“How Time Flies” is a daily column in which we look back at what’s happening in our community and region through the Pantagraph archives. 100 years ago 27 August 1924: On Tuesday evening, Sept. 2, South Hill residents will celebrate the reopening of the fire station on South Main Street, known as No. 4, which […]
After nearly two months of discussions, changes and citizen feedback, the College Station City Council officially approved the 2024-25 budget and tax rates at its meeting Thursday. The budget focused on public safety investments, partner and outside agency funding, water supply and demand, urban and university growth, and state legislative impacts. The previously proposed net […]
The College Station School Board approved a 12-month, $4.9 million deficit budget for the district’s 2024-25 fiscal year and a 2.8% tax rate increase at its regular meeting Tuesday. However, because the district pushed back the end date of its fiscal year to June 30, 2025, the district will approve a 10-month budget this summer […]
It hardly seems fair that Central Nebraska Regional Airport on Grand Island receives federal funding to accommodate two airlines while Lincoln Airport struggles to attract a second airline to serve a far more populous city. But that’s exactly what’s happening under the federal Essential Air Service program, which provides financial support to all of Nebraska’s […]
