Legal Marijuana NOW candidate says he never planned to leave Senate race
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Legal Marijuana NOW U.S. Senate candidate Mike Marvin told the Examiner that he never planned to leave the race. Marvin said that, as of “right now,” he doesn’t plan to hold any campaign events before the November election. Marvin is currently running alongside nonpartisan U.S. Senate […]
OPINION: Belief, popularity differ from the truth
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner When historians finish chronicling the politics and cultural issues of this age, librarians and booksellers may have to file those annals among other works of fiction. That’s because the conundrum of our time has become our tenuous relationship with the truth. There’s more. Considering our wont to let […]
Más del 50% de los hogares del este de Omaha tiene niveles inseguros de plomo. No significa que la EPA los limpiará.
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More than half the homes in east Omaha have unsafe lead levels. That doesn’t mean the EPA will clean them up.
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RSM Putting Challenge brings blind and visually impaired youth to the golf course with Korn Ferry Tour pros
Read the full article on KMTV 3 Outlook Nebraska used the RSM Putting Challenge to connect blind and visually impaired youth with Korn Ferry Tour professionals, framing golf as a gateway to confidence and independence. 15-year-old Anna Weber, who is legally blind, returned to show that her vision loss hasn’t slowed her down across golf, […]
Nebraska GOP sues to block the ‘America First Party’
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — The Nebraska Republican Party is suing to keep the America First Party off the November ballot. The GOP lawsuit asks Lancaster District Court Judge Darla Ideus to overrule Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen’s decision not to intervene with the party’s creation, declare that the party’s […]
Former Omaha firefighter finds new calling in nursing after years of emergency response
Read the full article on KMTV 3 BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT: Rusty Kilpatrick spent years as an Omaha firefighter and, before that, as an EMT. A love of the medical side of that work led him to pursue a new career in nursing. Kilpatrick was among dozens of nursing graduates honored at a pinning ceremony at Creighton […]
Nebraska State Board of Education postpones approval of North Omaha girls school
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Nebraska’s State Board of Education delayed a vote on approving a nonpublic girls school in North Omaha over concerns about references to “abolitionist framework” that were at one point posted on the school’s website. The board voted 6-2 Friday to postpone its vote until a virtual […]
Two new political parties move closer to certification in Nebraska
Read the full article on KMTV 3 OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Two new political parties are closer to being certified in Nebraska after both met the signature threshold required by the state. Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen confirms the Nebraska Working People Party and the America First Party both gathered enough signatures to advance […]
Omaha gets its first dedicated grief center as Collective for Hope opens new building near 78th and Cass
Read the full article on KMTV 3 Omaha’s first dedicated grief center has opened at Collective for Hope near 78th and Cass The building’s design is intentional — no right angles, which the executive director says reflects that grief is not linear A full-time licensed therapist is being hired, with services expected to begin this […]