Cornlea

Cornlea, NE · Municipal
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Omaha to hire 18 more firefighters with the help of federal funds
Omaha is growing its fire department with the help of a federal grant. The Omaha City Council voted Tuesday to accept roughly $3.9 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to partially fund 18 new firefighting positions. The city will pay about $2.4 million into the program, for a total of $6.3 million.
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Omaha voters support bond issues for safety facility, park improvements
Both Omaha bond measures from Tuesday’s election seem to have passed. The bonds would allocate a total of $185 million for a safety facility and parks and recreation improvements. Both measures have significant leads as of the last update to election results early Wednesday morning. The public facilities bond...
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Boys Town breaks ground on DLR Group-designed early childhood center
Boys Town has broken ground on a new 24,000-square-foot Early Childhood Development Center at its national headquarters campus near Omaha, Nebraska, expanding access to specialized early education and family support services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Designed by DLR Group, the facility will bring together early...
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Omaha Power Outage Knocks Out 1,400 Customers, Hits Nathan Hale Middle School
A power outage knocked out electricity to roughly 1,400 customers across Omaha on Monday, including Nathan Hale Middle School, where students kept working through their lessons by natural light while the lunch schedule hung in limbo. The outage struck Omaha, Nebraska, and left the school among the locations without power as the morning got underway.
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As Nebraska seeks to grow, Omaha’s energy capacity is a major hurdle
This story is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Flatwater Free Press, Nebraska’s first independent, nonprofit newsroom focused on investigations and feature stories.. In 2021, across much of the country, Winter Storm Uri caused utilities to scramble for power as the use of electricity and natural...
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Omaha City Council agenda notes for November 3
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Here are a few items on the agenda for Tuesday’s Omaha City Council meeting. Nos. 9-15: Various items on the building at 25th and Center. No. 31: A consent agenda vote on on accepting $1.325 million from the Omaha Public Library Foundation to support four new positions at the Do Space.