Tristen Winder

A Nebraska State Patrol trooper was hospitalized late Thursday night after a sedan struck the trooper’s cruiser on Interstate 80—marking the second crash in the same location in less than seven hours, authorities said.

Four people are facing drug and weapons charges following a police investigation that spanned two weeks and included a residential search and a subsequent traffic stop, authorities said.

U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts said he voted to advance a major water infrastructure bill and introduced an amendment he says would speed up federal permitting for the proposed Perkins County Canal, a project Nebraska leaders say is key to protecting the state’s water rights on the South Platte River.

Less than a week after the South Fork Fire was 100% contained, a new blaze dubbed the ‘Log Road Incident’ ignited on private property north of the South Fork Fire burn area.

Less than a week after the South Fork Fire was 100% contained, a new blaze dubbed the ‘Log Road Incident’ ignited on private property north of the South Fork Fire burn area.

A new Farm Bill draft is circulating in the U.S. Senate, setting up the next round of negotiations over legislation that shapes food assistance, conservation, and agriculture programs nationwide.

Nebraska U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts is promoting new legislation he says would give ranchers another tool to rebuild and manage livestock after wildfires damaged fencing across Nebraska.

It has been 83 days since the Cottonwood Fire ignited in rural Lincoln County, burning more than 129,000 acres and becoming one of the largest wildfires in Nebraska this spring.

U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts said he is pushing legislation he introduced to increase transparency around foreign-owned U.S. farmland, citing concerns that purchases tied to China could pose national security risks near sensitive military installations.

After Nebraska wildfires, officials urge long-term mental health check-ins