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Artificial intelligence is being adopted rapidly across industries, workplaces and in personal use, with an estimated one and four Americans using it regularly, but there is a knowledge gap.

Senator Loren Lippincott • District 34 There’s much in the news and social media today about data centers, but what are they? They are facilities that house powerful computers needed for artificial intelligence (AI), cloud services, and the digital economy.

When soil science students from fourteen countries gathered in Nanjing, China, this summer, Nebraska’s Liz Eroshenko wasn’t there to compete. She was one of the judges.

10 YEARS AGO Remi Wells got Sunday night’s Junior Rodeo started in style as she rode her horse Doc around the Merrick County Fairgrounds arena with the Stars and Stripes held high.

Kernel Field is prepared for five days in the spotlight, as Central City and American Legion Post 6 prepare to host the Class B National Division State American Legion Baseball Tournament. This year’s state tournament will take place in Central City from August 1st until August 5th.

Large crowd attends open house last week Last Thursday, landowners and other community stakeholders got the chance to give feedback to the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) on a proposed transmission line project running from the NPPD Aurora Substation north of Aurora up to the NPPD Central...

A section of 7th Road southwest of Archer remains closed after the bridge buckled sometime in the evening of July 24th or early morning hours of July 25th. The closed section of road lies between O Road and P Road, just south of Archer Zion United Methodist Church.

County fair to begin on Saturday at Central City The Merrick County Fair will return to Central City this weekend, running August 1st through August 5th, bringing five days of livestock shows, family entertainment, carnival rides, live music, food vendors, competitions, and grandstand events under...

With a new school year approaching and the end of the fiscal year looming, Central City school officials moved quickly through a busy agenda last Monday night.

Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol are continuing efforts to maintain safe roadways around community events this summer with four special operations this week and weekend.