Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — Though Grand Island was the latest to join Nebraska’s approved Good Life Districts, it appears poised to be the first community to get that so-called good life rolling.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 3:00am
OMAHA — Seven “business improvement districts” in the City of Omaha are to receive grants from the city’s allotment of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds.
Proposals are set for approval this week by the Omaha City Council. Mayor Jean Stothert issued a news release outlining grants that total about $1.68 million.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/18/2024 - 2:00am
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Dressed in protective clothing and armed with a smoker, Peter Nyongesa walked through the mangroves to monitor his beehives along the Indian Ocean coastline.
The 69-year-old Nyongesa recalled how he would plead unsuccessfully with loggers to spare the mangroves or cut only the mature ones while leaving the younger ones intact.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 07/17/2024 - 4:00am
HOUSTON (AP) — The deafening hum of a generator was a welcome noise Thursday evening at a Houston independent living center where several dozen seniors had lost power in the wake of Hurricane Beryl.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/11/2024 - 7:00am
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Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/11/2024 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is facing pushback for some of his property tax reform ideas from some of his closest agricultural allies in the Legislature. He may need their support to pass reforms during a special session expected this month.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/04/2024 - 7:00am
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.