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Hy-Vee aims for a summer opening of its new Gretna grocery store, and other businesses are coming nearby. → Read More
Chicago-based Madison Industries has acquired La Vista-based biotech company Streck, which was founded in 1971. → Read More
The teacher shortage has given new life to the effort to junk basic-skills testing for Nebraska teachers. → Read More
A short survey gives members of the public some input on selecting Nebraska's next education commissioner. → Read More
Job description and qualifications are posted for Nebraska education commissioner applicants. → Read More
The Ralston school board selects Jason Buckingham as the district's next superintendent → Read More
Honesty, vision and experience top the state board's wish list for the next Nebraska education commissioner. → Read More
Officials say recent classroom additions as well as a dip in enrollment during COVID-19 created room for transfers. → Read More
A committee tasked with helping find a replacement for outgoing Commissioner of Education Matt Blomstedt received submissions from five firms seeking to assist in the search process. → Read More
A petition drive that sought to give the Nebraska governor substantial oversight of K-12 education failed Thursday. → Read More
Elkhorn student Ananya Rao Prassanna advanced to the quarterfinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee after surviving Tuesday, but she was bounced Wednesday. → Read More
Papillion La Vista Community Schools has reported a surge in COVID cases. If the percentage remains high Wednesday, it will trip the district's predetermined trigger for masks at impacted schools. → Read More
The deceased were identified as Hector Martinez Mezquita, 46, of Fremont, and Francisco Alfaro, 26. → Read More
Gretna school board members Monday night selected a griffin as the mascot for the new Gretna East High School, so both of the district's high schools will have mythical creatures → Read More
After relentless opposition, the state board of education halted the standards' development Sept. 3. The only consensus is that the process failed to produce standards acceptable to all Nebraskans. → Read More
Hannah Fernandes of Omaha made a good showing in the quarterfinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But her stumble on a vocabulary question ended her quest to make spelling → Read More
The $16.8 million school bond issue in the Douglas County West Community Schools appears to have passed handily. → Read More
The transition plan calls for students in prekindergarten through eighth grade to return Feb. 22. High schoolers will return March 1. → Read More
Shavonna Holman, who served as vice president in 2020, was nominated by outgoing President Marque Snow for the top spot on the board. The board voted 9-0 by secret ballot → Read More
OPS's graduation rate declined more than 3 percentage points, the biggest one-year decline since at least 2003. → Read More