Category Archives: KGFW News
SkyWest to Continue Air Service with United Express at Kearney Regional Airport
KEARNEY, Neb. – City Manager, Michael Morgan, announced today that the Department of Transportation has selected Skywest Airlines as the Essential Air Service provider for the Kearney Regional A...
Jun 17, 2020
Directed Health Measures entering Phase III for 89 of 93 Nebraska Counties
NEBRASKA (KGFW) – The following changes will be made statewide to Directed Health Measures June 22nd: For sports, fan attendance will no longer be limited to household members only. Capacity wil...
Jun 15, 2020
Central District Health Department entering Phase II next week
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – The following is from the Central District health Department: COVID-19 viral activity in the Central District has diminished considerably. Two months ago, 44% of COVID-19 te...
Jun 15, 2020
Governor Ricketts & State Leaders Launch Applications for Grant Programs to Get Nebraska Growing
LINCOLN, Neb. – Governor Pete Ricketts and State officials hosted a press conference to provide updates on several new grant programs. Combined, the programs will award $387 million in grants, u...
Jun 12, 2020
Kearney Habitat Welcomes First Volunteer Build Group Saturday
KEARNEY, Neb. – After three months of waiting, the first group of community volunteers will be on the Kearney Area Habitat for Humanity building sites Saturday morning, according to Marshall Eve...
Jun 12, 2020
Nebraska Farm Bureau Says Nebraska Agriculture’s COVID-19 Losses Could Approach $3.7 Billion
LINCOLN, NEB. - Analysis conducted by the Nebraska Farm Bureau indicates Nebraska's agricultural economy could face nearly $3.7 billion in losses due to COVID-19 in 2020 if economic conditions do not ...
Jun 10, 2020
Grand Island Man Sentenced for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (DOJ) – United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Dilson Villatoro, 36, of Grand Island, to a 108-month t...
Jun 09, 2020
Good Samaritan open to visitors
KEARNEY, Neb. – Starting Monday, June 8, CHI Health Good Samaritan is once again open to visitors on a limited basis after three months. As the COVID-19 pandemic struck central Nebraska, visitat...
Jun 08, 2020
Three arrested in home-invasion robbery
BLADEN, Neb. (NSP) – Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) Investigators have arrested one adult and took into temporary custody two juveniles in connection with a home-invasion robbery that occurred in t...
Jun 08, 2020
Missing Nebraska inmate arrested in Texas after chase
Photo: Ronald Taylor, whereabouts unkown LINCOLN, Neb. (NDCS) - An inmate who left the Community Corrections Center Lincoln (CCC-L) has been arrested in Franklin County, Texas. Brandon Britton and ano...
Jun 08, 2020