'Total devastation': 1 firefighter dead, 6 people hurt in powerful explosion in Maine

iStock(NEW YORK) -- One firefighter is dead and six people are hurt after an explosion in Maine, Monday morning, according to a lawmaker. Those injured include five firefighters and a maintenance director of the building,...

September 16, 2019Updated: September 16, 2019

By News Channel Nebraska

Regional

Skills USA Nebraska Continues with Heavy Machinery Events in Hastings

Spring Expo returns to Sidney with big prizes, family fun and regional turnout this weekend

Spring Expo returns to Sidney with big prizes, family fun and regional turnout

Skills USA Championships brings thousands to Grand Island

Developer feels shoved out of Grand Island good life district, seeks state intervention

Hastings Candidate Forum Continues with City Council Candidates

Start Date Set for Construction on I-80 From Giltner to Hampton

State

Marijuana grow room, drugs found during Alliance search warrant

'Total devastation': 1 firefighter dead, 6 people hurt in powerful explosion in Maine

Regional

Skills USA Nebraska Continues with Heavy Machinery Events in Hastings

Spring Expo returns to Sidney with big prizes, family fun and regional turnout this weekend

Skills USA Championships brings thousands to Grand Island

Developer feels shoved out of Grand Island good life district, seeks state intervention

Hastings Candidate Forum Continues with City Council Candidates

Start Date Set for Construction on I-80 From Giltner to Hampton

State

Marijuana grow room, drugs found during Alliance search warrant

Brown/Rock emergency management deputy receives statewide honor

Spring Expo returns to Sidney with big prizes, family fun and regional turnout this weekend

The Dorothy State: The rollicking history of the neon-orange dressing that tastes like home

DHHS to Open RHTP Application to Help Build Rural Nebraska Workforce

Domestic assault arrest leads to multiple drug charges

Sports

Holly, Rasby earn Terry Gilliland honors at Mitchell meet

Michael Lorenzen throws efficiently into the 6th, Rockies beat Astros 9-1 to complete 3-game sweep

Scottsbluff edges Sidney to win Red Raider Golf Invite

North Platte St. Patrick’s sweeps team titles at Storm Invite in Chappell

WNCC softball falls twice to Southeast in exciting action

Colorado sports notes: Avalanche beat the Blues 3-1 to clinch Central Division and top seed in the Western Conference

Ag & Outdoor

Outdoor notes: NGPC offering pastures, hay tracts to those affected by wildfires

Outdoor notes: Work to begin soon on Smith Lake WMA Aquatic Habitat Project

Outdoor notes: Game and Parks urges caution when recreating outdoors due to wildfires

Outdoor notes: Temporary closure of Clear Creek WMA for safety

‘Worst-case scenario’: Fertilizer, fuel cost spikes hitting Nebraska farmers hard

Outdoor notes: Haag shares 100 years of Nebraskaland