Group says NPPD’s use of aircraft is ‘wasteful spending’ Martha Stoddard World-Herald News Service Oct 31, 2016 Oct 31, 2016 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LINCOLN — Three Nebraska Public Power District board members regularly fly on the utility’s corporate airplane to board meetings.kAm #64@C5D C6=62D65 3J E96 FE:=:EJ D9@H E92E E96 7=:89ED E2<6 E96> E@ 2?5 7C@> E96:C 9@>6D :? }@CE9 !=2EE6[ w@=5C686 2?5 z62C?6J E@ E96 A@H6C 5:DEC:4E 9625BF2CE6CD :? r@=F>3FD]k^AmkAm p ?6H=J 7@C>65 z62C?6J\2C62 8C@FA[ }63C2D<2?D 7@C u:D42= #6DA@?D:3:=:EJ[ 42==65 E96 7=:89ED F??646DD2CJ :? =:89E @7 }!!s’D C:D:?8 6=64EC:4:EJ C2E6D]k^AmkAm “%96C6 ;FDE D66>D E@ 36 D@>6 H2DE67F= DA6?5:?8 E92E’D 92AA6?:?8[ 2?5 H6 H2?E E@ 86E E92E :? 4964<[” D2:5 rCJDE2= #2?5=6D @7 z62C?6J[ E96 8C@FA DA@<6DH@>2?]k^Am People are also reading… 12-year-old arrested in death of classmate who was hit in the head by a metal water bottle Kearney restaurant owner Carlos Godinez will be deported Learning Adventures Childcare plans culturally diverse summer curriculum Geiser family opens hardware store in Lexington State troopers trying to locate man who ran from traffic stop near Overton Gothenburg girls tennis defeats Ogallala in dual TRACK: Cozad boys win team title at Ogallala Local athletes compete at Huskerland State Lexington Community Foundation announces Norall Scholarship winners Lexington’s Ashley Najera named Hub Territory girls wrestler of the year On one busy day, Gothenburg senior wins state speech, earns FFA presidency Gothenburg High School speech team overjoyed with state results NRCS offers disaster assistance to ag producers in Nebraska impacted by wildfires Cozad boys track wins team title at Holdrege Lexington hosts unified track meet kAm |2C< q64<6C[ 2? }!!s DA@<6D>2?[ D2:5 E92E E96 7=:89ED 244@F?E 7@C 2 E:?J 7C24E:@? @7 E96 FE:=:EJ’D S`]` 3:==:@? 2??F2= 3F586E] p?J D2G:?8D 7C@> 92G:?8 3@2C5 >6>36CD 5C:G6 E@ E96 ?:?6 >66E:?8D 2 J62C H@F=5 36 D>2==6C J6E]k^AmkAm “%96 4@DE @7 7=J:?8 @G6C >:=6286 C6:>3FCD6>6?E :D C6=2E:G6=J D>2==[ 6DA64:2==J 8:G6? 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AP Local affiliate of Iran state TV claims a US fighter pilot ejected from an aircraft in southwest Iran
