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2 hours of local news! How many times can you repeat the same story? It sure why the early 4 and 4:30 shows as most people aren’t home at that time Fromm their jobs. I know kmtv does the same early start Doesn't matter. If you use syndicated programming during those half hours, you get maybe two mi...

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The Lincoln and Omaha stations would fight being combined. They'd each lose market share if the population base grows and the viewers don't. That doesn't make them any money with the ad agencies. Plus, Omaha and Lincoln stations own stations in the rest of the state and while Grand Island/Kearney/Ha...

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Just flew through LNK last month because the Delta connections to Bozeman MT made sense and the price was right. They have a vending machine beyond security and THAT's IT. GRI at least has food sevice on both sides. Geez...

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Ampride and Midas at Webb Rd and Old Potash Hwy is now closed. As we speak, a sign company is putting up Pump and Pantry signage.

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Not so terribly long ago, Sears was criticized for being the "Walmart" of the 60's and 70's. Between their retail stores and catalogs, they owned Sears Auto Centers, Craftsman tools, DieHard batteries, Allstate Insurance, Discover Cards, had a huge market share with Silvertone home electro...

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gisbuxfan wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 9:50 pm
Candleshoe wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:19 am Pizza Ranch will go in the old Whiskey Creek. Opening this summer.
Did something happen with this? I haven't seen any movement at that location.

I was kinda wondering the same thing...

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For comparison: Kansas State Fair Grandstand Lineup Sept 7: KC & the Sunshine Band, $5-$10 Sept. 8: Dan + Shay, $25-$60 Sept. 9: Josh Abbott Band w/ special guest Blackhawk, $15-- $45 Sept. 11: Roots & Boots (Aaron Tippin, Sammy Kershaw & Colin Raye, $25-$45 Sept 12: For King & Count...

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Must have had a hard time getting acts this year. Last year the acts were pretty solid. Will they have the draft horse event again this year? That was worth the money. Never saw draft horses doing dressage before. I expect so on the draft horses. They have them every year. As for the shows, I see s...

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Concert lineup announced: Aug 24 Kelly Clarkson Fonner Race Track Infield Aug 25 Sugarland Fonner Race Track Infield Aug 29, Righteous Bros Heartland Event Center Aug 30 Fracesca Battistelli Heartland Events Center Aug 31 Old Dominion Heartland Events Center Sept 1 Up With People Heartland Events Ce...

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My wife loves Younkers for their shoes, but I've never had much luck finding much selection in tall man sizes in their GI store and the coupons are never good for anything that I wanted to use them for. Kohls more than fills the bill for me.

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I hate to throw water on the Capitol/etc. discussion but I have another what if... What if FDR, Sitel, ConAgra, Level(3), and lots of other Omaha companies didn't leave or in the case of Level(3) weren't started outside of Omaha? My main point is that for some reason there is a line beyond which it...

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http://nebraska.tv/news/local/gi-airport-announces-flights-to The airport currently has daily jet service on American Eagle to Dallas, plus multiple flights a week to Las Vegas and Phoenix/Mesa on Allegiant Air. Now the airport said American is adding five more flights to Dallas with a total of 244 ...

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New Veteran's Legacy Project plan released. Cost estimated at $95+ million. Got to dream big! http://www.theindependent.com/news/local/g-i-veterans-home-plan-unveiled/article_46a0d028-2417-11e8-892f-f33931aec1f9.html It looks like a great plan! I am worried about it getting done though. A master pl...

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Hello everyone, Is there anything new going on at the KFC that was on 2nd street? It looked to me today that it was being painted so I wondered if it's being prepped for selling or is there another restaurant already taking over. Thanks. Love this thread for interesting GI info. Only thing I've hea...

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Coyote wrote:Nice, where did you see Bob, I've been hearing around Wood River / Alda.

East of the Alda Bridge, South of the Interstate.

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http://www.5280.com/2018/03/witness-one-natures-extraordinary-migrations/ Nice feature on the crane migration in Denver's "5280 Magazine". Hailed as the second largest wildlife migration in North America, upward of 500,000 sandhill cranes speckle the Nebraska sky from late February to earl...

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Went out after lunch today. Not the best time, but you work with what you got. Basically stayed south of the river between Doniphan and Alda and noted a LOT of bird tourists for the middle of a Tuesday. Texas, Colorado, Iowa and Minnesota plates were spotted along with a surprising number of "M...

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Hello everyone, Is there anything new going on at the KFC that was on 2nd street? It looked to me today that it was being painted so I wondered if it's being prepped for selling or is there another restaurant already taking over. Thanks. Love this thread for interesting GI info. Only thing I've hea...

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Pizza Ranch will go in the old Whiskey Creek. Opening this summer. Any idea on the owner? I know one of them and he has opened a second location a little over a year ago and was looking at another. In both of his other cases he has renovated existing locati9ns rather than build new. Group owners, w...

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Pizza Ranch will go in the old Whiskey Creek. Opening this summer.

