CLAY CENTER, Nebraska, May 11 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release: Scientists have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a virus that costs the U.S. cattle sector billions of dollars annually. The recent study published in PNAS Nexus results from a collaboration between the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the University of Nebraska-Lincoln  more

ASHLAND, Nebraska, May 11 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Kansas City District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, will host an outdoor open house from 4:30-5:15 p.m. and a site bus tour from 5:15-7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at the Main Groundwater Treatment Plant in Ashland, Nebraska, located at the junction of County Road 6 and County Road F. Please plan on attending our outdoor open house to learn more about the former Neb  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Steven A. Russell, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Eric Thibodo, 54, of Malibu, California, and Evan Bowen, 45, of Garberville, California, appeared today before the Honorable Michael D. Nelson, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Nebraska, and pleaded not guilty to a three-count indictment that was unsealed on April 20, 2023. Count I charges C  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56509) involving Cooper Nuclear Plant, Nebraska: * * * Facility: Cooper Region: 4 State: NE Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Curtis Martin HQ OPS Officer: Adam Koziol Notification Date: 05/08/2023 Notification Time: 06:25 [ET] Event Date: 05/08/2023 Event Time: 02:07 [CDT] Last Update Date: 05/08/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(2)(i)   more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, May 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: Team Offutt officially welcomed it second WC-135R Constant Phoenix aircraft to its fleet as tail number 64-14831 arrived May 11, 2023. The first WC-135R, tail number 64-14836, was delivered in July. This is the second of three the 55th Wing will receive as the Air Force modifies KC-135R Stratotankers to replace the now retired WC-135C/W fleet. "We're really pleased about what 83  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The new airborne geophysical survey data will be collected using an airplane and will fly over parts of northwest Iowa, northeast Nebraska, southwest Minnesota, and southeast South Dakota, weather permitting. The survey will begin in mid-May and be completed in about four to six months. * * * [Chart omitted] * * * The geophysical survey will focus on the buried Spir  more