3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (335+ words) Omaha city and business leaders met Wednesday to rally support for two upcoming ballot initiatives. The Building Better Omaha Committee was formed by the Greater Omaha Chamber to advocate for two bond issues totaling $185 million that will appear on the…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (552+ words) Cindy Wiles paused a conversation with her colleague to pick up the phone ringing on her desk. She answered with the same greeting she’s uttered thousands of times before: “Mayor’s hotline, can I help you?” The calls are fairly continuous…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (453+ words) At Omaha’s Afghan-American Integration Day celebration on Saturday, attendees waved the Afghan flag – the tri-color version in use prior to the Taliban’s 2021 takeover of the country – and hung it from the side of the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge. The bridge…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1570+ words) Ever since she can remember, Mariana Juarez wanted to fly. A commercial pilot’s license seemed a distant dream, though, when family hardships in her home in Guerrero, Mexico, drove her out of school at age 14. Two years later, she and…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (650+ words) A Maya community is using a national grant to create a climate resilience plan for a North Omaha neighborhood. Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim will use the $96,440 to plan out how its roughly 8-acre property along the Beltline Trail can help…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1704+ words) There is no perfect recipe for streetcar success. But from route design to fare price, experts say, there are cities Omaha can look to. At the height of the modern streetcar boom, construction crews tore up roads in Washington, D.C., installed…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1825+ words) There’s beauty — and complexity — in the simple. That’s one of the many mantras, along with friendship and the legacy of the event’s founder, expressed this month at the annual Tecmo Bowl National Championship in west Omaha. After a decade, the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (329+ words) Three federal grants totaling $5.15 million will help Nebraska’s biggest city navigate its transportation and infrastructure needs. At the top of the list is an ambitious project that would reclaim nearly 20 acres of land sliced up by an interstate and highway....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (699+ words) Just south of Omaha’s downtown are remnants of the city’s historic Little Italy. There’s Orsi’s Bakery on the corner, Sons and Daughters of Italy on 10th Street, and St. Frances Cabrini Church down the block. The neighborhood has seen changes through…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (273+ words) An event celebrating Omaha’s local food scene is returning this week. Omaha Restaurant Week will be held Sept. 11-20, giving diners a chance to enjoy three-course meals at discounted prices with dinners priced at $20-$50 per person at some of the area’s…...