RFK Jr. overrules experts to keep hantavirus cruise ship passenger in quarantine

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has refused to release a cruise ship passenger exposed to hantavirus from a quarantine facility in Nebraska

June 16, 2026Updated: June 16, 2026
AP nullBy ALI SWENSON and MIKE STOBBE

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How to prevent a data center? Cherry County approves six-month moratorium on conditional use permits

As data centers expand across Nebraska, Cherry County leaders are taking steps to slow potential development locally.

Three former Cherry County law enforcement officers honored

He lost his life protecting the Valentine area over Easter weekend in 1954, but do people today know the name Trooper Marvin Hansen?

Questions raised about federal land management during record-breaking fire season

A series of recent wildfires across the Nebraska Sandhills and Panhandle is prompting new questions about how federal land is managed and how fires are fought.

Rushville, Nebraska woman sentenced to more than six years for fraud and money laundering 

A 57-year-old Rushville woman has been sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in federal prison after being convicted of four counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering.