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Cole Epley

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Recovering journalist; president of the Cap'n Geech & the Shrimp Shack Shooters fan club; @MBJMemphis alum, @OWHmoney exile
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As natural gas prices plummeted, OPPD leaders clung to expensive, inefficient Fort Calhoun

As natural gas prices plummeted, OPPD leaders clung to expensive, inefficient Fort Calhoun

Two months before Missouri River floodwaters in 2011 threatened the smallest operating nuclear plant in the c…

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With new EMV cards, tipping is about to get a lot more awkward

With new EMV cards, tipping is about to get a lot more awkward

When card issuers started mailing out new chip cards back in 2015, waiters and waitresses discovered a major …

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Tully's Kennels petition shows how social media makes activism easy - but a spark can become a vi...

Tully's Kennels petition shows how social media makes activism easy - but a spark can become a vi...

Cassandra Johnsen, like many people in Omaha, had heard the horror stories about Tully's Kennel. The pet shop…

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The Million-Dollar Men of Memphis Healthcare

The Million-Dollar Men of Memphis Healthcare

Not-for-profit healthcare providers were challenged just as much, if not more, than their for-profit counterp…

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Farms face steep slide: Net profits this year expected to be half of what they were in 2013

Farms face steep slide: Net profits this year expected to be half of what they were in 2013

As the farm economy continued its slide in early 2017, some farmers had the feeling they were being boiled al…

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Unlike its OPPD cousin at Fort Calhoun, NPPD's Cooper Nuclear Station staying the course

Unlike its OPPD cousin at Fort Calhoun, NPPD's Cooper Nuclear Station staying the course

About 80 miles separate Nebraska's two nuclear power plants, but they might as well be separated by a light-y…

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OPPD secured retention pay for Fort Calhoun employees before board voted to shut down the plant

OPPD secured retention pay for Fort Calhoun employees before board voted to shut down the plant

Employees at the Omaha Public Power District got contracts worth millions of dollars in bonuses to entice the…

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First Data: The next big thing? The story of the Omaha-born giant that refused to die

First Data: The next big thing? The story of the Omaha-born giant that refused to die

Some Wall Street analysts have Omaha-born First Data pegged as the next big thing. That's a far cry from the …

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10 years later, California-based Bank of the West remains bullish on Omaha

10 years later, California-based Bank of the West remains bullish on Omaha

In the 10 years since a California bank bought homegrown Commercial Federal, the institution has lost more th…

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OPPD ratepayers will pay more than $1 billion to decommission Fort Calhoun nuclear plant

OPPD ratepayers will pay more than $1 billion to decommission Fort Calhoun nuclear plant

Omaha Public Power District ratepayers will chip in more than $1 billion over the next seven years toward dec…

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