Profiles
In the movie, “Almost Famous,” inspired by the real-life experiences of director Cameron Crowe, who started writing for the “Rolling Stone,” at age 15, his character is given back-stage access to...
Dan Schultz transitioned from a military career as an electronic warfare officer to opening a housecleaning franchise. He embraces his military training in building the franchise. (Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)
Dan Schultz likely could have had his pick of jobs when he retired from the Air Force. Defense-related contractor positions were within his grasp. With two master's degrees, maybe he could have used...
I hate America - hardly. But it wasn’t one person speaking ... It was millions, collectively united as one.
From sea to shining sea and beyond our nation’s shores, people rallied together in rural,...
It is set in stone, unlike the Constitution, our nation’s rule of law, many are valiantly defending to this day.
On Aug. 10, 1875, six attorneys convened at the Douglas County Courthouse to...
With visions of a resurgent neighborhood, supporters of redevelopment in the Saddle Creek see couples strolling through the neighborhood enjoying date nights, families grabbing a bite to eat and...
Today’s News
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, the legacy Hollywood giant behind “Harry Potter” and “Friends,” to buy its studio and streaming business for $72 billion.
The...
A lone shopper pushes a cart toward the entrance of a Costco warehouse, March 13, 2025, in Sheridan, Colo. (David Zalubowski / AP Photo)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Costco is joining other companies that aren't waiting to see whether the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump's most sweeping import taxes. They're going to court to...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen listens during a summit of the governors of South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska with business leaders in the Sioux City area. (Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight)
LINCOLN — After state officials initially denied rumors of downsizing, Nebraska’s Department of Economic Development now acknowledges that it has paid roughly 22 fewer full-time employees over the...
Ismael Cortes Estrada poses for a photo holding one of the signs advocates used in the campaign for updating the city's minimum wage law, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (Susan Montoya Bryan / AP Photo)
The minimum wage for workers will increase in 19 states and 49 cities and counties next month, with the wage floor reaching $15 per hour in dozens of localities, a new report found.
Though the...
Independent Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn speaks at an election night watch party at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Omaha La Vista Hotel & Conference Center in La Vista, Neb., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Bonnie Ryan / AP Photo)
I’ve watched a lot of football this season. And during a few of these games, an ad for Pete Ricketts pops up.
I found it odd that an incumbent senator from the state’s majority party would be running...
This Week's News
12/09/2025 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, the legacy Hollywood giant behind “Harry Potter” and “Friends,” to buy its studio and streaming business for $72 billion.
The acquisition would bring two of the industry’s...
A lone shopper pushes a cart toward the entrance of a Costco warehouse, March 13, 2025, in Sheridan, Colo. (David Zalubowski / AP Photo)
12/09/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Costco is joining other companies that aren't waiting to see whether the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump's most sweeping import taxes. They're going to court to demand refunds on the tariffs they've paid.
The...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen listens during a summit of the governors of South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska with business leaders in the Sioux City area. (Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight)
12/09/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — After state officials initially denied rumors of downsizing, Nebraska’s Department of Economic Development now acknowledges that it has paid roughly 22 fewer full-time employees over the past two months.
Similar workforce reductions have...
Ismael Cortes Estrada poses for a photo holding one of the signs advocates used in the campaign for updating the city's minimum wage law, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (Susan Montoya Bryan / AP Photo)
12/09/2025 - 12:00am
The minimum wage for workers will increase in 19 states and 49 cities and counties next month, with the wage floor reaching $15 per hour in dozens of localities, a new report found.
Though the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour has not increased...
CompanyCam Founder and CEO Luke Hansen (left) on stage for a fireside chat with Brian Ardinger (right) at the IO2024 Summit. (Ben Goeser / Silicon Prairie News)
12/09/2025 - 12:00am
This story was reported by Silicon Prairie News, Flatwater’s sister publication, which covers tech, entrepreneurship and business news in Nebraska.
A Nebraska startup has attained coveted “unicorn” status after raising the largest single equity...
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12/08/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — Americans who purchase their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace are bracing for a steep rise in costs next year that many say they will not be able to afford, according to a poll released Thursday by the...
12/08/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy admiral who reportedly issued orders for the U.S. military to fire upon survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat was on Capitol Hill for a classified briefing Thursday with top congressional lawmakers overseeing...
