Emails show FBI Director Kash Patel's Hawaii trip included 'VIP snorkel' at a Pearl Harbor memorial

Government emails obtained by The Associated Press show that FBI Director Kash Patel went on a “VIP snorkel” session last summer at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor

May 14, 2026Updated: May 14, 2026

By JIM MUSTIAN, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BIESECKER

Regional

ALLO outage impacts internet, phone service across Sidney area Thursday night

Valentine weighs next steps after wellness center funding denial

Nitrate concerns, PFAS prompt Valentine to take closer look at water system

Valentine City Council moves forward with preliminary site planning of new housing development

‘It’s America. Let the people have ducks.’ Valentine City Council signals support for allowing ducks

Sign up today for May 23 Niobrara cleanup & celebration

State

Wildfires grow south of Chadron as crews battle dangerous fire conditions across Panhandle

Emails show FBI Director Kash Patel's Hawaii trip included 'VIP snorkel' at a Pearl Harbor memorial

Regional

ALLO outage impacts internet, phone service across Sidney area Thursday night

Valentine weighs next steps after wellness center funding denial

Nitrate concerns, PFAS prompt Valentine to take closer look at water system

Valentine City Council moves forward with preliminary site planning of new housing development

‘It’s America. Let the people have ducks.’ Valentine City Council signals support for allowing ducks

Sign up today for May 23 Niobrara cleanup & celebration

State

Wildfires grow south of Chadron as crews battle dangerous fire conditions across Panhandle

ALLO outage impacts internet, phone service across Sidney area Thursday night

Valentine weighs next steps after wellness center funding denial

Stars shine at district track meet as girls win title, boys place third

Nitrate concerns, PFAS prompt Valentine to take closer look at water system

UNK, UNMC celebrate opening of nation’s largest Rural Health Education Complex

Sports

Bridgeport, Kimball punch state tickets at Class C-9 district meet

Scottsbluff edges Sidney for team title at Ogallala Invitational

Bayard sweeps team titles at Class D-9 district meet

Destination Lewiston: Doane baseball books program's first trip to NAIA World Series

Plainview wins boys and girls titles at D-4 district meet

Norris girls soccer on a roll ahead of sixth straight state tournament appearance

Ag & Outdoor

Powell wins 56th Cornhusker Trap Shoot

Outdoor notes: Spring shotgun turkey season opens

Outdoor notes: Bighorn sheep regular lottery applications begin April 20

Outdoor notes: NGPC offering pastures, hay tracts to those affected by wildfires

Outdoor notes: Work to begin soon on Smith Lake WMA Aquatic Habitat Project

Outdoor notes: Game and Parks urges caution when recreating outdoors due to wildfires