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Here's a guide to making the most of a visit to the Caribbean this year.
09/02/2025

Here's a guide to making the most of a visit to the Caribbean this year.

Gardell returned to clubs and theaters after his CBS comedy, “Bob Hearts Abishola,” ended its run last year. Like others...
08/02/2025

Gardell returned to clubs and theaters after his CBS comedy, “Bob Hearts Abishola,” ended its run last year. Like others on the show, he wasn’t ready to say goodbye.

The IRS has faced intense blowback to Direct File from private tax preparation companies that have made billions from ch...
08/02/2025

The IRS has faced intense blowback to Direct File from private tax preparation companies that have made billions from charging people to use their software.

Many Americans with high-deductible health insurance plans face a cold reality at the start of every year. However, pati...
08/02/2025

Many Americans with high-deductible health insurance plans face a cold reality at the start of every year. However, patient advocates say there are ways to manage the challenge.

Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their...
08/02/2025

Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023.

If you want to quit smoking, CHI Health St. Francis is offering “Freedom from Smoking” to***co cessation classes startin...
08/02/2025

If you want to quit smoking, CHI Health St. Francis is offering “Freedom from Smoking” to***co cessation classes starting Feb. 20.

Anyone prohibited from having access to the sensitive information since Jan. 20 must destroy all copies made from the de...
08/02/2025

Anyone prohibited from having access to the sensitive information since Jan. 20 must destroy all copies made from the department's systems.

Every year, Nebraska 4-H Month brings thousands of young people, parents, volunteers and alumni together to celebrate al...
08/02/2025

Every year, Nebraska 4-H Month brings thousands of young people, parents, volunteers and alumni together to celebrate all the ways in which 4-H helps youth find a place where they

Two proposals to restore a winner-take-all model for Nebraska's future presidential elections appear to be stuck in limb...
08/02/2025

Two proposals to restore a winner-take-all model for Nebraska's future presidential elections appear to be stuck in limbo as uncertainty continues over whether either has the votes to pass.

Extension Educator Cami Wells says that “a common concern I often hear is that fruits and vegetables are too pricey. How...
08/02/2025

Extension Educator Cami Wells says that “a common concern I often hear is that fruits and vegetables are too pricey. However, it is possible to include them even with a

A new literacy plan approved by the Nebraska State Board of Education Friday is focused on leveraging science of reading...
08/02/2025

A new literacy plan approved by the Nebraska State Board of Education Friday is focused on leveraging science of reading strategies to improve reading proficiency statewide.

As a librarian for the Grand Island Public Library, Laura Fentress has several confessions to make. Among them: “Sometim...
08/02/2025

As a librarian for the Grand Island Public Library, Laura Fentress has several confessions to make. Among them: “Sometimes I check out a pile of books and return them three

The trick to "flying solo" on Valentine's Day is to keep your life full and to share who you are with the world, says Dr...
08/02/2025

The trick to "flying solo" on Valentine's Day is to keep your life full and to share who you are with the world, says Dr. Barton Goldsmith. One way to

Changes coming to the Heartland Events Center include new foods, a beefed-up concert schedule and maybe even roller skat...
08/02/2025

Changes coming to the Heartland Events Center include new foods, a beefed-up concert schedule and maybe even roller skating.

“It’s not very assuming until you get right up to it and you see how big that trunk is. You’re like ‘Holy cow, that’s a ...
08/02/2025

“It’s not very assuming until you get right up to it and you see how big that trunk is. You’re like ‘Holy cow, that’s a big one,’” a Nebraska Forest

The Grand Island Senior High and Northwest boys and girls teams all qualified to the state bowling tournament.
08/02/2025

The Grand Island Senior High and Northwest boys and girls teams all qualified to the state bowling tournament.

Students, parents and teachers shared their opinions on a resurrected bill seeking to encourage donations to private sch...
08/02/2025

Students, parents and teachers shared their opinions on a resurrected bill seeking to encourage donations to private school scholarship funds, months after voters repealed a similar law.

Read through the obituaries published today in Grand Island Independent.
08/02/2025

Read through the obituaries published today in Grand Island Independent.

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One of Grand Island's oldest businesses didn't actually get its start in Grand Island.

What is now The Grand Island Independent began as The Platte Valley Independent in 1869.

Publisher Seth P. Mobley moved the paper to Grand Island after an angry mob gathered in front of the newspaper's North Platte office. The group was upset over columns that had been written about the Union Pacific Railroad.

As part of a peace agreement between the railroaders and Mobley, he and his editor, Maggie Eberhart, had to leave town. Around the same time, a group of Grand Island businessmen were looking for a newspaper proprietor and welcomed The Independent to town.