The state director of the nation’s oldest Latino civil rights group resigned Thursday. Elsa Aranda announced her resignation from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) days after a dispute with the organization’s national leadership. The conflict is tied to a proposed partnership between the Douglas County jail and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. […]
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Freddy Kreuger holds Camp Crystal Lake at the Overlook Hotel
There are few unbreakable rules in Hollywood, outside of Leonardo DiCaprio’s dating age limit. It’s pretty much down to “never cast actual teenagers as teenagers” and “a sequel is almost never lightyears better than its predecessor.” Black Phone 2 violates both. Before you start to vibrate like your ringer is on silent, please note that […]
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Not about hair: ‘AfroCon’ celebrates all things nerdy
Jade R. Rogers grew up in Omaha. Her parents were community driven, and so early on, Rogers was thinking about how to build community. Rogers also grew up a nerd. In part because of her older brother and his comic book collection, she was enraptured by the heroes and villains. But she had trouble finding […]
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Douglas County Board nixes sheriff’s proposed ICE partnership
Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hanson’s proposed partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents was seemingly shut down last week by the county’s Board of Commissioners. In a statement shared Friday, four of seven commissioners expressed their opposition to Hanson’s proposal of using the county jail in Omaha to hold people detained by ICE. “The […]
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Latino civil rights group calls role in Douglas County Sheriff’s ICE proposal ‘inaccurate’
Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hanson has proposed using the county jail in Omaha to hold people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The nation’s oldest Hispanic civil rights organization said its name has been inaccurately tied to the proposal. The national chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) raised concerns […]
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Pretty colors, pretty people, pretty stupid, pretty fun
Hearing Nine Inch Nails blaring while watching as a glowing neon-red figure tries to hit a glowing neon-white figure with a triangle whilst avoiding being hit with a circle is oddly hypnotic and profoundly stupid. Okay! Anybody who tells you that any Tron movie has had anything of substance to say likely worked on one […]
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Nebraska AG sues OPPD over plan to convert north Omaha coal plant
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced Thursday that he has filed a lawsuit against Omaha Public Power District over its plan to change a north Omaha coal plant over to natural gas. In a news release, Hilgers said the move conflicts with the core mission of public power providers in Nebraska as set forth by […]
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Omaha’s AfroCon is coming back for its seventh year
AfroCon is back in Omaha for its seventh year in a row this Saturday. The event is planned and put on by Omaha nonprofit the House of Afros, Capes and Curls, and the goal is to provide a place where people of color are openly welcomed and can feel comfortable to indulge in their “nerdy” […]
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Bryan Health to open outpatient medical campus in Elkhorn
Bryan Health announced a new outpatient medical campus Monday, expanding access to health care in the growing west Omaha-Metro area. Located on the southwest corner of 204th and West Center Road in Elkhorn, the 14.6-acre Bryan Elkhorn Campus is scheduled to open by spring 2027. In a news release, Bryan Health said the new facility will focus […]
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Nebraska’s cities are built for cars. These young activists want to change that
With their target in sight, the guerrillas parked and climbed out of the pickup truck. Moving decisively, the two men lowered the tailgate and hauled the critical cargo across the street, dropping it on a sidewalk in midtown Omaha. Their mission complete, they dusted off their hands and drove away, leaving a homemade baby blue […]