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Westroads Mall is on a roll lately. Omaha’s largest indoor shopping mall has welcomed several additional retailers with more in the development pipeline. CAFOMA, a start-up coffeehouse, opened this week in suite 1221, a former Scooter’s Coffee space on the second floor between JCPenney and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Locall

MANY retailers, including Walmart and Costco, have been told to set a new minimum wage rate for teenage employees. It comes as minimum wage proposals take shape across the country to benefit workers. One area set to see new minimum wage proposals is Omaha, Nebraska, where legislation signed in July...

If you're buying in Omaha, you have fewer homes to choose from than you did a year ago. Active listings fell 9.9% year-over-year.

A roundabout designed to make a busy South Omaha intersection safer is doing its job, according to the city council member for the area.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Every month, thousands of Omaha citizens report their concerns to the Mayor’s Hotline. Reports range from abandoned vehicles to potholes and litter. In July, the hotline’s five-member team handled 4,031 reports — down from the previous month but about average month to month.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A roundabout designed to make a busy South Omaha intersection safer is doing its job, according to the city council member for the area. But a business neighbor questions whether engineers need to make some adjustments — and he has video evidence. Crashes caught on...

Omaha offers streetcar project funds to repair or demolish the Blackstone building that hosted Brothers Lounge. A hole formed under the building and the street in June.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Mayor John Ewing attended a ribbon cutting Wednesday at Kountze Park, where a newly renovated playground and sprayground opened, and outlined his plans for parks funding going forward. As part of his proposed budget, city parks would receive up to $5 million — an amount Ewing...

Ervin & Smith, an Omaha-based marketing agency, has purchased a building at 3219 Leavenworth Street in Midtown and plans to move its office there late next year. The company’s current headquarters is at 1926 South 67th Street in Aksarben Village. Ervin & Smith plans to renovate and add on...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A group of Douglas County employees say they are dealing with foul odors and ceiling leaks they believe are coming from jail cells above their office. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Support Services Bureau is located in a space beneath a corner of the Douglas County Jail, near 16th and Leavenworth, w