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Category: Metro

We can’t cover a state while ignoring its two largest metros. We leave space to tell stories about people, businesses and institutions in the metropolitan areas. We include metro suburbs in this category.

Posted inMetro, Omaha

The SBH Review: Bagels at Omaha Bagel Co. have only gotten better since the move to midtown

by Sarah Baker HansenOctober 15, 2026October 7, 2026

What started just four years ago as a cottage bakery out of the basement of owners Hank and Michelle Shields’ basement has now expanded into a full-blown brick-and-mortar off 54th and Leavenworth.

Posted inMetro

‘Der Viener Schlinger’: The meat cannon that launched 20,000 hot dogs

by J.J. HarderOctober 9, 2026October 12, 2026
Posted inMetro, Omaha

Red, blue or purple: Unique Omaha-area congressional district draws national election spotlight 

by Margery BeckOctober 1, 2026October 6, 2026
Posted inMetro, Omaha

Douglas County sheriff referred cases to ICE and floated deal with agency amid national crackdown

by Jeremy TurleySeptember 24, 2026October 5, 2026
Posted inHistorically Excluded, Metro, Omaha

An 82-year-old master gardener is leading an effort to make South Omaha’s 24th Street bloom again

by Christopher BurbachSeptember 17, 2026October 1, 2026
Posted inMetro, Omaha

Something in the air: Suburban Omaha is now an Amazon drone zone

by Chris BowlingSeptember 10, 2026September 28, 2026
Posted inMetro, Omaha

Crowded classrooms: Omaha Public Schools has worst student-teacher ratio in metro area and in state

by Henry J. CordesSeptember 3, 2026September 17, 2026
Posted inHistorically Excluded, Metro, Omaha

Historic Potter’s Field in northern Omaha became ‘dumping ground’ for city’s poor, homeless and ill

by Tim TrudellSeptember 1, 2026September 11, 2026
Construction crews work on the Tallgrass Apartments in Papillion. In the past four years, more multi-family housing units — almost all of them apartments — have been built than single-family homes in the Omaha metro. Photo by Lily Smith/Flatwater Free Press
Posted inMetro

For the first time, more apartments than houses are being built in Omaha

by Henry J. CordesAugust 27, 2026September 4, 2026
Posted inHistorically Excluded, Metro, Omaha

Amid North Omaha’s ongoing struggle for fresh food, a new grocery store is coming to town

by Kaitlyn KellyAugust 26, 2026September 9, 2026

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