Nebraska population rises slightly, as international growth reverses
Data released Tuesday reveals a 0.6% annual population bump, or about 12,500 more residents overall from July 2024 through June 2025.

Data released Tuesday reveals a 0.6% annual population bump, or about 12,500 more residents overall from July 2024 through June 2025.

The South Fork Fire burning near Crawford has grown to 23,112 acres and is now 5% contained, according to the Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 2 (RMCIMT2), which took control Thursday morning.
A fast-moving wildfire burning near Crawford has grown to more than 23,000 acres, according to the latest perimeter data submitted to the National Interagency Fire Center.
More than 150 of Nebraska’s top high school rodeo athletes are in Valentine this week for the Nebraska High School Rodeo Association State Finals.
The stories shared inside the Nebraska Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame sound like something out of a western television show — but for this year’s inductees, they’re real life.