Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 10/11/2023 - 5:00am
SEATTLE — Over the next five years, leaders here in the Emerald City will spend millions in federal dollars to green up neighborhoods that lack trees. As Seattle and the surrounding region deal with more frequent extreme heat events, residents are starting to view trees as more than a luxury.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 10/11/2023 - 4:00am
Jamie Bruesehoff grew up in the Lutheran church. Her husband has been a pastor for 20 years. As their daughter, Rebekah, explored her gender expression and grew into her identity as a transgender girl, they made it a point to tell her that God doesn’t make mistakes — she is who she is meant to be.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 10/11/2023 - 3:00am
In the face of a persistent worker shortage across Nebraska, several companies are pursuing solutions to a problem sidelining thousands of potential workers: a lack of child care.
The pandemic pummeled child care providers in Nebraska and the U.S. Those woes are expected to worsen with the recent expiration of federal pandemic-era funding for providers, which could further pinch working parents.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 10/11/2023 - 2:00am
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state troopers who shot and killed an environmental activist at the site of a planned police and firefighter training center near Atlanta will not be charged, a prosecutor announced Friday, saying he found that their use of deadly force was "objectively reasonable."
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 10/04/2023 - 5:00am
Katya Kohut was only 4 when she and her mother, Elena, fled their home in Odesa, Ukraine, because of constant bombing of the port city located on the shores of the Black Sea.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 10/04/2023 - 3:00am
If you or a loved one can no longer live safely at home, assisted living may be the answer. Residents typically live in their own rooms or apartments and get housekeeping services, meals and help with personal care.
But facilities can vary enormously, and people's expectations about assisted living often clash with reality, elder care experts say. Here are some important things to know.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 10/04/2023 - 2:00am
When President Joe Biden created the American Climate Corps by executive order on Sept. 20, 2023, it marked a step toward keeping a pledge he made nearly three years earlier: to create a new workforce training and service program to deal with global warming.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/27/2023 - 5:00am
When you hear about the abundance of life on Earth, what do you picture? For many people, it’s animals – but awareness of plant diversity is growing rapidly.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/27/2023 - 4:00am
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Some Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks ago.
Authorities allowed residents into the first area to be cleared for reentry — a zone of about two dozen parcels in the northern part of Lahaina — between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/20/2023 - 4:00am
The nation’s largest and oldest Hispanic organization is blasting the Omaha City Council for not appointing a Latino to fill a South Omaha council vacancy, calling the action a “betrayal of trust.”