The June 13th News of the Week

This week’s Grow Omaha News of the Week leads with Fun-Plex’s Mammoth roller coaster opening to the public near 70th & Q. The 2,000-foot-long coaster rises 70 feet in the air and is described on the show as the biggest roller coaster ever in Nebraska. Jeff Beals and Trenton Magid also discuss UNMC’s Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center receiving a new beam therapy system, the City of Omaha kicking off construction of a new baseball and softball field complex at Gallagher Park, the Mutual of Omaha sign going up on the downtown tower, a City Council reimbursement connected to New Style Development’s 8th & Douglas site, Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium reopening Stingray Beach, the Omaha Public Library upgrading the city garden outside the new Central Library and Omaha’s ranking for household credit card debt.