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Winnebago Tribe Of Nebraska Receives A $266k Federal Grant To Monitor Air Quality

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/21/2022 - 4:00am

LINCOLN — The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska will be able to monitor its air quality and help reduce air pollution with the help of a $266,064 federal grant.

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Clean Water Doesn’t Come Cheap: Nebraska Towns Are Shelling Out Millions To Treat Nitrate-Laced Drinking Water.

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/21/2022 - 1:00am

Mike Matthews holds a vial he uses when testing for nitrate in water on December 1. Each test costs $16. There are 37 reverse osmosis, or RO, systems to test in town. Prosser is one of many towns grappling with the costs of trying to remove nitrate from their water supply – roughly 10 percent of Nebraska communities have tested nitrate levels higher than the federal standard at least once since 2010. (<a href="https://flatwaterfreepress.org/author/acostello/">Laura Beahm</a> / Flatwater Free Press)

Marty Stange was grasping for solutions to keep 25,000 residents safe – and a city’s budget from breaking.

It was 2015. Multiple wells providing water to the central Nebraska city were testing high for nitrate.

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The Jewish Federation Of Omaha Welcomes All

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/21/2022 - 12:00am

In honor of Hanukkah being celebrated from the 18th of December to the 26th this year, The Daily Record would like to shine the spotlight on a nonprofit that has been serving the Jewish community of Omaha.

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Loved Or Hated, Fauci’s Parting Advice: Stick To The Science

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/21/2022 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before the bobbleheads and the "Fauci ouchie," Dr. Anthony Fauci was a straight-shooter about scary diseases -- and "stick with the science" remains his mantra.

Fauci steps down from a five-decade career in public service at the end of the month, one shaped by the HIV pandemic early on and the COVID-19 pandemic at the end.

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Flu, RSV And COVID Are Wreaking Havoc — But Teachers Don’t Feel Like They Can Stay Home When They’re Sick

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 12/19/2022 - 1:00am

Flu case counts are at their highest level for early December in a decade. COVID-19 is spiking once again. Surging diagnoses of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are resulting in overcrowded pediatric emergency rooms.

And still, research shows, teachers may not be staying home when they’re sick.

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Amid A Major Federal Investment In Electric Cars, It’s Time For States To Step Up, Advocates Say

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/14/2022 - 4:00am

For years, electric vehicles posed something of a chicken-and-egg problem.

Mass adoption, seen as critical to cutting the largest single source of U.S. carbon emissions, couldn’t happen until the infrastructure to allow drivers to recharge wherever they were heading was in place. And those charging stations weren’t coming until more drivers switched to plug-in electric vehicles.

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Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After Leak Into Kansas Stream On Wednesday

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — Canadian pipeline company TC Energy shut down its Keystone Pipeline on Wednesday after an oil leak was detected about 8 p.m.

The leak released oil into a creek in Washington County, Kan., about 20 miles south of a pipeline terminal at Steele City, Neb.

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Fight To Curb Food Waste Increasingly Turns To Science

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 2:00am

Hate mealy apples and soggy french fries? Science can help.

Restaurants, grocers, farmers and food companies are increasingly turning to chemistry and physics to tackle the problem of food waste.

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Let Michael McKee Empower You

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 12:00am

The Daily Record is happy to introduce you to our newest columnist, Michael McKee. McKee is a lifelong learner with a long-time history in the Omaha business community. He is part owner and the Director of the Omaha Empowerment Breakfast, a once-a-month non-membership business networking event, that has been an Omaha tradition for over 20 years. You need a great problem solver? Solution provider? Call McKee and he will be your connector.

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Is Iowa Home To One Of The Most Prolific Serial Killers?

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 12/09/2022 - 1:00am

Lucy Studey began making calls to her local Sheriff’s office in Thurman, Iowa in 2007 to claim that her father, Donald Studey, had killed and buried bodies on his land. It wasn’t until August of 2021 that Fremont County Sheriff, Kevin Aistrope, decided to look into Studey’s repeated allegations.