The Pitlors’ business had survived two world wars, the 1913 Omaha tornado, the Great Depression, the Great Recession, the rise of air conditioning as a necessity.

Increasingly price-competitive electricity from wind and a contentious transmission project in western Nebraska brought electricity to the fore at the Capitol on Friday.

The wireless carrier plans to open its first Nebraska retail store this fall in Papillion near 71st Street and Giles Road, a spokesman said. Several more stores are planned to open in Nebraska by the end of the year. The company also will bring one of its mobile showrooms, a traveling retail store, to the area in early October.

Conagra Brands, known for popcorn labels Orville Redenbacher’s and Jiffy Pop, is adding to its lineup with the acquisition of Angie’s Artisan Treats, the Minnesota company behind the Boomchickapop line of bagged, ready-to-eat popcorn in more than a dozen flavors.

Opposition to a big Tyson chicken plant in Kansas could be an opening for Nebraska to recruit the project.

More than 940 appraised groups of items will go on sale Monday as the office of Nebraska State Treasurer Don Stenberg auctions off the contents of abandoned safe-deposit boxes.

With 40 restaurants in the Midwest, new owners, an updated menu and a rebranding campaign underway, fast-casual Philly cheesesteak restaurant chain PepperJax is ramping up for growth.

PRAGUE (AP) — It has never been so easy to start your own beer company.

LONDON (AP) — London's mayor said Saturday that people angry about the decision by transit authorities to strip Uber of its license to operate in the city should blame the ride-hailing company itself.

The nation’s top financial markets regulator faced questions Thursday after revealing that its computer system was hacked in 2016 and that private information might have been used to make “illicit gains” through stock trades.

Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals’ Omaha Campus has received federal and state approval to open 16 additional long-term-care beds, which will bring the hospital to its full complement of 48 long-term-care beds.

Sarpy County and its cities are uniting to conquer a natural ridgeline that cuts roughly east and west across Sarpy County, leaving the portion of the county south of the ridgeline mostly without sewers and therefore without new development or growth.

Dublin-based CRH on Thursday said it expects to close on an agreement to buy Ash Grove Cement of Overland Park, Kansas, around the end of 2017.

The redevelopment aims to become the downtown the city never had, developer Chris Erickson said. Plans call for 384 apartments, 23,000 square feet of offices and 70,000 square feet of restaurants, bars and retailers.

Amethyst Home opened this week, and sells furniture with custom upholstery options; wool and viscose rugs; and accessories like pillows, candles and mirrors. The store offers Verellen custom upholstery and complimentary design services with a purchase, owner Monica Freeborn said.

The seasonal flight offered by Frontier Airlines was originally to begin Nov. 9 but now will start Nov. 2.

Owner Christian Christensen said he sought to create an “intimate” setting — with art and amenities including urban garden plots, a spa for pets and a gym for humans that looks onto an outdoor courtyard with a swimming pool, grills and fire pit. He envisions fast-paced residents coming home and changing gears.

NEW YORK (AP) — Would you be OK with letting a stranger into your house for the sake of convenience?

A listless day on Wall Street finished with U.S. stocks eking out small gains Friday, as strength in energy, phone and industrial companies offset losses elsewhere.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Who's right — President Donald Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy, or late-night host Jimmy Kimmel?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on health care legislation (all times local):

HONG KONG (AP) — World stocks were subdued on Friday after North Korea said it could test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, though European markets were supported by upbeat economic data.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prospects are good for a public shaming in the Equifax data breach, but it's unlikely Congress will institute sweeping new regulations after hackers accessed the personal information of an estimated 143 million Americans.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service and Idaho have forged 10 agreements for logging and restoration projects on federal land in what officials say could become a template for other Western states to create jobs and reduce the severity of wildfires.

LONDON (AP) — Uber will lose its license to operate in London because it may be endangering public safety and security, the local regulator said Friday, in a severe blow to a company already facing big questions over its corporate culture.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Low-cost solar panels imported from China and other countries have caused serious injury to American manufacturers, a U.S. trade commission ruled Friday, raising the possibility of the Trump administration imposing tariffs that could double the price of solar panels from abroad.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Low-cost solar panels imported from China and other countries have caused serious injury to American manufacturers, a U.S. trade commission ruled Friday, raising the possibility of the Trump administration imposing tariffs that could double the price of solar panels from abroad.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The busiest border crossing in the United States will close this weekend to the more than 40,000 cars that pass through it daily to Mexico.

Jay Selanders, managing partner in the firm’s Kansas City office, is the new chairman. Dave Amsden, managing partner in the Atlanta office, is the firm’s new vice chairman. Their roles were effective Sept. 15. They will not relocate to Omaha.

The slumping agricultural economy is prompting banks to restructure farm loans and causing more loan delinquencies and defaults than last year, a monthly survey of rural Midwestern banks showed.

AARP will hold four public meetings in October aimed at people ages 50 to 64 who do not have employer-sponsored health insurance and who are eligible for plans through the Affordable Care Act.

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the U.S. economy is strong enough for the central bank to begin reducing its $4.5 trillion balance sheet in October, gradually unwinding a massive stimulus program started after the economy entered a severe recession nearly a decade ago.

Frontier Airlines will offer a seasonal, nonstop flight between Omaha and Fort Myers, Florida this winter.

Catholic Health Initiatives, based in the Denver area, and Dignity Health announced in October that they had signed a nonbinding letter of intent to explore aligning the multistate health care organizations. At the time, industry watchers took the announcement as a sign that the systems were in merger talks.

CHIBA, Japan (AP) — The Japanese video game industry is finding its way out of the doldrums by adapting new technology for decades-old titles. And that energy was evident at the annual Tokyo Game Show, which opened to media Thursday before opening to the public over the weekend.

LONDON (AP) — Global stock markets were mixed Thursday as investors digested the latest statements from the U.S. Federal Reserve, which indicated that it remains on course to raise interest rates on several occasions over the coming year.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is biting off a big piece of device manufacturer HTC for $1.1 billion to expand its efforts to build phones, speakers and other gadgets equipped with its arsenal of digital services.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term mortgage rates rose this week, lifting the 30-year fixed mortgage from the lowest levels of 2017.

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