Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 3:00am
As Florida and the Southeast begin recovering from 2024’s destructive hurricanes, many people are asking: How can we rebuild sustainably and in a way that avoids the same damage, costs and trauma in future storms?
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 7:00am
LANSING, North Carolina -- Nestled in the rolling farmland in Ashe County is a tidy white-clad building whose wistful charm beckons you to stop. It’s the kind of place you may only spot if you set your navigation app to avoid highways. And even if you’re trying to make good time down Silas Creek Road, you will find it impossible not to stop here.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 7:00am
OMAHA — It started nearly a half-century ago as a traveling show in a station wagon, and a few transitions later, it settled in a revamped car dealership.
Now the Omaha Children’s Museum is moving on up — to a more touristy downtown, where its roughly $113 million new home is poised to rise four stories alongside another project also announced Thursday, October 24th.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 5:00am
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cassandra Garduño squinted in the sunlight, her pink boots smudged by dirt as she gazed out over her family's chinampa — one of the islands first built up by the Aztecs with fertile mud from the bottom of a lake that, later drained, would one day become Mexico City.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 4:00am
ROME (AP) — Tourists eager to return to the Eternal City are being forced to toss coins over a plastic barrier and into a small makeshift pool in front of Rome’s Trevi Fountain while the attraction is being drained for maintenance.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 4:00am
GRETNA, Nebraska — The man behind the Gretna area’s “Good Life District” said Friday that his $5 billion vision has grown to 4,500 acres, has a name now and could become a place where youth sports meets Disneyland.
If Rod Yates’ plan materializes, the site between the state’s two biggest cities would have indoor surfing, sky-diving, rock-climbing, horseback riding and more.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 7:00am
OMAHA — The back story of North Omaha’s Bluestem Prairie neighborhood hit home with celebrity artist Frankie Zombie, and it didn’t take long before he jumped in to help the transformation of the once notorious housing site.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 6:00am
Earlier this month marked the anniversary of the Hamas terrorists’ attacks on the people of Israel. In remembrance, Nebraska’s state senators authored a letter that supported the Israeli people in their fight against terrorism. Unfortunately, that letter received less than unanimous support from its members.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 5:00am
If Donald Trump wins the presidential election, Republicans hope he will fulfill a longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have been under government control since the Great Recession.
But Democrats and some economists warn that, especially in this time of high mortgage rates, doing so will make buying a home even more expensive.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 4:00am
LINCOLN – It appears it’s back to the drawing board for an ambitious proposal to dig a huge recreational lake between Omaha and Lincoln to rival Iowa’s Lake Okoboji.
That’s after a report, released Thursday, eliminated from consideration the initial location envisioned by state lawmakers – between Ashland and Gretna on the east side of the Platte River.