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Dillard’s had 150,000 square feet and added another 102,000 square feet with the acquisition. The remodeling is expected to be completed by the end of March.
The Nebraska Department of Labor said it could take 4-6 weeks to get federal guidance and implement extended unemployment benefits that were approved Sunday.
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Manifold Studios, a gymnastics studio, is opening a second location in Scottsbluff, according to Manifold Studios owner Jayleen Landstrom.
State Sen. John Stinner's proposed study on the effects of COVID-19 on childcare gets a hearing on Tuesday at 8 a.m.
After 35 years in business, Taco de Oro will be closing its doors for good. Owner John Cervantes has opted to close the business due to health concerns.
One day when Jeff Robbins was about 10 years old, the Morrill resident was thinking about what he wanted to do for a living someday. About that time he saw a crop duster plane fly overhead and it led him into a lifelong love of flying and the aviation industry.
SouthPointe Cinema and East Park Cinema will open Aug. 28. Marcus did not announce an opening date for the Edgewood Cinema.
"I think the matter is, by and large, over,” Madsen's attorney J.L. Spray said of the dispute between the business and Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department.
Information contained in property tax protests gives a rare look into what kinds of declines some national companies are seeing in Lincoln.
At around 7:55 a.m., officers arrived at Madsen's, marking the first time police have been involved in the weeklong squabbling between the local business and city over alleged violations of directed health measures.
Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird said she remained unconcerned over the appearances of involving police to force a business' shutdown.
Staff from the health department returned to the business on Thursday and observed continued violations of the directed health measure, according to the latest closure order.
Watch Now: Attorneys lay out case for, against shutting down Madsen's over health measure violations
In a closed third-floor courtroom with dozens watching online, the Lincoln City Attorney's Office laid out its case Wednesday for why a judge should order the closure of Madsen's Bowling and Billiards for violating directed health measures.
The City Attorney's Office late Monday afternoon asked a judge to order a Lincoln bowling alley owner to comply with local health directives, requiring employees and patrons to wear masks, or to be ordered closed over violations.
"We're treating it like a civil matter," Lincoln City Attorney Yohance Christie said Saturday evening. "In order to enforce a civil matter, you go to court."
Tyson Foods will launch weekly coronavirus testing of workers after outbreaks sickened thousands of employees and idled production at several meat plants this spring.
Two downtown bars, along with the Railyard commons area, have been ordered to close for violations of the city's directed health measure.
Local health care providers say they are suffering from the lack of a national Covid-19 testing strategy.
The exact date of the change, and the next name for the stadium, are still to be determined.
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An executive from New Era confirmed to The News that the company is laying off 187 employees, 117 of whom worked at its Buffalo headquarters.
As Western New York enters phase four of its reopening on Tuesday, it's not clear how soon the businesses that have been left out will get the green light.
The phased reopening of tribal casinos continued Thursday as the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino went back online.
Gym owners and mall tenants waited eagerly this week for the state’s phase four reopening guidelines so they could get back to business after being closed more than three months for the coronavirus. Instead, they found out that they are excluded from phase four, and that there is no timeline set for them to reopen. “We are very disappointed.
Emergency medicine researchers in Buffalo have launched a study to see if a steroid medication typically used to treat asthma can help patients sick at home with Covid-19. “Some people with viruses or other illnesses feel better sooner, faster with these kinds of medicines, so our hope in this case is that it will be helpful too,” said Dr.
The Heartland Workers Center has seen somewhat disastrous results from employees not knowing what's going on in their workplaces.
Some families are pressing the state to let them back inside nursing homes as it allows other businesses to