Rainfall in Grand Island began Wednesday afternoon but the intensity picked up quickly after dark, falling at more than an inch per hour at times. A total of 6.41 inches of rain fell by midnight ...

Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings, Holdrege and Lexington are among the 16 sites continuing in a feasibility study assessing potential sites for advanced nuclear reactors in Nebraska.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Jimmy Carter made a presidential visit to Nebraska after tornadoes devastated Grand Island in 1980. Seven destructive tornadoes struck the area of Grand Island on June 3, 1980.