Profiles
When searching for the next restaurant to review, there is no difficulty in finding a door to walk through, certainly not in Omaha with its endless tide of such businesses seeming to sprout up on our...
Downtown Omaha Riverfront. (Courtesty of Greater Omaha Chamber)
Supporting today's workforce and preparing for the future is the focus of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce's new POWER Conference on Oct. 10.
Combining the best of two previous Chamber events -...
It’s often said, love is the universal language. And, one thing is for certain, people love their pets. So there was nothing lost in translation – except the dog, and perhaps a language barrier –...
Did you know that if you “smell,” it may not please everyone, but it could help in locating your lost pet. Nor should you look a lost animal into the eye, but off to the side. Also, it would be a...
While conducting vehicle searches in Anbar Province in Iraq, Corporal Jason L. Dunham engaged the driver of a vehicle after he hopped out of it and physically challenged American troops. The Iraqi...
Today’s News
This undated image shows artist Bob Ross, host of the series “The Joy of Painting.” (Bob Ross Inc. via AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for public television stations suffering from cuts...
KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — This year, less than a kilometer from where I live, a girl named Peace Mwende was killed by a lion. The news hit me hard: She was 14, the same age as my youngest daughter, and...
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning...
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Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen has said that he has no problem turning the state’s voting records over to the Federal Government, but he can’t do it just yet until a lawsuit gets settled.
Even...
Lane Handke called his wife, Cathleen, the other day to tell her he was bringing home the shelves they needed to finish their cabinet. The call cost him 25 cents.
Then, the Pierce physician phoned a...
This Week's News
This undated image shows artist Bob Ross, host of the series “The Joy of Painting.” (Bob Ross Inc. via AP)
10/15/2025 - 12:00am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for public television stations suffering from cuts in federal funding.
Ross, a public television...
10/15/2025 - 12:00am
KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — This year, less than a kilometer from where I live, a girl named Peace Mwende was killed by a lion. The news hit me hard: She was 14, the same age as my youngest daughter, and the lioness responsible may have been one of the...
10/15/2025 - 12:00am
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of...
10/15/2025 - 12:00am
Lane Handke called his wife, Cathleen, the other day to tell her he was bringing home the shelves they needed to finish their cabinet. The call cost him 25 cents.
Then, the Pierce physician phoned a friend in Omaha just to say hello. This call cost...
In this photo provided by South Dakota News Watch, Rob Coverdale, superintendent of the Crow Creek Tribal School District in Stephan, S.D., poses for a photo in his office, Feb. 7, 2025. (Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch via AP)
10/14/2025 - 12:00am
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When Rob Coverdale started his job in 2023 as superintendent of the K-12 Crow Creek Tribal School in South Dakota, there were 15 unfilled teaching positions.
Within nine months, he had filled those vacancies with Filipino...
Construction worker Justino cools off while laboring on a foundation under triple-digit weather Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Mansfield, Texas. (Julio Cortez / AP Photo)
10/14/2025 - 12:00am
With hotter temperatures come more heat-related workplace injuries — about 28,000 injuries each year, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Environmental Health.
Scientists have long warned of climate change-driven extreme heat...
Chicken egg rolls, Thai iced tea, and chicken Pad Thai served at Sabaidee Thai Lao Cuisine. (Courtesy of Matt Hebert)
10/14/2025 - 12:00am
According to Google, ‘Sabaidee’ is a generic but warm and meaningful Lao greeting. It can mean hello, how are you, and, in some cases, literally translates to “it goes well.” I cannot think of a more fitting name for the wonderfully warm and...
10/14/2025 - 12:00am
Phil Ruhlman had a hunch.
It sure seemed like Ashland — smack dab between west Omaha’s suburbs and downtown Lincoln — could support a steakhouse.
When he was in college in Lincoln in the 1970s studying theater, Ruhlman bartended at Misty’s...
10/13/2025 - 12:00am
Trump’s Education Department Is Working to Erode the Public School System — ProPublica
by Megan O’Matz and Jennifer Smith Richards
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories...
10/13/2025 - 12:00am
States are doing what they generally do during a federal government shutdown: continuing to operate programs serving some of the neediest people.
That means schools are still serving federally subsidized meals and states are distributing funding for...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen talking in front of U.S. Reps. Adrian Smith and Mike Flood at St. Teresa Catholic School in Lincoln on Sep. 29, 2025. (Juan Salinas II / Nebraska Examiner)
10/13/2025 - 12:00am
Nebraskans have spoken. If only some people would have listened.
In November, Nebraska voters said no to Referendum 435, which repealed Legislative Bill 1402, a school voucher measure born in the state Legislature.
Last week, however, Gov. Jim...
Former President Joe Biden speaks at the Chuck Hagel Forum in Global Leadership, on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Omaha, in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (Nati Harnik / AP Photo)
10/13/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Former President Joe Biden is coming to Nebraska next month for the Democratic state party’s top annual fundraising event, held this year in Omaha.
It will be one of the few public appearances for Biden since he dropped out of the 2024...
10/10/2025 - 12:00am
Imagine walking into your pharmacy, handing over your prescription and having it denied. Now imagine that the reason is not insufficient insurance coverage or the wrong dose, but a pharmacist who personally objects to your medication. What right...
(Tony Gutierrez / AP Photo)
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer To Pay For Lifesaving Care. Here’s How To File It.
10/10/2025 - 12:00am
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
by Duaa Eldeib
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one...
10/10/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission offered the state’s first medical cannabis cultivator licenses Tuesday, nearly a week after the voter-set deadline of Oct. 1.
Commissioners unanimously offered the first two of up to four cultivator...
The entrance sign to Glacier National Park, seen on May 19, 2025. (Micah Drew / Daily Montanan)
10/09/2025 - 12:00am
Glacier National Park remains open to visitors during the federal government shutdown, which a former superintendent said could lead to trash pileup, a lack of communication for visitors and limited emergency response operations.
Last month, former...
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing that President Donald Trump's presidential library be built in a parking lot that is currently used by Miami-Dade College staff and faculty and is adjacent to the Freedom Tower, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Miami. (Marta Lavandier / AP Photo)
10/09/2025 - 12:00am
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Miami activist alleges that city officials violated Florida's open government law when they gifted a sizable plot of prime downtown real estate to the state, which then transferred it to the foundation for Donald Trump's...
Alexandra Pisco (right) plays a game of Scrabble with her parents Rich and Wendy DiCarlo at their home in Derby, Conn. With its high cost of living and proximity to New York City, young people across southwestern Connecticut say they're feeling the economic pressures prompting them to live with their parents. (Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)
10/09/2025 - 12:00am
A potentially worrisome trend is emerging among young adults. Instead of landing a job and moving to the big city after graduation, many are moving back into their childhood homes instead. About 1.5 million more adults under 35 live with their...
10/09/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Groundbreaking for the South Omaha “global market” — a food-centric project fueled by a multimillion dollar state grant — brought a parking lot of supporters Thursday to a community known as a landing place for waves of Nebraska immigrants...
10/09/2025 - 12:00am
Tylenol, Autism and the Perils of Basic-Level Literacy
Pondiscio: When most Americans lack the reading skills to judge competing claims in critical debates, they are at the mercy of others.
By Robert Pondiscio
This story first appeared at The 74, a...
10/09/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — About $1.22 billion was unlocked Friday to begin the most visible phase yet of Project Health, an Omaha hospital and training complex described as the largest and most ambitious undertaking in University of Nebraska history.
The NU Board of...
