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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska had no land — and nearly nothing else to its name — when it regained federal recognition 30 years ago. "Literally, the first office equipment the tribal leaders had in 1990 was a folding table, a card table, folding chairs and an office coffee pot," Ponca Tribal Chairman Larry Wright Jr. said recently. Now look: Enrollment has risen from fewer than 500 when its federal status was terminated in the 1960s to nearly 5,000 today, and the tribe has amassed roughly $60 million in property, servi...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Patty Jo isn't like the rest of the cows on the acreage near Pioneers Park. She's as long-haired and buff-colored as the other Scottish Highland cattle Toni and Kevin Lewis keep as pets, but she's having an identity crisis. She likes her neck scratched. She wags her tail. She loves to go for rides. "At this point," Toni said, "we don't think she knows she's a cow." Said Kevin: "She thinks she's a puppy now, I think." A lucky puppy who owes her life to a pair of horses, her humans and their friends and neighbors. If they a...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The steel shipping container showed up at Cycle Works a few months ago, but it's not serving as storage. Instead, engineers and architects have been studying it to finalize their designs for what could be Lincoln's first container-constructed housing, an apartment complex proposed for 28th and Vine, across the alley from the bike shop. Owners Kris and Julie Sonderup hope to break ground later this year on four or five duplexes, each built around two containers. "It's definitely more and newer housing that's needed in the a...
