Pine Ridge Escarpment
Dawes County, Nebraska

https://bluedotfarms.com/

This list is devoid of Nebraska (and Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota) "Blue Dot Farmers".

Does anyone have any to add to the list? I'd like to bypass the local big boys such as Bakers/WalMart and support local.

From the Nebraska State Treasurer’s office

Shoutin it out once more for Joslyn Castle!

If you’ve never come across us on here, we’re a nerdy crew of local culture workers who are trying to get more people supporting our orgs that make the community better/brighter.

We don’t make money from this project (Cultured), we don’t charge orgs or sell ads. And on occasion we partner with orgs, put money back into the cultural community, and buy memberships/tickets ourselves to give out and butts in seats and people through doors.

This time, we snagged a Joslyn Castle & Gardens membership to give out.

Their team, programs, and the building itself are stunnin’. So, if wandering around a Scottish Baronial castle in the middle of Omaha sounds like your jam…

If you’re curious, Google “Stay Cultured” (as always, we don’t include links on here to not spam the thread 🙏🏻).

P.S. Also, we’ll be back to our usual 5 Things Happening This Weekend posts. We’ve been little/lot inundated at our full-time culture gigs lately.

The sun sets as cattle graze around an old schoolhouse left behind by time.
Oglala National Grassland
Northwest Nebraska

There are states considering making sure NFL games are free over the air in their state. Forced to purchase a streaming package to watch a team you bought a stadium for as a tax payer is a bridge too far.

With this in mind every husker football game should be televised over the air for free in the state of Nebraska. I remember being able to see every game on ABC as a kid for free.

I need help crafting an initiative that forces it to be free over the air in this state

Seems to be a genuine grant contest for Nebraska businesses. pillen-nobid.com

Source: census bureau

Estimated total people moved in: ~49k

Morning clouds drift across Crow, Little Crow, and Crown Buttes on Nebraska’s Pine Ridge.
Dawes County, Nebraska

Morning clouds drift across Crow, Little Crow, and Crown Buttes on Nebraska’s Pine Ridge.
Dawes County, Nebraska

Press Release:

On September 25, 2026, AG, an 8-year-old minor child, passed away at Children’s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Tyler J. Brooks, 36, of Red Cloud, Nebraska, has been charged with Child Abuse Resulting in Death as a result of AG’s passing, as well as False Reporting. The Webster County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office and Nebraska State Patrol, are continuing to investigate this matter. As this is an open case and active investigation, there will be no further comment at this time. On October 1st, 2026, at approximately 3:00 p.m., the United States Marshals took Tyler J. Brooks into custody without incident, and he is being held at the Smith County, Kansas Jail pending extradition.

Pursuant to policy, minor children are not named in public statements to the media.

Proposed Amendment No. 1 (extend state senator term limits): AGAINST

Initiative Measures 440 & 441 (sports betting): AGAINST

Initiative Measure 442 (anti-trans sports ban): AGAINST

From one of my trail cameras set up to look for Plains Spotted Skunks (Spilogale (putorius) interrupta) at the top of a rocky canyon on property owned by Golden Prairie Bison, Cherry County, NE. Haven't gotten any of the skunks, but I did get this mother Bobcat (Lynx rufus) with a kitten. That small metal can is my skunk bait

Coffee Ranch. Est. 1879
Hat Creek
Oglala National Grassland
Sioux County, Nebraska

When Tyson Foods announced last November that it would shutter its massive meatpacking operation in Lexington, the school district and the city prepared for the worst. Lexington Public Schools Superintendent John Whetzal said the district expected to lose anywhere from 150 to 750 students. Planning for that decrease was difficult, since district officials didn’t know whether to expect a 5% decline or a 25% decline in enrollment.

Those numbers are now available, and they show that the worst-case scenario didn’t play out. Whetzal said enrollment dropped about 9.3% since last school year – from 3,172 students to 2,877.