Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/11/2025 - 12:00am
In October 2023, a group calling itself Return to the Land established its first “Whites only community” in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. They followed that with a second enclave nearby in 2025.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/11/2025 - 12:00am
OREFIELD, Pa. (AP) — In a romance and adventure worthy of the big screen, a Pennsylvania couple is preserving the past and forging a future as the owners of the world’s oldest operating drive-in movie theater.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/04/2025 - 12:00am
NORFOLK — Michael’s Cantina has been serving Tex-Mex food to the residents here for more than 30 years. Softball trophies crowd the top of a dresser in a dining room, old signs line the walls and regulars visit multiple times a week. Some of the employees have worked at the restaurant for decades.
It feels timeless, except for an unwelcome newcomer: the stench.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/04/2025 - 12:00am
“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries with it the germs of its own subversion, in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears.”
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/04/2025 - 12:00am
CARVER, Mass. (AP) — About this time of the year, Jarrod Rhodes should be checking on the vines of cranberries that have grown on his bog for decades in southeastern Massachusetts.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 09/04/2025 - 12:00am
Stress on college students can be palpable, and it hits them from every direction: academic challenges, social pressures and financial burdens, all intermingled with their first taste of independence. It’s part of the reason why anxiety and depression are common among the 19 million students now enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities, and why incidents of suicide and suicidal ideation are rising.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/28/2025 - 12:00am
During his 25 years as the CEO of MECA, Roger Dixon managed the development of the CHI Health Center Omaha, Charles Schwab Field, and the Riverfront. The $747 million projects have resulted in more than 32 million visitors and a $2 billion impact on Omaha's economy.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/28/2025 - 12:00am
An avid cyclist, Nate Kauffman looks at economic conditions that impact development like the winds he encounters on his bicycle. Lean into a headwind to power through, while a tailwind can help you, he said.