Kassidy Arena
Senior Reporter
Kassidy Arena joined Nebraska Public Media in 2023 as the senior reporter after covering Latino, Spanish-speaking and immigrant communities for Iowa Public Radio and Report for America and after serving as an Engagement Producer at KBIA in mid-Missouri. Her work has appeared throughout the Midwest, NPR, Here & Now and PRX’s The World. She grew up in Omaha, but attended the University of Missouri-Columbia with a major in Convergence Journalism, Radio Reporting and Producing.
Recent News Stories
- National survey shows Nebraska has a dip in income inequality
- Lincoln earns national designation for inclusivity
- None of Nebraska’s House delegates signed on to the discharge petition regarding the Epstein files
- Increased immigration enforcement and tariffs contributing to Nebraska’s construction workforce shortage
- Omaha City Council rejects deleting DEI from 2026 budget
- Nebraska Congressman discusses state immigration enforcement, federal funding and elections
- Nebraska lawmaker takes first step toward expanding train travel in the state
- Autism services expand west of Omaha to address resource gap and Medicaid cuts
- ICE agents can make arrests at schools. Here's how Nebraska schools are reacting
- Nebraska state park opens reservations early for the first time during sandhill crane migration
- A Nebraska Medicine patient becomes first in the world to receive new MS treatment
- Rural CRNAs offered new student loan repayment program
- Benson’s New Americans Arts Festival highlights theme of unity amid heightened immigration tensions
- Street in Omaha renamed after its first elected Black mayor
- UNL team lands in France to help find remains of WWII plane crash
- Nebraska’s federal delegation discusses support of the 'Big Beautiful Bill'
- A Fremont entrepreneur opened the city’s first bilingual daycare
- Lincoln nonprofit hosts basketball tournament to raise awareness for youth mentorship
- Amid high immigration tensions, the Consulate of Mexico in Omaha works to protect human rights of nationals abroad
- Omaha Tribe legalizes medical and recreational marijuana on reservation lands
- Nebraska's restaurant industry impacted by immigration enforcement
- Nebraska Humane Society working to support pets impacted by Texas floods
- Many remain detained following Omaha ICE raid
- From the Pacific Ocean to Nebraska: One Omaha company recycles the world's derelict fishing gear
- Nebraska sending assistance for Texas floods