How did Denise Powell beat an Omaha dynasty in NE-02?
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner OMAHA — Business and nonprofit consultant Denise Powell beat two elected officials who had been on Omaha-area ballots for years, surviving a heated, six-person primary that Democratic voters in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District hadn’t seen in years. Powell won partly because her campaign and outside groups aligned with […]
Hundreds of volunteers place nearly 10,000 flags on veterans’ gravesites ahead of Memorial Day weekend
Read the full article on KMTV 3 OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Hundreds of volunteers gathered at Westlawn-Hillcrest Cemetery in central Omaha to place American flags on the gravesites of veterans ahead of Memorial Day weekend. The Memorial Day Flag Project is now in its 18th year. When the project launched in 2009, organizer Carl Diamond […]
The Breaking Point: Nebraska teachers are quitting, saying they have little choice
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Local leaders see $120M transformation of Malcolm X Omaha birthsite as global destination
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner OMAHA — On what would have been Malcolm X’s 101st birthday, leaders of the city in which the slain human rights activist was born revealed new details about a possible $120 million revamp of the campus that marks the historical icon’s birthplace. The Malcolm X birthsite marker was […]
NWS releases tornado damage ratings from Sunday and Monday storms
Read the full article on KMTV 3 The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed five or more tornadoes occurred in Nebraska on Sunday, May 17 and are still working to confirm several other tornadoes from Monday’s round of storms. This post will be updated as more surveys are completed. Sunday’s Storms For the Sunday storms, […]
AFFIDAVIT: Omaha woman allowed home to be used in sex-for-money operation
Read the full article on KMTV 3 OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — 3 News Now is following new developments in a sex trafficking bust that includes charges against a former City of Omaha accountant and four others. Omaha police have arrested a woman who they say allowed two of the other defendants to use her home […]
Nebraska’s Capitol Cat bids farewell to constituents, retreats to private life
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — A beloved fixture known to greet visitors to Nebraska’s Capitol will not be returning to Lincoln for the legislative session in January. Cameron the Capitol Cat has moved to a new home with his caretaker, Diana McGinnis, who hopes his former constituents will remember his tenure in […]
ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH: An inside look of the new Methodist Jennie Edmunsdon Behavioral Health facility
Read the full article on KMTV 3 COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KMTV) — It’s a big step towards addressing mental health in Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa. The brand-new, Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health facility in Council Bluffs is a joint venture between Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital and Acadia Healthcare. Teams of psychiatrists, nurses, therapists, and […]
May 7: Omaha Inland Port Authority board reviews development strategy, community partnerships and housing plans
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May 7: Blackstone BID board discusses late-night safety and streetcar impacts
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