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2025 Lenten Fish Fry Season Starts This Week
Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday are coming this week, which also means this Friday is the first Friday of Lent – also affectionately known as ‘Fish Fry Season’. While there are many amazing fish fries all over the Omaha-Metro, we want to encourage our readers to Support Bellevue and give these local fish fries, many with long…
Thanksgiving Church begins $8 Million Expansion
Thanksgiving Church announced an $8 million expansion to its facilities near 36th and Highway 370 at a ground-breaking ceremony on November 24th. Lead Pastor David Witkop said church leadership is excited about the new community center, which will replace the existing lobby. “It will be close to 5x our original lobby space and allow us…
BPS Frank Kumor Career Center Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Next Week
Press Release from Bellevue Public Schools – Bellevue, Nebraska The Bellevue Public Schools Board of Education and Dr. Jeff Rippe would like to invite the public to the grand opening, dedication, and open house for the Frank Kumor Career Center. Mr. Frank Kumor was a trustee on the Bellevue Board of Education and Bellevue Public…
New Bellevue Public Library Hosts Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
After nearly fifty years of living on Lincoln Road, the Bellevue Public Library has moved to Longo Drive, just east of the intersection of Cornhusker Road and Fort Crook Road South. Hundreds of people showed up today for the official ribbon-cutting and open house for the new library. “Love the light!” was a phrase heard…
Work Begins on Cornhusker Creek near 36th and Cornhusker Road
At a July council meeting, the Bellevue City Council approved the rezoning and development of a new mixed-use subdivision northwest of 36th and Cornhusker Road. The new development will sit on approximately 59 acres of what was formerly zoned agricultural land. Proposed access to the development would be via an extension Tamarac Drive, west of…
Arrows to Aerospace 2024 Parade Set for Saturday
The 53rd Annual Arrows to Aerospace Celebration begins this week and culminates with a parade and various family events at Washington Park on Saturday. Once again, the Bellevue-Offutt Kiwanis Club is organizing all of the events. They have coordinated the Arrows to Aerospace parade and celebration for the past 36 years. The parade starts this…
City of Bellevue to Start Curbside Tree Debris Pickup on Monday, August 12th
Mayor Rusty Hike and the City of Bellevue’s Public Works Department have announced that the City of Bellevue will be conducting Curbside Tree Debris Pickup starting on Monday, August 12, 2024, for Bellevue residents that may not be able to utilize the City’s drop-off locations. The City of Bellevue is blessed with many trees of…
City of Bellevue Storm Response – Sunday Morning Update
As of 9:30 a.m. this morning, OPPD still reports 47,000 customers throughout the area and over 6,300 customers in Sarpy County alone without power. OPPD and mutual aid crews will continue to work on complex restoration work today. Outage numbers will fluctuate due to new outages caused by trees, limbs, or other objects weakened by…
City of Bellevue Storm Response – Friday Morning Update
Here are the latest updates from the City of Bellevue regarding cleanup from the July 31st storm. 1. OPPD is making significant progress but as of this morning, they are reporting 17,000 customers in Sarpy County are still without power. According to the OPPD facebook page, they have restored power to more than 134,000 customers…
State Officially Approves ‘Good Life District’ for Bellevue Bay Waterpark Area
The City of Bellevue announced today that their application for the Nebraska Good Life District under the Nebraska Good Life Transformational Act has been approved. The establishment of the Good Life District, near the intersection of Highway 75 and Highway 34, will center on the new-to-market, regionally unique, City owned, Bellevue Bay Indoor Waterpark. The 100,000…