OMAHA, Nebraska, July 22 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District will be holding a Change of Command ceremony July 26, 2023, as Colonel Mark R. Himes relinquishes command to Colonel Robert J. Newbauer. The Change of Command ceremony will take place at the Holland Center located at 1200 Douglas St., Omaha, NE 68102, and will commence at 10:00 a.m. on July 26th. In 2020, Colonel Mark Himes ass  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-23-1587) on July 21, 2023, entitled "State Employment And Unemployment - June 2023": * * * Unemployment rates were lower in June in 11 states and stable in 39 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-two states had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, 8 states and the District had increases, and 20 states h  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 22 (TNSper) -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen has appointed Chris Langemeier to fill a vacancy on the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) Board of Directors. Langemeier will represent Subdivision 11, which covers counties in the northeastern area of the state. Langemeier fills the open seat of NPPD board representative Fred Christensen, who passed away in early April. He will complete Christensen's six-year term, wh  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 22 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Reflecting on his recent trade mission, Governor Jim Pillen said Vietnam offers significant potential for doing even more business with Nebraska. The Governor led a delegation of more than 20 including government, business and educational representatives during a week-long visit that culminated with Gov. Pillen meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. "The focus of the trip with threefold - agricu  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on July 21, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Jeffrey Stenstrom, 42, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher to 30 months' imprisonment for Income Tax Evasion and 78 months' imprisonment for Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering; these terms of incarceration were ordered to be run concurr  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on July 21, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Pedro Adolfo Robles, 36, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., for Possessing with Intent to Distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Robles received a sentence of 135 months' imprisonment with a five-year term of supervised r  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on July 21, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that William Lewis Gienger, 57, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of pure methamphetamine. Gienger received a sentence of 140 months' imprisonment with a five-year term   more