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LA VISTA, NE — After 18 years in operation, Nebraska Brewing Company has announced it will be closing its doors. The La Vista-based brewery, known for its role in building the state’s craft beer industry, shared the news this week through a statement on social media. Bankruptcy Filing...

In the heart of landlocked Nebraska, there’s a bright red building with a cheeky fish painted on its side that’s become something of a pilgrimage site for seafood lovers. Shucks Fish House & Oyster Bar in Omaha defies geography with seafood so fresh you’d swear you could hear seagulls overhead.

GLENWOOD, Iowa. (WOWT/Gray News) - An Iowa man is being credited with saving lives after stepping into the line of fire during a deadly neighborhood shooting. Authorities say the shooter that day was Dennis Burnell. He killed two people, set his own house on fire, and fired dozens of rounds into nearby homes on Aug....

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway is buying Occidental Petroleum’s chemical division for $9.7 billion in what may be the last big acquisition involving the consummate dealmaker, Warren Buffett. Buffett wasn’t mentioned anywhere in materials released by Berkshire Hathaway discussing the deal Thursday, potentially...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Evacations were underway Thursday afternoon near 24th and Wirt streets after a major gas leak was reported in the area, police said in a social media post. Omaha Police and Fire were assisting M.U.D., closing 22nd-25th streets and from Binney to Spencer streets. “Follow officer directions,”...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Animals at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo will help “eat away” invasive plants at a nature preserve in Council Bluffs. Under this new partnership, zoo staff will help cut out invasive trees and shrubs, called “browse,” at the Nature Conservancy’s nearly 300-acre prairie preserve.

In Omaha, there’s a diner where chicken fried steak isn’t just a menu item—it’s practically a religious experience that draws pilgrims from Scottsbluff to Falls City. Shirley’s Diner sits on Maple Street like a beacon of comfort food hope, its classic exterior promising the kind of meal your grandmother would approve...

Omaha broker says health insurance premiums could more than double in 2026 without congressional action to renew ACA subsidies.

Nebraska’s two largest newspapers, the Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star, have announced plans to reduce publication. The two newspapers said Friday they will stop printing Monday editions beginning Nov. 3. The announcement comes on the heels of massive layoffs last month by the papers’ owner, Lee...

OMAHA — Groundbreaking for the South Omaha “global market” — a food-centric project fueled by a multimillion dollar state grant — brought a parking lot of supporters Thursday to a community known as a landing place for waves of Nebraska immigrants. State, city and county officials joined grant recipients as they...