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Omaha's City Council approved TIF financing for a new 70-unit, 55-and-older apartment building near 22nd and Douglas. Developers say the project will support affordable senior housing and boost development along the downtown streetcar route.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska is facing a critical shortage of veterinarians, especially in rural parts of the state. A local horse ranch in Omaha hosted Nebraska senators and Gov. Jim Pillen at an event highlighting Nebraska’s history with horses and calling attention to the growing need. Riders Mae...

The Council Bluffs City Council rejected the mayor's plan to hire a homeless coordinator — even with Iowa West footing part of the bill during a trial period. What do you think the city should do? 👇

An issue from the winter led to some heated moments at the Omaha City Board of Equalization meeting.

ARLINGTON, Neb. (WOWT) - The owner of a Washington County junkyard faces more charges after failing to clean up an eyesore. Last year Michael Pick paid a $100 fine for violation of Washington County zoning regulations. Today he entered a not guilty plea. The county attorney filed 61 misdemeanor charges...

Access to mental health care in Nebraska is increasing. According to a University of Nebraska Medical Center study, there was a nearly 50 percent rise in the number of licensed behavioral health providers in Nebraska since 2010.The study found a 24 percent increase in the number of rural practitioners. A...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - We are not quite done with frost potential in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. However, if you are in Omaha, I think any plants should be fine. The clouds that have been over us on Tuesday will start to push south overnight. Northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa could have scattered frost when you wake up Wednesday morning. Expect morning lows in...

(Glenwood) -- Mills County officials have renewed their law enforcement contracts with multiple communities, with some slight tweaks. At its regular meeting Tuesday morning, the Mills County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved law enforcement services contracts with the cities of Emerson, Pacific Junction, Malvern, Hastings, Silver City, and Henderson for the 2027 fiscal year, which begins July 1st. Mills County Sheriff Greg Schultz says the...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The chief of the Valley Police Department submitted his resignation effective May 29. Chief Bobby Martinez told First Alert 6 he has another job lined up in law enforcement. Mayor Linda Lewis confirmed Martinez is leaving for a job at Metro Community College. Lewis said she...

Editor’s note: This story is part of a collaboration between Flatwater Free Press and The Reader examining Omaha’s future streetcar. Ernest Wintroub ushered his 7-year-old son Frank out the door of their Dundee home on a brisk spring evening in 1955. They stood on the street corner and listened for the familiar rumbling.