Niobrara News

Replacing a nostalgic one-lane bridge on a national scenic river is something of a big deal.

It was a beautiful spring day last March as Fred Steffen rolled down Nebraska Highway 12 toward Niobrara and Santee to deliver a load of propane.

A strategy to preserve water in Nebraska's premier canoeing river for recreation, fish and wildlife remained adrift Thursday.

Construction will begin in spring on another 40 acres of Missouri River sandbar habitat for two birds that are on the Endangered Species List.

The Army Corps of Engineers plans to build about 40 acres of sandbar habitat for two species of birds under the protection of the Endangered Species Act.

Standing Bear Elementary, 15860 Taylor St., is part of the Omaha Public Schools.

They shouldn't be in Nebraska. Corn grows here. Prairie grass grows here. Summer is hot here.

A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison for assaulting a man on the Santee Indian Reservation in northeast Nebraska in November 2008.

FAA investigators are heading to northeast Nebraska where a small plane crashed Saturday afternoon, killing one person and injuring the pilot.

The Niobrara Council is set to host Downriver Explorers Day. It's a 1 day river camp for youngsters in Brown, Keya Peha, and Rock Counties.

The four peregrine falcon chicks born atop the Nebraska State Capitol Building have names.

A new study says ensuring the Niobrara River maintains its current flow is important because boating and tubing boosts the economy in north-central Nebraska.

Ponca Chief Standing Bear's death 101 years ago in his beloved northeast Nebraska marked the passing of a historic figure.

Of the 74 killed that morning, three were from Niobrara, Nebraska. Now, 40 years later, their cousin Dale, also a veteran, recalls their story.

A water fall in the Niobrara River. The U.S. Department of Interior recently recognized what many Nebraskans - " especially those closer to the South Dakota border - " already knew: That the Niobrara River is one of rare scenic gems in the Midwest.