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Rural Prosperity Nebraska

A downtown street in Kearney, Nebraska

Kearney, Hays gain insights through First Impressions program

May 3, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

A young woman types on a laptop with a red case.

Rural Prosperity Nebraska helps bring broadband to rural Thayer County

March 27, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

A boutique and coffee shop with tables for customers.

Rural Prosperity Nebraska helps Ord business expand

February 6, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

A combine harvests corn.

Poll: Most rural Nebraskans unfamiliar with Farm Bill but support programs

December 7, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Timothy Thielen breaks up a compost pile with a hoe as part of the Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program.

Food Sovereignty Program combines science, Indigenous cultural practices

November 7, 2023

Lindsay Hastings, a professor in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication, stands in front of a whiteboard.

Chautauqua aims to revolutionize rural leadership development

October 20, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Jon Alvarado sits at a table with his laptop.

Latino Small Business Program helps launch financial literacy courses

October 11, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Adeline Johnson stands in front of crafts made by students at Our Place After School Care and sold at the Freedom Factory.

Hastings after-school program pioneering care for teens with special needs

September 8, 2023

Society & Culture

Cody Lawson works on his computer at 1to1 Technologies in Central City, Nebraska. He credits mentorship from Doris Lux, an eCoach with Rural Prosperity Nebraska’s eCommunities entrepreneurship program, as a key contributor to his startup’s growth.

eCommunities program helps Central City entrepreneur thrive

August 30, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

A grain truck crosses the dry Platte River near Chapman, Nebraska, on Oct. 13. At the time, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that the area around Chapman was in severe/extreme drought.

Rural Prosperity Nebraska, Oklahoma State team up to study rural resilience

August 29, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

An aerial view of downtown McCook, Nebraska

Rural Fellows team helps students, communities thrive through program

August 10, 2023

Society & Culture

Amparito’s Market. 648 N. 27th in Lincoln, opened in May, following extensive assistance from Rural Prosperity Nebraska’s Latino Small Business Program.

Rural Prosperity Nebraska program helps market become reality

July 18, 2023

Agriculture & Environment