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KFOR Newsweek 1240



Newsweek 1240 June 12, 13 2010


. The City of Grand Island rolled out the red carpet this past week to introduce all of Nebraska to the new venue for the State Fair. We take you to the Louisiana Coast where the fight to clean up the BP oil spill and save wildlife is underway and you’ll see a little bit of through the eyes of Lincoln resident and National Geographic photographer Joel Satory. But the talk of the state

Newsweek 1240 June 5th and 6th


. Lincoln Public Schools are out for the summer, Dale Johnson talks with the Associate superintendent of Marilyn Moore. Charlie Brogan takes on concerns over the effects financial reforms may have on the state welfare card program. We look at National Cancer Survivors Day which falls on this weekend and talk to a Crete native who against all odds survived her cancer ordeal.

Newsweek 1240 May 29 and 30 2010


Steve Joel Lincoln’s new superintendent of public schools who starts in July. The state of Nebraska is checking out a new university that wants to set up shop in Lincoln. Nebraska’s two senators do not see eye to eye on "don't Ask Don't Tell. A crushing blow this past week in Beatrice as the Swedish firm Husqvarna announced its closing its mower factory this week.

Newsweek 1240 May 22, 23 2010


This past week a potential obstacle arises in UNL’s plans to go FULL BORE constructing Innovation Campus…a building slated for demolition is declared historically significant. We remember Homesteading in Nebraska and how one community is resurrecting the idea. Dale Johnson explores the phenomenon of discrimination in Lincoln Lancaster County. But first Reporter Jeff Motz looks back at a

Newsweek 1240 May 15, 16 2010


Nebraskans met at three venues to voice opposition a proposed crude oil pipeline through Nebraska from Canada enroute to the Gulf of Mexico. The City Development Services Center opens

Newsweek 1240 May 8,9 2010


This week it is all about the Haymarket Arena, and the pending make or break vote on Tuesday May 11th. The following broadcast contains truncated versions of Lincoln Live aired the 4th and 5th of May respectively with KFOR’s Dale Johnson, where phone calls were answered by both proponents and opponents of the Arena Project. First Dan Marvin and Dick Campbell from May 4th, both proponents

Newsweek 1240 May 1,2 2010


The Nebraska State Auditor unleashes a damning financial report on the Antelope Valley Project - When if ever will we will benefit from the Health Care reform - A proposed crude oil pipeline running from Canada to Texas, straight through the heart of Nebraska -- Childrens’ Zoo Director John Chapo has helpful advice on how to talk with children about the environmental disaster in the Gulf.