Loup cookbooks available to customers

COLUMBUS —Loup Power District’s complimentary cookbooks are now available.

Mountain lion lottery application period is Nov. 3-Dec. 10

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will accept lottery applications for mountain lion permits Nov. 3-Dec. 10, 2025, for the 2026 hunting season.Permits are available only to Nebraska residents, who may have one permit per calendar year.

SNAP benefits paused in November due to federal shutdown

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), at the direction of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), will pause Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on October 29 due to the federal government shutdown.

A BIG (TEN) VOICE

LINCOLN — A Twin River graduate is becoming a leading voice among Big Ten students.Trey Quick, a 2023 Twin River graduate, is a rising star in student government at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and beyond.

BCHC Patient Accounts Office relocating November 1

ALBION — Beginning November 1st, the Boone County Health Center Patient Accounts Office will relocate to the South Entrance of the Health Center.

Nebraska publishes contract with ICE to use Work Ethic Camp as ICE detention facility

LINCOLN —Governor Jim Pillen announced on Friday the state has published a contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to utilize the Work Ethic Camp (WEC) in McCook as a federal detention center for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Nebraska rolling out new federal requirements for SNAP

LINCOLN — As a result of new federal requirements, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is rolling out several changes to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility requirements.The required changes listed below will go into effect on October 20, 2025,...

Gov. Pillen appoints new fire marshal

LINCOLN — Last week, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Doug Hohbein as Nebraska state fire marshal. Hohbein has been serving in an interim role since the resignation of Scott Cordes in early March. He has been with the agency since 1985.