Profiles
Is climate change a hoax? When in doubt, conventional wisdom dictates we best consult the experts – luckily Omahans don’t have to search far...
As a beacon of law and order, Prof. Joshua Fershée has...
When searching for the next restaurant to review, there is no difficulty in finding a door to walk through, certainly not in Omaha with its endless tide of such businesses seeming to sprout up on our...
Downtown Omaha Riverfront. (Courtesty of Greater Omaha Chamber)
Supporting today's workforce and preparing for the future is the focus of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce's new POWER Conference on Oct. 10.
Combining the best of two previous Chamber events -...
It’s often said, love is the universal language. And, one thing is for certain, people love their pets. So there was nothing lost in translation – except the dog, and perhaps a language barrier –...
Did you know that if you “smell,” it may not please everyone, but it could help in locating your lost pet. Nor should you look a lost animal into the eye, but off to the side. Also, it would be a...
Today’s News
Dangerous flooding has damaged neighborhoods in almost every state in 2025, leaving homes a muddy mess. In several hard-hit areas, it wasn’t the first time homeowners found themselves tearing out wet...
$200 Rent, District Supe as Landlord: Affordable Teacher Housing Is on the Rise
As housing prices spike, more districts are building teacher homes to attract young, lower-paid school staffers and...
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To stand shoulder to shoulder with my countrymen against the injustices of the world, were thoughts of a little boy who was raised to put his hand over his heart for the flag; that the differences of...
To Mike Schultz, Kansas ranchers are stuck in velvet handcuffs.
Walmart, the nation’s largest grocery retailer and private employer, recently expanded into the U.S. beef industry with its own...
Vernal Falls at Yosemite National Park. (Shutterstock)
Bare-bones staffing during the government shutdown across the Interior Department and the U.S. Forest Service is leaving America’s treasured natural assets vulnerable to lasting damage, according to...
This Week's News
10/23/2025 - 12:00am
Dangerous flooding has damaged neighborhoods in almost every state in 2025, leaving homes a muddy mess. In several hard-hit areas, it wasn’t the first time homeowners found themselves tearing out wet wallboard and piling waterlogged carpet by the...
10/23/2025 - 12:00am
$200 Rent, District Supe as Landlord: Affordable Teacher Housing Is on the Rise
As housing prices spike, more districts are building teacher homes to attract young, lower-paid school staffers and help keep those they already have.
By Lauren Wagner...
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10/23/2025 - 12:00am
To stand shoulder to shoulder with my countrymen against the injustices of the world, were thoughts of a little boy who was raised to put his hand over his heart for the flag; that the differences of liberals and conservatives would be put aside for...
10/23/2025 - 12:00am
To Mike Schultz, Kansas ranchers are stuck in velvet handcuffs.
Walmart, the nation’s largest grocery retailer and private employer, recently expanded into the U.S. beef industry with its own processing plant in Olathe, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas...
Vernal Falls at Yosemite National Park. (Shutterstock)
10/22/2025 - 12:00am
Bare-bones staffing during the government shutdown across the Interior Department and the U.S. Forest Service is leaving America’s treasured natural assets vulnerable to lasting damage, according to advocates for public lands, including current and...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer listen as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)
10/22/2025 - 12:00am
In a clear rebuke of recent federal health policy, 15 Democratic governors announced today (October 16th) they’ve formed a public health alliance that breaks with guidance from the Trump administration and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary...
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10/22/2025 - 12:00am
When is an appropriate time for an elder to give way to those younger than themselves, in regard to positions of authority? Is it only at the moment of dementia when the faculties begin to fade? Should it be a “fair” age for everyone – say, they hit...
10/22/2025 - 12:00am
The beady-eyed athletes scan an unfamiliar wind-swept prairie from behind the starting gate.
They’ve prepared for this day since birth.
Pricey high-nutrient meals, early-morning training sessions, weekly competitions across the state — all of it...
Spending at Varner Hall, home of the University of Nebraska’s central administration, has more than doubled over the past decade. The increases reflect the growing scope and complexity of higher education, experts said. (Dylan Widger / Flatwater Free Press)
10/21/2025 - 12:00am
At first glance, they look like raises.
At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a music professor’s salary jumped $13,000 in the past decade. A University of Nebraska at Kearney political science professor’s grew by $15,000. A University of Nebraska...
10/21/2025 - 12:00am
In Kentucky, patients drive up to two hours to see Dr. Manikya Kuriti, one of the few endocrinologists who serve the rural communities surrounding Louisville.
Kuriti’s husband, a pulmonologist, drives from Louisville to small hospitals an hour south...
10/21/2025 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its...
Gas savings from Earnify. (Courtesy of Matt Hebert)
10/21/2025 - 12:00am
I love a good deal – who doesn’t? For example, I’ve lost track of how many people I’ve recently told about my new flat top grill I just got from Sam’s Club. It’s a wannabe Blackstone, but the store’s own Member’s Mark brand. Where you could easily...
10/21/2025 - 12:00am
Livia Ziskey, a college student majoring in journalism, remembers the local newspaper being delivered when she was growing up in Omaha. Her father still takes the Omaha World-Herald, although he’ll be getting one fewer edition starting in early...
Screenshot of the Department of Health and Human Services homepage on Oct. 14, 2025. (Courtesy of HHS website)
10/20/2025 - 12:00am
For decades, federal shutdowns have mostly been budget fights. The 2025 one has become bigger than that: It’s turned into a messaging war.
Official government communications, including website banners, out-of-office email replies and autogenerated...
10/20/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that he has authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela and said he was weighing carrying out land operations on the country.
The acknowledgement of covert action in...
Nebraska advocates for medical cannabis have worked for more than 12 years, and continue to wait, for a safe, regulated system in Nebraska, after winning voter approval in November. Pictured are many longtime advocates for the effort. (Courtesy of Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana)
10/20/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Green shirts filled a hearing room in Lincoln full of Nebraskans who support the legalization of medical cannabis but oppose the regulations of the product proposed by the state’s new Medical Cannabis Commission.
Thirty-two people...
10/20/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — As Nebraska moves forward in converting a McCook state prison into an ICE detention center, concerns grow about the Governor’s Office stonewalling public requests seeking more about what is going on.
By late September, Gov. Jim Pillen’s...
Allegations of inappropriate sexual contact involving Kearney YRTC staff members and teens in custody at the center prompted the Douglas County Public Defender’s Office to start reviewing all cases involving its clients housed at the state-run facility. (Lori Potter / Flatwater Free Press)
10/17/2025 - 12:00am
(Editor’s note: This story contains allegations of sexual abuse of children. If you suspect that a child has been abused, call 800-652-1999 or report online.)
At least two staff members at the juvenile treatment center in Kearney have resigned,...
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10/17/2025 - 12:00am
Detroit is seeing declines in violent crime, but 33% more young people were victims of gun violence in the city so far in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to local police.
Mayor Mike Duggan and the Detroit Police Department responded...
Eric Underwood, former chair of the Nebraska Republican Party and leader of the nonprofit Advocates For All Nebraskans, speaks in Lincoln on Oct 14, 2025. (Juan Salinas II / Nebraska Examiner)
10/17/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A nonprofit group behind a handful of Nebraska ballot initiatives announced a campaign Tuesday to gather signatures for two new ones aimed at conservative election goals.
One would alter how the state awards Electoral College votes for...
