On April 18, the Bureau of Reclamation announced a new designation of funds requested for the Gering-Ft. Laramie irrigation canal as emergency funds. The change came about after Nebraska Senators Ben Sasse and Deb Fischer and Representative Adrian Smith urged the Bureau to make the emergency designation. The new emergency…
Organizers of the Scottsbluff-Gering United Chamber of Commerce 2020 Water Tour and of the Nebraska Water Center’s (NWC) Water Conference, in consultation with public health experts, have postponed both events until 2021. The Conference was to be held on Aug. 3 at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center (PHREC) in…
The 16,381 initial unemployment claims last week are a 39 percent drop from the peak of 27,054 the previous week. However, that current number is still 1,962 percent higher than before coronavirus. Put another way, the 16,381 claims reported last week is 15,613 claims above the weekly average for 2020…
COVID-19 Case Updates Nebraska As of April 14 at noon, the current case numbers for Nebraska are: 871 positive tests — 10, 486 negative tests — 18 deaths Nebraska numbers include negative results from NPHL and commercial labs. Both state and local health departments are testing and publicly reporting their cases. In the event of…
Gov. Pete Ricketts spent just under one hour Monday afternoon speaking with members of the media and providing an update on Nebraskas response to the Coronavirus outbreak. One of the major talking points was the Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRMNpbNsVe8 The governor also touted Public Health Week…
Gov. Pete Ricketts, UNMC Dr. James Lawler, Nebraska Department of Economic Director Tony Goins and Nebraska Small Business Association District Director Leon Milobar discussed the latest on COVID-19 in Nebraska. Below are the video highlights covering each topic from today’s briefing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOuQPCiBChg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPKqZtjpCCo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUMpjcM2HQ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRWd27VxVIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvz9eopNkH8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mHfRYfbFCk https://youtu.be/5JLbIxNH_IU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znEcF9I0r40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2egG2Q5zOA…
On Tuesday afternoon, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts spoke to reporters on the latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic and its latest impact on the state. First, he says new Directed Health Measures are in effect for Nebraska, including here in the Panhandle, and gave an update on Nebraskas test rate…
The first and second deaths related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were reported to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) today. The first death was a man in his 50s with underlying health conditions from Douglas County. He had contact with a known COVID-19 case out of…
The Douglas County Health Department says a man in his 50s has died as a result from the Coronavirus. Officials say the man also suffered from serious underlying health conditions and is the first COVID-19 death in Douglas County, as well as in Nebraska. DCHD officials say the man had…
Governor Pete Ricketts again provided an update to the media on the latest on Coronavirus in Nebraska, and began todays briefing with a bit of good news regarding "Patient One," the first Nebraskan who tested positive for the virus. https://youtu.be/opzIM9kwsvo Ricketts also said that the State Fire Marshal has modified…
