liermanm2@lopers.unk.edu The Platte River has underpinned life across south-central Nebraska since before the written record. When drought and low snowmelt make water scarce, anxieties...

By Mitchell Lierman The first bombs fell in Kyiv just as I was saying goodbye to my friends over the phone. For a moment, I was in disbelief. The next, I had a tab open on every news outlet I know. That...