Nebraska Game and Parks Commission offices and service centers, as well as Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium, will be open for the first day of the November firearm deer hunting season.

Hunters will be able to purchase permits at Game and Parks offices in Lincoln, Omaha, Norfolk, Kearney, North Platte, Alliance and Bassett. The offices will be open from 8 a.m. to noon on Nov. 10, except the Kearney office will be open until 5 p.m.

Game and Parks offices will be closed Nov. 11 and Nov. 12 for Veterans Day. There will be deer check stations at the Lincoln, Norfolk, Kearney, North Platte, Alliance and Bassett offices, however.

The aquarium, which sits south of Gretna, also will have a check station open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Nov. 10-12.