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Aksarben Foundation releases report it commissioned by global consulting firm, DCI. The Aksarben Foundation, a statewide Nebraska business organization for over 100 years, has released a report prepared by Development Counsellors International (DCI), a national expert in economic development matters. The data shows...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln has now joined San Mateo, California as one of only two 4-star welcoming communities. “More than 25,000 people who are immigrants and refugees live in our community,” Lancaster County Commissioner Christa Yoakum said at the announcement of the achievement on Sunday. “They add to the...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A 9-year-old boy was severely injured Sunday when he was hit by a pontoon propeller at Lake McConaughy. It happened about 1 p.m., when the Colorado boy was wading near the Sandy Beach shore. After he was hit, he was flown to Anschutz Children’s Hospital...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A mining company announced Monday that it has finished an exploratory drilling program in Nebraska. NioCorp Developments is hoping to mine niobium, scandium and titanium near Elk Creek, which is about 65 miles southeast of Lincoln. The location has the second-largest deposit of rare earth...

Landlords sue to end ban on source-of-income housing discrimination in Lincoln. A group of landlord agencies have sued the city of Lincoln in an attempt avoid accepting Section 8 vouchers. Updated: 4 hours ago. “Small human, large impact” That was written on the inside of the bracelets being passed out...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Police were called to a single-vehicle rollover crash in west Lincoln on Monday. The crash happened near Rosa Parks Way and South Ninth Street just before 4 p.m. LPD said one person was taken to a local hospital due to non-life-threatening injuries. This crash is still...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A nonprofit is asking for the public’s help in restocking its shelves. The Good Neighbor Community Center provides free resources, from diapers to language classes, for anyone in need. But now with winter approaching, it is struggling to fill the ever-increasing need. “Our shopping...

Lincoln is now nationally recognized as a welcoming community. The designation comes from a national nonprofit called Welcoming America, which works toward creating inclusive communities across the country. Lincoln joins Crete as well as 30 other cities in the U.S. in earning the title. Lisa Guill, the Welcoming...

EAGLE, Neb. (KOLN) - “Small human, large impact.” That was written on the inside of the bracelets being passed out at a candlelight vigil in Eagle on Monday. Those words meant to describe Zane VanArsdall, and the lives he touched in just over a decade. Hundreds showed their...

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Dustin Noble, 46, of North Platte, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 4, 2025, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska, for Conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act. United States District Judge Susan M. Bazis sentenced Noble to 22 months’ imprisonment. There is no...