The North Platte World War Two Canteen began in 1941 when families and friends of the local Nebraska National Guard Unit came to the North Platte Depot hoping to give gifts to their loved ones.

September 13, 2024 • Several community newspapers across Nebraska are the only sources covering local news. Here's how two such owners are keeping news alive in their towns. September 12 ...

A firefighting training program designed primarily for women hopes to diversify the industry and to attract more people to firefighting overall.

A teenage boy was shot Tuesday at Omaha's Northwest High School, police said. The suspect was in custody within an hour of ...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Evacuations were ordered Saturday as a wildfire scorched the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles, amid a days-long heat wave that pushed temperatures ...

Mandatory evacuations are expanding as a wildfire burns in the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles ...

The so-called Line Fire was burning along the edge of the San Bernardino National Forest, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) east of Los Angeles. As of Sunday morning, the blaze had charred about 27 ...

Firefighters are continuing to battle the Bridge Fire Monday, which had burned 54,690 acres in northeast Los Angeles County and neighboring San Bernardino County and was 11% contained. The fire has ...

The Bellevue City Council on Sept. 3 took action on a much-needed fire station roof, major street project, raises for ...

State fire officials said an overloaded electrical socket apparently caused a fatal house fire earlier this year in northeast Ocala. According to an investigative report from the state Bureau of ...

The USDA Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Region is set to hire over 250 permanent seasonal wildland firefighters across national forests and grasslands in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota ...

With cooler temperatures and widespread rain showers continuing, the Oregon Department of Forestry will reduce the fire ...