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Ricketts Joins The Ranks Of Well-Heeled Businessmen Buying Land In Nebraska

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/17/2025 - 12:00am

U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts (at left) then Nebraska’s governor, celebrates his hunt near Chadron in 2022 with State Sen. Myron Dorn of Adams. Ricketts has now bought land in the area.
(Courtesy of Nebraska Governor’s Office)

CHADRON, Nebraska — U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts has joined the likes of Ted Turner and Bill Gates as a well-heeled businessman buying large plots of land in Nebraska.

Like those purchases, there’s concern it might result in higher property taxes for neighbors, though a Dawes County commissioner calls those concerns unfounded.

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Grocery Goliath: Small-Town Nebraska Grocery Stores Disappear As Dollar General Booms

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/17/2025 - 12:00am

Nelson's Food Pride grocery store employee Jack Moore (center) talks to customer Amanda Wilson (left) while owner Julie Johnson helps bag. Johnson says she tries to greet every customer by name and feels bad when she can’t.
(Jerry L Mennenga / Flatwater Free Press)

OAKLAND — If you drive down U.S. Highway 77, you won’t see the grocery store that has managed to keep afloat in this town for more than 100 years. It’s five blocks off the highway, on Oakland’s main drag.

What you will see is a bright yellow sign, beckoning highway drivers to make a pit stop. You’ll see the beige cinder block storefront and metal warehouse walls plopped between cornfields and the highway.

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The Grand Canyon Lodge Was An Elusive Getaway For Nearly A Century. Now It's Gone

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/17/2025 - 12:00am

The nearly century-old Grand Canyon Lodge in far northern Arizona was a refuge for ambitious hikers and adventurous tourists eager to bask in the magnificent views of one of the most remote and renowned landscapes in the world.

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Five Commercial Real Estate Leaders Named To Omaha CRE Summit Hall Of Fame

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/17/2025 - 12:00am

The Catalyst adaptive reuse project in midtown Omaha is to get an award at this year’s CRE Summit. Shown here is a corridor of the co-working hub, which used to be an alleyway on an old steel plant campus. The building is expected to be a magnet for innovative health care businesses.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — Five leaders who helped shape the Omaha metro area’s commercial real estate landscape are to be recognized during an annual industry event that has spanned 36 years. The 2025 honorees are to be inducted Aug. 22 into the Omaha CRE Summit Hall of Fame.

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Lincoln Landlords Weighing Lawsuit, State Law Switch After Voters Barred Them From Denying Low-Income Renters

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/10/2025 - 12:00am

Proponents of a measure banning housing discrimination based on source of income gathered signatures to place the issue before Lincoln voters in the city’s May election. It passed with nearly 67% of the vote.
(Courtesy of Lincoln For Fair Housing)

Finding a home in Lincoln has never been simple for Shawn Fauver.

That’s because since 2013 Fauver has relied on federal housing vouchers, or Section 8, which expire if not used within 90 days. And as Fauver learned, not all landlords take Section 8.

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Unattractive And Unpopular Now Law

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/10/2025 - 12:00am

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., has trained lots of eyeballs on Nebraska 2nd Congressional District, the “Blue Dot,” after he announced he would not seek re-election next year when we celebrate the nation’s semiquincentennial.

Yes, that’s the word.

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From Seattle To Atlanta, New Social Housing Programs Seek To Make Homes Permanently Affordable For A Range Of Incomes

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/10/2025 - 12:00am

Seattle astounded housing advocates around the country in February 2025, when roughly two-thirds of voters approved a ballot initiative proposing a new 5% payroll tax on salaries in excess of US$1 million.

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Kearney Gets Nebraska’s Final ‘Good Life District’ Designation, Eyes Development Around SportsPlex

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/10/2025 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s fifth and final “good life district” designation goes to the City of Kearney, city leaders announced on Monday.

Kearney’s district joins four other geographical areas designated as good life districts by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development in or around the cities of Omaha, Gretna, Bellevue and Grand Island.

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Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve The West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/10/2025 - 12:00am

Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.

by Abe Streep

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A Nebraska Crypto Company Wants To Get Bigger. Landowners Decry NPPD’s Use Of Eminent Domain That Will Help It Grow.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 07/03/2025 - 12:00am

Stanton County landowner Justin Kennedy (left) speaks with a court-appointed appraiser as they look over land where the Nebraska Public Power District is taking an easement by eminent domain for a new transmission line. Kennedy said he hoped to build a home on the land someday, but those plans are now extinguished.
(Jeremy Turley / Flatwater Free Press)

Justin Kennedy had long envisioned more than a cornfield when he gazed at the plot of family land a half-mile from where he grew up.

It was “the perfect setup” for building his dream retirement house in rural Stanton County.

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