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Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail Still Incomplete Nearly 30 Years Later

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/04/2024 - 3:00am

The view of the Cowboy Trail outside of Gordon, looking east at the trail yet to be created toward Merriman. Once the Chadron-to-Rushville chunk of the trail is finished, proponents plan to focus on a stretch between Valentine and Merriman, then Merriman to Gordon.
(Heidi Beguin / Flatwater Free Press)

Kris Ferguson had a quick reply when someone asked how she and a small group of volunteers managed to finish a 17-mile stretch of the long-planned but unfinished Cowboy Trail in northwest Nebraska.

“Oh it’s easy,” Ferguson responded. “You just need someone who’s willing to go out and get hit by a car while riding their bike.”

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To Insure Or Self-Insure? The Question Homeowners Must Answer Amid Impact Of Climate Change

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/04/2024 - 2:00am

No matter where you live, there’s a good chance the weather’s getting wilder. In just the past few weeks, tornadoes have wreaked havoc on Midwest and Southern states, and large swaths of southern Florida were flooded. Globally, 2023 was the hottest year on record.

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Winnebago Tribe Celebrates Return Of Land Taken Along The Missouri River

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/03/2024 - 11:23am

LINCOLN — The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is celebrating the righting of a five-decade-old wrong.

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill last week that will return about 1,600 acres of land to the tribe along the Missouri River that was taken illegally in the 1970s for a proposed recreation project.

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Some Visitors To Israel Have A New Stop On Their Tours: Hamas' Destruction In The South

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/27/2024 - 8:00am

A group of Israelis visit a damaged house following the Oct. 7 Hamas militants attack on Israel in Kibbutz Beeri, southern Israel, on Friday, Jan. 28, 2024. A new kind of tourism has emerged in Israel in the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. For celebrities, politicians, influencers and others, no trip is complete without a somber visit to the devastated south that absorbed the brunt of the assault near the border with Gaza.
(Oded Balilty / AP Photo)

KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — A new kind of tourism has emerged in Israel in the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. For celebrities, politicians, influencers and others, no trip is complete without a somber visit to the devastated south that absorbed the brunt of the assault near the border with Gaza.

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Surprises Lurk Beneath Humble Exteriors

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/27/2024 - 7:00am

BEDFORD, Pennsylvania -- On most days after work, Brandon Borischak can be found doing one of two things: tinkering with car engines or just cars in general, admitting he is that guy whose house you will breeze by on a country road and wonder why he "has a few of them" on his property.

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Sublette County Rejects Joe Ricketts’ Request To Scrub Wildlife Rules, Slowing Upscale Resort

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/27/2024 - 6:00am

Migratory elk cross Granite Creek in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, on May 19, 2018.
(Gregory Nickerson / Wyoming Migration Initiative / University of Wyoming via AP)

A billionaire’s planned Upper Hoback Road luxury resort could take as long as six years to construct because Sublette County is not granting his request to eliminate seasonal restrictions designed to prevent the displacement of wildlife.

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Rent Aid Program For Needy Nebraskans “On Track,” With Much Of The $48m Still Available

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/27/2024 - 6:00am

LINCOLN — A once-controversial emergency rent aid program has distributed about $11 million to eligible Nebraskans, leaving more than three-quarters of $48 million available following its September launch.

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Traffic Engineers Build Roads That Invite Crashes Because They Rely On Outdated Research And Faulty Data

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/27/2024 - 5:00am

In this Nov. 25, 2019, photo, Dave McMannis, first responder liaison with the Franklin County Engineers office, poses for a photo at the Franklin County Engineers office in Columbus, Ohio. He is responsible for contacting schools, emergency responders and others to coordinate traffic before construction projects start.
(Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

“Can you name the truck with four-wheel drive, smells like a steak, and seats 35?”

Back in 1998, “The Simpsons” joked about the Canyonero, an SUV so big that they were obviously kidding. At that time, it was preposterous to think anyone would drive something that was “12 yards long, two lanes wide, 65 tons of American Pride.”

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Beans Farmed On School Land - A Family Story

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/20/2024 - 6:00am

Matt Blomenkamp, Assistant Superintendent of Operations stands beside the mission statement of Bennington Public Schools.
(Don Rashid / The Daily Record)

Aaron Schmidt visited as a child the former home which stood on land once used as a farm. Now, he is farming this same, leased land from the Bennington School District in a novel arrangement. Schmidt said, “I remember when the land was a fully functional farm and spending time at the farmhouse, land and buildings.”

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Cities With Empty Commercial Space And Housing Shortages Are Converting Office Buildings Into Apartments – Here’s What They’re Learning

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 06/20/2024 - 4:00am

It took a global pandemic to convince American businesses that their employees could work productively from home, or a favorite coffee shop. Post-COVID-19, employers are struggling to find the right balance of in-office and remote work. However, hybrid work is likely here to stay, at least for a segment of workers.

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Real Estate News

Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail Still Incomplete Nearly 30 Years Later

To Insure Or Self-Insure? The Question Homeowners Must Answer Amid Impact Of Climate Change

Winnebago Tribe Celebrates Return Of Land Taken Along The Missouri River

Some Visitors To Israel Have A New Stop On Their Tours: Hamas' Destruction In The South

Surprises Lurk Beneath Humble Exteriors

Sublette County Rejects Joe Ricketts’ Request To Scrub Wildlife Rules, Slowing Upscale Resort

Rent Aid Program For Needy Nebraskans “On Track,” With Much Of The $48m Still Available

Traffic Engineers Build Roads That Invite Crashes Because They Rely On Outdated Research And Faulty Data

Beans Farmed On School Land - A Family Story

Cities With Empty Commercial Space And Housing Shortages Are Converting Office Buildings Into Apartments – Here’s What They’re Learning

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