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More than 1,100 people celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center this past weekend.On Friday, August 25, almost 600 students, teachers and chaperones participated in a special Living History Day that focused on activities at the Center’s new fort, which is still under construction.Students could explore 12 different sites and visit with 15 re-enactors, said Center Executive Director Doug Friedli, including boatmen, buckskinners, trappers, hide skinners, woodworkers, blacksmiths, soldiers, rope makers, and mountain men.

The Nebraska Supreme Court and the state Court of Appeals review more than 1,200 cases annually.

The NASA Nebraska Space Grant Annual Aerospace Workshop for K-12 Teachers took place over July 15-19, 2024.

Expanding programming for sixth grade students in Nebraska City schools and continuing to fund an endowment for the future are just some of the goals of the EDGE Nebraska City program.EDGE Nebraska City founder Stacie Higgins spoke at the Nebraska City Rotary Club July 24 about the program that began as an idea at her kitchen table in 2017.Thought of by many as “that book program,” EDGE Nebraska City has several programs that help serve the needs of children from infancy through sixth grade, including Early EDGE for infants and toddlers, Kindergarten Ready for preschool graduates, Super Citizens for upper elementary students, and the program’s flagship, Readers EDGE and the Book Besties, who visit classrooms monthly from preschool to second grade to read to students and do an activity with them.