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Campgrounds And Visitor Centers At Federal Lakes Are Closing Amid Trump's Budget Cuts

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 1:16pm

Tower Harbor Marina owner Bill Barrow uses a tractor on a newly made rock boat ramp to lower Doug Vollmers boat Thursday afternoon, Aug. 31, 2006, into Kanopolis Reservoir in Kanopolis, Kan.
(Sandra J. Milburn / The Hutchinson News via AP )

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government.

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Omaha Area Survey Shows Better Pay, Transit And Housing Options Are Keys To Curbing ‘Brain Drain’

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/24/2025 - 7:00am

Greater Omaha Chamber Young Professionals gathering.
(Courtesy of Greater Omaha Chamber)

OMAHA — Public transit options emerged as a top complaint about the Omaha region in a survey aimed at gaining intel on how to hold onto young professional talent.

Good salary, flexible scheduling and paid time off for sickness and vacation were identified as the most important workplace attractions.

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The Short American Memory

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/24/2025 - 6:00am

Right now in the U.S., it seems that people are more divided than ever, and that sort of notion seems to be the same notion that is had every year. “This year was worse than the last." etc. While that might be true, the things that divide people each year are…. flimsy. Or, rather, people are flimsy themselves, with a short memory that only recalls anger, rather than what exactly happened.

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A Sequoia Forest In Detroit? Plantings To Improve Air Quality And Mark Earth Day

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/24/2025 - 5:00am

DETROIT (AP) — Arborists are turning vacant land on Detroit's eastside into a small urban forest, not of elms, oaks and red maples indigenous to the city but giant sequoias, the world's largest trees that can live for thousands of years.

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Study Indicates $20M Cost To Restore Site Of Mayhew Cabin And John Brown’s Cave

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/24/2025 - 3:00am

Historians differ about whether the Allen Mayhew Cabin, built in 1852, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. But the cabin, built from cottonwood, is one of the oldest structures in Nebraska, predating statehood.
(Paul Hammel / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — An assessment of restoring the historic Mayhew Cabin and John Brown’s Cave site in Nebraska City estimates it would cost in excess of $20 million to make it a viable attraction again.

Most of the cost, the report indicated, would be demolishing several of the seven existing structures on the site, which have been damaged by flooding and neglect.

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Americans Subsidize All Energy Sources, Not Just Renewable Ones

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/17/2025 - 6:00am

Folks can get animated when it comes to discussions of climate science and energy production. Rather than the facts alone, confirmation bias and ideological rigidity can creep in to one’s seemingly common-sense position.

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A Pipeline Company Filed Hundreds Of Lawsuits Against Landowners. Now Its Project Is Threatened

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/17/2025 - 5:00am

Jared Bossly walks past feed on his ranch in Mansfield, S.D., on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in one of the counties that a proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline would cut through.
(Nicole Neri / AP Photo)

MANSFIELD, S.D. (AP) — Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriff’s vehicle parked at the corner of his property. He had a hunch it wasn’t a social visit.

“I’m like, ‘Well, I doubt he’s just being a friendly neighbor, giving a guy a beer at eight o’clock at night,’” said Bossly, 43.

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Osaka Expo Opens In Japan Offering A Vision Of The Future. Here's What To Know

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/17/2025 - 3:00am

People wait in line to enter the Nordic pavilion, representing Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, on the opening day of the Expo 2025 in Osaka, central Japan, Sunday, April 13, 2025.
(Hiro Komae / AP Photo)

OSAKA, Japan (AP) — The Expo 2025 opened in Osaka on Sunday with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of the six-month event that Japan hopes will unite the world divided by tensions and wars.

Here is what to know about the Expo 2025 Osaka:

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Historical Marker Dedicated For Lincoln-Born Eiseley, A “Modern Thoreau”

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00am

LINCOLN — While growing up in south Lincoln, Loren Eiseley would often venture down to a small stream near his home to gather specimens for his homemade aquarium.

Once, the story goes, he almost drowned while exploring at a nearby pond, a pond now located on the Lincoln Country Club golf course grounds.

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Spinning Round And Round: Vinyl Albums Enjoy Popularity Resurgence

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/10/2025 - 7:00am

Homer’s Records has been a mainstay in Omaha’s Old Market since 1971. Record Store Day is this weekend on Saturday, April 12th!
(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

The crackle of the needle as he places it on a favorite album sends Cory Damgaard down memory lane. Classic artists - Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Guy and Pink Floyd among them- are best remembered on vinyl, he said. A fan of the classic sounds emanating from speakers with older vinyl, Damgaard enjoys the experience.