CHICAGO, Illinois, July 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the county employment and wages in Nebraska for 4th quarter 2019: Employment rose in Nebraska's two large counties from December 2018 to December 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2018.) Acting Regional Commissioner Julie Wilson noted that  more

LENEXA, Kansas, July 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with PMR Properties LLC for alleged violations of lead-based paint regulations under the federal Toxic Substances Control Act. The company manages and leases approximately 400 residential housing units in Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri. According to EPA, PMR Properties was aware of lead-based paint hazards in some of its propertie  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Nebraska office issued the following news release: The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provided more than $4.5 million in funding to five of Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) for Watershed Flood Prevention and Operations. The funding will be directed toward developing watershed plans in the Central Platte NRD (Grand Island), Lower Big Blue NRD (Beatrice), Lowe  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Joe Kelly, issued the following news release on July 15: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Titus J. Miller, age 27, of Lincoln, Nebraska, entered a plea of guilty today in federal court in Lincoln before United States Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart for producing child pornography. Miller admitted to the sexual exploitation of five children between August 17, and October 15, 2019. Magistrate Judge Zwart s  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - Nebraska Field Office issued the following news release: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced the acceptance of more than 1.2 million acres in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands during the recent signup period that began March 16 and ended May 15. The number of acres offered during this signup period was 1.9 million acres, over 3 times the n  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, July 16 -- The U.S. Air Force (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: The 55th Communications Group held a change of command ceremony here July 15, 2020. Col. Larry Fletcher assumed command from Col. Steve Wieland in a ceremony officiated by Col. Gavin Marks, 55th Wing commander. "Fletch brings tremendous breadth to the 55th Communications Group," Marks said. "His career has been steeped in comm and cyber ... and he is the right leader at the right time to bring fresh  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $257,128 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Panhandle Area Development District, Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic. "The Trump Administration is eager to allocat  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $383,350 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Central Nebraska Economic Development District, Chambers, Nebraska, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic. "The Trump Administration is eager to  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, G. Zachary Terwilliger, issued the following news release: A Maryland Darknet vendor and a Nebraska pharmacist pleaded guilty to charges related to a conspiracy to use explosives to firebomb and destroy a competitor pharmacy. According to court documents, from August 2019 through April 2020, Hyrum T. Wilson, 41, of Auburn, Nebraska, illegally mailed over 19,000 dosage units of prescription medications, inc  more