Panhandle Public Health District (PPHD), along with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS), continues to monitor West Nile virus in the area, along with several other diseases caused by mosquitoes.
By News Channel Nebraska
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.
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.
The Crawford Fire Department says the fire was caused by lightning and was first reported yesterday. It has burned approximately 30 acres.
Nebraska’s Independent U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn is denying allegations that he helped recruit a Maine Senate candidate who has since dropped out of his race following a sexual assault accusation.