Construction workers plaster the exterior of a new apartment building, July 5, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. (John Raoux / AP Photo)
12/08/2025 - 12:00am
As food prices remain high, the Trump administration has made it easier for farmers to hire foreign guest workers and to pay them less. Now, other industries with large immigrant workforces also are asking for relief as they combat labor shortages...
Armored vehicles on display drives as Poland staged its biggest military exercise of the year, bringing together more than 30,000 troops from the Polish armed forces and allied NATO nations in Orzysz, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (Czarek Sokolowski / AP Photo)
12/08/2025 - 12:00am
The sting of a slap is sometimes felt for years or even decades after such an event. Perhaps a fight with a loved one, or even an altercation with a bully, and certainly things graver than that. Such it is with the history of nations and peoples....
12/08/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice Jeffrey Funke says his first year leading the judicial system was a “learning curve” of trying to “keep the ship afloat” and move forward.
Funke, in a broad interview with the Nebraska Examiner a few...
In this April 18, 2017 photo, a handicapped placard hangs in a vehicle parked by the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. California officials plan to crack down on thousands of "dead" drivers who still hold disabled parking placards. (Rich Pedroncelli / AP Photo)
12/05/2025 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Sara Luterman of The 19th. Meet Sara and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy.
Kara Ayers is a mother of four and uses a wheelchair. She relies heavily on her car because there are not...
Supporters of the public school system Ameshia Cross, from left, Ellie Fox, Jane Heywood, Kaylee Fernandez, Maria Cuesta and Pierce Ramos join the Hands Off Our Schools rally outside the Department of Education building, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Washington. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Photo)
12/05/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — A pair of Democratic lawmakers joined student leaders Tuesday in blasting President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood of...
Flowers, challenge coins and other items lay near a photograph of U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom at a makeshift memorial outside of Farragut West Station, near the site where two National Guard members were shot, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP Photo)
12/05/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and assault charges during his first hearing before a judge, appearing remotely by video from a hospital bed.
Rahmanullah...
12/05/2025 - 12:00am
Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving programs listed nationwide by the government may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with minimum requirements...
12/05/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — The seven members of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled unanimously in all but one of 105 written opinions issued in the past year.
The two years prior, the high court unanimously decided about 95% of its 272 written decisions. Exceptions...
12/04/2025 - 12:00am
Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.
Stan Kroenke doesn’t need federal help to make a business flourish. He is worth an estimated $20 billion, a fortune that has allowed him to become one of America’s largest...
Boundaries of the Omaha Inland Port Authority. (Courtesy of City of Omaha)
12/04/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — An Omaha entity tasked with helping revive some of the most depressed neighborhoods in Nebraska is at odds with state officials it said are refusing to release $11 million in state funds needed for programming.
The Omaha Inland Port...
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Campo De Mayo Military Base by horse in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, Monday, July 28, 2025. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)
12/04/2025 - 12:00am
Those ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ are at it again, at their home in The Swamp, where, by diktat and threat of force, our tax money is channeled. While all the rest of us in the United States work and spend our dimes, churning the economy, the money...
12/04/2025 - 12:00am
KADOKA, S.D. — Nebraska’s quirky replica of England’s prehistoric Stonehenge, “Carhenge,” is about to get some new competition in a neighboring state. And a former Nebraskan is behind it.
Rising from a dusty, prairie ridge along Interstate 90 near...
This image provided by NASA, shows a selfie of their Perseverance Mars rover, on July 23, 2024. The image is made up of 62 individual images that were stitched together. (NASA via AP)
12/03/2025 - 12:00am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.
The crackling of electrical discharges was captured by a microphone on the...
In early November, the South Carolina Department of Public Health opened a pop-up mobile vaccine clinic in a library parking lot in Boiling Springs. Dozens of people in South Carolina’s Upstate region have been diagnosed with measles this fall. (Lauren Sausser / KFF Health News)
12/03/2025 - 12:00am
BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. — Near the back corner of the local library’s parking lot, largely out of view from the main road, the South Carolina Department of Public Health opened a pop-up clinic in early November, offering free measles vaccines to...
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12/03/2025 - 12:00am
Do you remember “What you wanted to be when you grew up?” At some point in your mid-to-late high school journey, that question stops being so hypothetical, and you start to be subjected to a flurry of presentations, career counselors, campus visits...
