The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that five people who had been in quarantine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's National Quarantine Unit in Omaha, Nebraska, after being exposed to the hantavirus on the MV cruise ship, have returned to their respective home states. 2026-06-1
More than two million people are under red flag warnings in the United States as wildfires continue to spread in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. 2022-08-1
Former Montana Secretary of State and State Senator Corey Stapleton announces that he will form a "test the waters" political action committee in preparation to seek the nomination for the Republican Party for the upcoming 2024 election. 2022-03-10
Nebraska will end their COVID-19 response dashboard after the state exits their state of emergency at 11:59 p.m. tonight. 2021-06-30
The United States Census Bureau announces the country's total population to be over 331 million people, thereby marking the second-slowest growth rate in its history. It also announces that Texas will gain two congressional seats during the redistricting process, with Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon gaining one seat each; California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia will each lose a seat. 2021-04-26
Flooding over large portions of Nebraska leave one dead and two missing with over 900 people using emergency shelters. Many roads and highways in the state are also closed. 2019-03-16
Notable propositions are passed in several states including legal recreational marijuana in California, Massachusetts, and Nevada; medical marijuana in Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota; tougher firearms restrictions in California and Washington state; physician assisted suicide in Colorado, and the reimposition of capital punishment in Nebraska. 2016-11-9
The Legislature of the US state of Nebraska votes to outlaw the death penalty, overriding a veto by Governor Pete Ricketts. 2015-05-27
260 miles (420 km) of the Missouri River are closed to boaters as residents of the US states of Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri continue to prepare for heavy flooding, with rain in Montana making the situation worse. 2011-06-8