News

Nebraska Recovery from Covid-19 Pandemic Continues

Nebraska Recovery from Covid-19 Pandemic Continues

Governor Pete Ricketts Photo: WNAX


The recovery from the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic in Nebraska is continuing as the rate of infection slows. The state Department of Health and Human Services reported just over fifty one hundred active infections, up about four hundred eighty from the week before.
Governor Pete Ricketts says everyone has had to make adjustments over the past two years….

Ricketts says the state continues to make progress on vaccinations…

Ricketts says there are other signs of recovery….

A state referral center was opened to help hospitals coordinate finding open beds for all patients.

Recent Headlines

4 weeks ago in Local

WHAT DOES MARIJUANA RECLASSIFICATION MEAN FOR SOUTH DAKOTA?

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – President Trump’s executive order to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule 1 to a…

4 weeks ago in Local

GOVERNOR RHODEN ANNOUNCES $200,000 GRANT SUPPORTING KEEP FARMERS FARMING PROGRAM

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On Monday, Governor Rhoden announced a $200,000 grant from the Future Fund for…

4 weeks ago in Local

ICE’S YEAR IN SOUTH DAKOTA, FROM SMALL TOWNS TO OPERATION: PRAIRIE THUNDER

SOUTH DAKOTA (Molly Wetsch / South Dakota News Watch) – Five months after Operation: Prairie Thunder officially began, the South Dakota…

4 weeks ago in Local

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ECONOMIST SAYS FARM ECONOMY HAS HELD BACK SALES TAX REVENUES

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota’s State Economist Derek Johnson told the state Banking…

4 weeks ago in Local

STATE SPENDS $43,000 IN TROOPER OVERTIME FOR OPERATION PRAIRIE THUNDER

PIERRE, S.D. (John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a saturation patrol…