at the Freedom Factory.

Hastings after-school program pioneering care for teens with special needs

September 8, 2023

Society & Culture

Aemal Khattak, director of the Mid-America Transportation Center, poses amid orange traffic barrels and cones.

Mid-America Transportation Center receives $15 million grant

September 7, 2023

Science & Technology

Cody Lawson works on his computer at 1to1 Technologies in Central City, Nebraska. He credits mentorship from Doris Lux, an eCoach with Rural Prosperity Nebraska’s eCommunities entrepreneurship program, as a key contributor to his startup’s growth.

eCommunities program helps Central City entrepreneur thrive

August 30, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Exterior shot of McCollum Hall, College of Law Building,

New law clinic at Nebraska will defend First Amendment rights

August 29, 2023

Four Husker students — two young men and two young women — present an urban forestry plan for Hickman, Nebraska. From left are Jake Fleischer, Susana Moyer, Sunny Mellick and Josiah Nolting.

Urban forestry project helps Hickman, boosts students’ tree awareness

August 17, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Vann Price, associate superintendent for human resources at Lincoln Public Schools, speaks to the first cohort of the Para Pathway to Teaching pilot program Aug. 10 at the Barkley Center on East Campus.

UNL, LPS partner to build special education teacher pipeline

August 10, 2023

Society & Culture

Old Glory reaches to the scattered clouds in the sky.

University making strides toward N2025 engagement aim

July 27, 2023

Amparito’s Market. 648 N. 27th in Lincoln, opened in May, following extensive assistance from Rural Prosperity Nebraska’s Latino Small Business Program.

Rural Prosperity Nebraska program helps market become reality

July 18, 2023

Agriculture & Environment