NEWCASTLE, Wyoming, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 45-day public scoping period to gather comments to inform an environmental impact statement for planned revisions to the resource management plans for the Newcastle Field Office and Nebraska planning areas. The proposed revision would replace the existing 23-year-old Newcastle RMP that guides the management of approximate  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 15 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 14, 2023, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Nebraska - Fourth Quarter 2022": * * * Employment rose in the two largest counties in Nebraska from December 2021 to December 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2021.)   more

LENEXA, Kansas, July 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: Today, at the John Bardo Center on the Wichita State University (WSU) Innovation Campus, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister joined WSU officials and Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (EJ TCTAC) partners to celebrate the opening of the Region 7 EJ TCTAC. The new center will serve communities throughout EPA Region 7, which consists of Iowa  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Kansas City Taekuk Cho and Acting United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Senior United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard has sentenced Donald Greuter, Jr., 57, of Upland, Nebraska on June 29 to a term of 114 months' imprisonment following his conviction for being   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Taekuk Cho and Acting United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Joshua Thomas Alan Casiano, 36, of Kearney, Nebraska, on July 10, 2023 to five years' imprisonment for possession of stolen firearms, fo  more

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, July 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, Richard D. Westphal, issued the following news release on July 10, 2023: A Nebraska man was sentenced on Thursday, July 6, 2023, to 180 months in federal prison for charges of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, carrying a firearm during and relation to a drug trafficking crime, prohibited person in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Jerry L. Jensen has been appointed by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland as the Acting U.S. Trustee for Arkansas, Nebraska, and Missouri (Region 13) effective Aug. 1, the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees announced today. Jensen replaces Daniel J. Casamatta, who is retiring after 35 years of dedicated service to the department, including the last eight years as the Acting U.S. Trustee in Region 1  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, July 14 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: The 55th Medical Group welcomed a new commander following a change of command ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base July 7, 2023. Col. Tracy Bozung accepted the guidon from Col. Christopher Backus during the ceremony at the Warhawk Community Center. Bozung comes to the Ehrling Bergquist Clinic from 16th Air Force, where she served as the command surgeon since July 2022. "  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: Acting United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Andrew Sackett, 39, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on July 10, 2023, in federal court in Omaha after being convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Sacke  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: Daniel E. Miller, 42, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on July 10, 2023, in federal court in Omaha after being convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Miller to 180 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin a 10-year term o  more