Cody Winchester
Omaha World-Herald
Omaha, NE, United States
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Bellevue council votes to raise hotel tax to 5.5 percent, on par with Omaha
The hotel tax increase, expected to bring an additional $40,000 into the city each year, is part of the city’s business plan to finance a 25,000-square-foot convention center and hotel under construction at 3750 Raynor Parkway. → Read More
MUD budget: Customers will pay more for water in 2016, but gas costs expected to fall
For the majority of customers who take both gas and water service, the result will be a lower bill overall in 2016, according to a budget approved Wednesday by the MUD board. → Read More
Sailor from Millard gets a holiday surprise: cross-country family visit
A program allowed Ashley Bracken to share a beloved holiday meal with her mother and father and two younger brothers. → Read More
OPPD proposes higher monthly service charge, but average users won't see higher bills
It’s a response to the same market and regulatory forces that led to a budget shortfall this year. The district will dip into reserves to make up the difference and likely propose a rate increase of about 4 percent for 2016. → Read More
OPPD proposes higher monthly service charge, but average users won't see higher bills
It’s a response to the same market and regulatory forces that led to a budget shortfall this year. The district will dip into reserves to make up the difference and likely propose a rate increase of about 4 percent for 2016. → Read More
Analysis of public teacher salaries shows that pay reflects experience
Schools facing the biggest socioeconomic challenges and struggling with the poorest achievement are often staffed with teachers who are the least experienced. → Read More
Company wants to refine, sell methane gas at old State Street landfill
BioResource Development proposes tapping into the stream of landfill gas, removing the impurities and injecting the methane into a Metropolitan Utilities District natural gas pipeline. → Read More
New Sarpy County directors of human resources, 911 department approved by board
Sarpy County filled vacancies for two department heads this week. → Read More
County Board again denies Woodmen’s request for property tax exemption
Had the exemptions been granted, they would have knocked off about $40 million in taxable valuation and saved Woodmen $800,000 or so in property taxes. → Read More
Lawyer who lost $500 pen at courthouse asks Douglas County: Find it or replace it
John Kerwin said his Montblanc Meisterstück ballpoint pen went missing after he accidentally left his things at the courthouse security kiosk one day last November. The pen was a gift from his uncle, the late Monsignor Eugene Kerwin, he said. → Read More
Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station back online
The plant shut down automatically Wednesday morning when the main generator tripped. The Omaha Public Power District is still investigating but said the problem could have been moisture seeping into a transformer control cabinet. → Read More
Former OPPD leader Bernie Reznicek ‘built career around people’
Omaha business leader Bernie Reznicek, who led the Omaha Public Power District and the Creighton University College of Business at different times in his career, died Sunday of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 78. → Read More
Map: Dam Site 15A
The Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District has bought all but one piece of land it needs to build a new dam and recreation area in northwest Omaha. → Read More
Compressed natural gas station now open in Sarpy County
The filling station, in the Hilltop Industrial Park at 132nd Street and Cornhusker Road, will be a key node in a growing network of CNG stations throughout the midwest, an MUD officer said. → Read More