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Omaha Mayor Breaks Into Song, Crowd Cheers State-Aided North Omaha Market

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/24/2026 - 12:00am

OMAHA — A jingle created and sung by Omaha Mayor John Ewing Jr. especially for the occasion kicked off a groundbreaking Saturday for a grocery store described as key to restoring dignity and economic vitality to one of Nebraska’s most distressed areas.

The full-service grocery in North Omaha — to be run as a social enterprise by nonprofit Heart Ministry Center — is to span 25,000 square feet, about half the size of an American football field.

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Data Center Opposition Is Growing, With Nebraskans Crossing Party Lines In Protest

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/24/2026 - 12:00am

Festus, Missouri, resident Mary Youmans calls for the ouster of the Festus City Council on March 30, 2026, after it approved a plan to develop a $6 billion data center in the city.
(Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio)

The residents of Peculiar, Missouri, celebrated their victory against a proposed data center on an October night in 2024, after the town’s six-person Board of Aldermen unanimously voted down a proposal to rezone land for a 500-acre data center campus.

Peculiar, a town of 3,000 people about 40 minutes southwest of Kansas City, was among the earliest documented communities in the country to defeat a data center development through grassroots pushback.

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Pyrograzing Turns Ordinary Livestock Into Fire Prevention Heroes, So Why Isn’t It Used On Public Lands More Often?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/24/2026 - 12:00am

In grasslands across the American West, four-legged fire prevention crews are busy at work, helping keep wildfire risk under control. These cattle, goats and sheep stomp down tall grasses as they munch their way through plants that could otherwise burn, lowering the risk of catastrophic fires in the process.

When livestock are intentionally used for wildfire control like this, the practice is known as targeted grazing. And it’s gaining attention as severe wildfire seasons push firefighters and public land budgets to the brink.

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Visit Nebraska Leader Touts Tourism Impact, Buffalo County Growth

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/24/2026 - 12:00am

Nebraska Tourism Commission Director Jenn Gjerde (left) with Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s Buffalo County, buoyed by development in Kearney, stood out as a growing state tourism magnet during an event Friday spotlighting the economic impact of travel to the Cornhusker state.

Of Nebraska’s five most populated counties, Buffalo reportedly outpaced peers with its 7% growth in direct travel spending in 2025 compared with 2024.

Only one of the top five lost traction in tourism-related spending. Sarpy County’s dollar growth reportedly dipped 0.5% during that time frame. Douglas grew by 4.4%; Hall by 3.5% and Lancaster by 2.2%.

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$10M Omaha Residential Facility For Combat-Maimed Vets Aims To Heal Wounds Medicine Can’t

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/17/2026 - 12:00am

A dedication event for the Dunham House in Omaha, a long-term assisted living facility for veterans severely maimed in combat, kicked off Friday with a flag ceremony. The 30-unit residential complex is in the background.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — The scene was seared into John Folsom’s mind.

On a visit to Bethesda Naval Hospital around 2010, he met a young soldier severely brain-damaged by a war device that exploded near his head during a mission in Iraq.

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Kearney Poised To Go All In On Data Centers Even As Many Nebraska Towns Throttle Back

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/17/2026 - 12:00am

As more Nebraska communities pass moratoriums on new data center projects in the face of increased scrutiny from locals, the city of Kearney says it hopes to set itself apart by welcoming the industry.

The city of 33,000 has become one of the first in the state to pass a zoning ordinance for data centers, which places restrictions on things like noise, water consumption and energy use – the concerns locals cite most often when a power-hungry computer warehouse comes to town.

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Effort To Honor First Native American Physician Expands In Walthill

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/17/2026 - 12:00am

(Courtesy of Nebraska State Historical Society)

WALTHILL — For 37 years, Vida Stabler raised a family and carefully maintained a two-and-a-half story, Folk Victorian home in this reservation town.

It was a fixer-upper, she said, but ideal for her and her husband, newly married.

“I loved every morning here,” Stabler said. “Sitting out on the porch. Being surrounded by all the trees. We have a multitude of birds.”

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Pawnee City Offered $50,000 If A Person Bought A House In Town. So Far, They’ve Had One Taker.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/10/2026 - 12:00am

A home built through the Pawnee City Community Foundation sits for sale. The house is part of a program in which buyers can qualify for up to $60,000 in down payment assistance.
(Lily Smith / Flatwater Free Press)

PAWNEE CITY — You’ll know you’re getting close to town when you pass Alphia, a pet food manufacturer and one of the largest employers in the area.

Then you’ll see the sign, welcoming you to the cutest little town in Nebraska, and also the home of Larry the Cable Guy.

Just past the water tower, turn right. It’ll take you by the pool, the park, the daycare.

And then you’ll see the house for sale: A three-bed, two-bath new build, complete with a two-car garage, massive basement and stainless steel kitchen appliances.

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Developers Eye Native Nations, Tribal Communities For New Data Center Projects

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/10/2026 - 12:00am

Officials in Page, Arizona, a small city near the Glen Canyon Dam, passed a land sale agreement last fall that establishes a framework for future construction of a data center.

The sale of the 500-acre parcel about a mile away from the Colorado River’s Horseshoe Bend — one of the most visited natural landmarks in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area — to Huntley LLC for $7 million specifies that the company intends to build a 1 gigawatt data center.

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“The Smell of Money:" Nebraska Beef

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/03/2026 - 12:00am

A few years ago, I took a friend from Ohio camping up in Valentine, Nebraska, but first we had to drive up through the pretty parts of the state (sorry-not-sorry sub-Sandhill Nebraska, you are flatter than Jim Carry was in The Mask when he was run over like a cartoon). When we came upon a sign that said, "Welcome to Beef County,” my friend from Ohio was covering his face with his shirt in the backseat, retching and coughing from the overpowering odor of a sea of black cattle.

"Where are we?!” He begged, then answered himself, “In Mordor?!”