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OEA honors Nebraska Examiner and others with awards
The Nebraska Examiner was named the recipient of the 2023 Media Award on Sunday by the Omaha Education Association. “The presentation of this award is to honor an individual or organization for outstanding contributions to Omaha students and teachers through the use of the local media,” the organization stated. The teacher making the nomination wrote, […]
Presidential candidate Nikki Haley: Hold China accountable for COVID-19
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley told Iowans Friday that China needs to be held accountable by the international community for the spread of COVID-19. “I think we need to go and look at the damages, the financial damages that happened, the life loss that happened, and every country in the world needs to know and […]
Help the Nebraska Examiner mark its first anniversary
The Nebraska Examiner is marking its first anniversary today, and I want to thank you all for your support over the past year. With your help, we’ve achieved some important milestones: In our first year as a nonprofit news outlet, we published more than 1,700 stories – including nearly 1,200 just by our three full-time […]
Another commercial flock in Nebraska infected by avian flu
OMAHA — The highly contagious, lethal avian influenza has struck another commercial flock in Nebraska, the state Department of Agriculture has reported. The disease affected a flock of 1.8 million laying hens in Dixon County, officials said. That increases the total number of flocks affected in Nebraska to 13 and the number of birds affected […]
Nearly 5 million domestic birds affected by deadly avian flu in Nebraska this year
OMAHA — Twelve cases of a highly contagious and deadly avian flu have now been confirmed in Nebraska this year. The disease has affected nearly 5 million chickens, gamebirds and other poultry in the state, in both commercial and backyard flocks. The Nebraska Department of Agriculture, working with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service […]
Avian flu strikes a flock of 2.1 million laying hens in Knox County, Nebraska
A seventh, and so far the largest, Nebraska poultry flock has been infected by the highly contagious and deadly bird flu that is spreading across the country again this year. The latest infection struck a flock of more than 2.1 million laying hens in Knox County, according to the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. The department […]
Ricketts pushes back on claims that GOP ‘establishment’ was behind groping claims against Herbster
LINCOLN — Gov. Pete Ricketts pushed back Monday against claims that the Republican “establishment” was to blame for allegations by eight women that they had been groped by gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster. “I would say, just read the article,” the governor said, referring to the Nebraska Examiner’s report last week. Also Monday, three state senators […]
Deadly avian flu strikes Nebraska flock of 570,000 in Butler County; in Iowa, virus struck earlier this year than in 2015
A deadly strain of avian influenza has been confirmed in a flock of 570,000 broiler chickens in Butler County, Nebraska state agricultural officials said Tuesday. It was the first case confirmed this year in a commercial flock in the state. The virus, called highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, spreads easily among birds, through manure as […]