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Peyton Manning is having a blast in this new TV ad for Universal Orlando. But the only O-town he mentions in the ad is... [youtube][/youtube]

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The new Bosselman HQ in the old KMart/Skagway South building on S Locust is going to be adding some tenants pretty soon. A new liquor store will occupy Suite 1, while "Tommy Gunz Bistro" will occupy Suite 2. It will be a Prohibition era speakeasy themed restaurant and wine bar. It's also b...

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http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/ricketts-backs-bill-to-raise-speed-limits-on-i-/article_db9be16d-9fe2-5dc5-96b5-a42a7e03611b.html Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is backing a bill that would raise the speed limit on parts of Interstate 80 and other state highways. The bill intro...

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badlander wrote:Popeye's coming to GI. Corner of 13th and 281, where former Pump & Pantry was located.

That's going to be a snug fit in that triangle space. Will be interesting to see the design to make it work.

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OmahaJaysCU wrote:Anyone else notice a lot more tv advertising for Cabelas since the change?

Pretty normal action to try to pad the bank account with sales and promotions before the changeover. Time Warner was discounting TV and Internet packages like crazy before the Spectrum takeover.

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Royal Indian Cuisine announced on their Facebook page they are closing. This is a real loss as they were unique to this town and high quality food. They suffered the same fate as the three or four previous restaurant tenants of that strip mall... nobody knew they were there. The little strip mall i...

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They tore down the old Uncle Ed's/Village Inn on Locust. Speculation is Burger King is moving in there and they'll close the other S. Locust location. Anyone hear anything about that? I'd heard that too. That would be a nice upgrade for BK, the one in the strip mall is pretty underwhelming and hard...

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shefloper wrote:Has anyone heard what is going in at the location two lots to the North of Mirror Image Car Wash or just East of the North Walmart? Between Diers Avenue and 281. Thank you in advance...

I'd heard another tire store... don't recall the name of it.

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Just for fun census study... I noticed that City-Data has a line item on it's city stat pages that references the daytime population net gains/losses due to work commuters. I'm using the 2014 pop estimates for the rankers of "official estimates" first, and then using the net gain/loss for ...

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I was browsing a job search site and ran into a listing for Spencer's gifts in GI. Not sure where they are going or if it's just a Holiday thing, but I believe it's legit. Also, does anyone know what they're putting in the strip mall on Locust right behind Pizza Hut? They're remodeling the whole fr...

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Social media is all atwitter (!) with rumors of Popeyes going in to the old Fazolis/old Pump & Pantry on 281/old KFC on 2nd St/or where Hardees is going... Additional rumors have Chipotle going into the same places.

Stay tuned...

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Taken at the BNSF yard a couple of weeks ago in Ravenna. Two rows, each extending a little under a half mile in length.

"The powers that be" by Joe, on Flickr

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Just an observation on the now-closed Fazoli's location on W 2nd St...

For a day, the building was shuttered. Now, it appears to be in major remodel mode.

Hmmmmmm...

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A few images I'd taken over the first weekend of the State Fair. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4418/36787869231_0aaf1001bb_c.jpg Nebraska State Fair 2017 by Joe , on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4351/36531370370_fccb6a4fb2_c.jpg Nebraska State Fair 2017 by Joe , on Flickr https://farm5.sta...

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http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/big-saturday-buoys-opening-weekend-attendance-at-state-fair/article_f1204272-e625-5134-95aa-b6c62001675b.html Joseph McDermott, the fair's general manager, said 136,275 people visited the fair in Grand Island over the first four days. That's a ...

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Two restaurants announced they would not be renewing their leases at their existing locations in GI. Denny's, which is located inside the Boarders Inn on South Locust St and Fazoli's Italian, located at the foot of the W Hiway 30/2nd Street overpass. Fazoli's corporate owned the store and said they ...

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http://journalstar.com/business/local/air-carrier-serving-nebraska-cities-declares-bankruptcy/article_1bd3f9c0-6995-51b7-aab0-d09d31e92c7c.html Alaska-based PenAir announced Monday that it has filed to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As part of its reorganization plan, PenAir said...

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http://www.theindependent.com/news/ag_news/hendrix-genetics-opens-new-hatchery-in-grand-island/article_67550470-820e-11e7-bdee-7fb9ce3a83ea.html Gov. Pete Ricketts was on hand Tuesday to help celebrate the opening of Hendrix Genetics’ new hatchery in Grand Island. The $18.5 million facility at 2325 ...

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Update on the former K-Mart on 281, it's now filled with the announcement that Home Goods will take the last of the remaining square footage, with an opening in the Spring of 2018. Other new tenants of the building include Planet Fitness, Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, which will begin remodeling soon ...

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http://nebraska.tv/features/state-fair/lincoln-mayor-impressed-with-state-fair-in-grand-island Lincoln mayor impressed with State Fair in Grand Island Friday was Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler's first trip, and he's impressed. “This is a great, great fair and I'm actually surprised how developed it is,...

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