Niobrara News

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.

That's when the state Department of Natural Resources ordered hundreds of farmers and ranchers to shut off their surface water and groundwater irrigation pumps because the Nebraska Public Power District wanted to exercise its water rights.

WASHINGTON a ' Nebraska U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns says hea TMs asking for more resources for American Indian colleges and universities to upgrade their math and science laboratories.

A popular captive elk and bison operation in northeast Nebraska is not the site of an elk and deer herd infected with tuberculosis, the owners and state officials said Monday.

A committee in the Unicameral, in Lincoln, will hear testimony tomorrow on a bill to provide funding for the proposed College of Nursing Facility, in Norfolk, Nebraska.

A 13 mile stretch of Highway 12 in Knox County Nebraska will remain closed Wednesday night after a deadly crash at 10:15 a.m. More>> A 13 mile stretch of Highway 12 in Knox County Nebraska will remain closed ...

Backpacker Magazine November 2008 Paddle Nebraska's Niobrara River A two-day paddle through high plains prairie amid buffalo, whooping cranes, and elk.