COLUMBIA, Missouri, Jan. 25 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: When reporter Yanqi Xu (pronounced yen-chee shu) first started at Flatwater Free Press in 2021, she knew that nitrate pollution would be the first story she was going to cover. Since then, Xu has become nationally recognized for exposing large polluters like Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and highlighting the connection between high nitrate levels in drinking water and increasing rates of pediatric ca  more

LYONS, Nebraska, Jan. 25 -- The Center for Rural Affairs issued the following news release: The Center for Rural Affairs is seeking participants for its new Conservation Mentorship Network, a program designed to foster peer-to-peer education among farmers and ranchers and increase the number of conservation practices adopted across Nebraska. "Producers rely on other producers for information they can trust, particularly when it comes to new farming and ranching methods," said Kalee Olson, seni  more