In a session marked by debate and split votes, the Omaha City Council approved a climate action and resilience plan, aimed at ...

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners meeting opened with a somber acknowledgment of recent losses, including the passing ...

Former national talk show host Dick Cavett invited social revolution into viewers’ homes courtesy of the 1960s icons he interviewed. And this Nebraskan ...

The African immigrant population in South Sioux City has nearly tripled in the past decade as immigrants and refugees find ...

The Flatwater Free Press published 173 stories in 2024. Stories that dug deeper. Stories that tied us together. Here are a ...

Yanqi Xu (pronounced yen-chee shu) most recently covered courts and law for NC Newsline in North Carolina, focusing on criminal justice, voting rights, housing justice and redistricting. Prior to that ...

Sen. Pete Rickets and his parents shattered their previous spending records during the recent election cycle. The family spent roughly $1 of every $11 spent by anyone on any Nebraska political race, ...

Three giant philanthropists whose foundations have a combined $2.1 billion in assets have died. Local family foundations are sunsetting, or planning to. Will Omaha’s big projects and most vulnerable ...

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The South Omaha Business Improvement District (BID) board convened for its final meeting of 2024, spotlighting challenges and ...

Belvedere Elementary School principal Shaneice Udofia and Crestridge Elementary School principal Valerie Varas were ...