OMAHA, Nebraska, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: Staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District will be available Dec. 6, 2023, from 12-3 p.m. Mountain Time or 1-4 p.m. Central Standard Time for a virtual meeting with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe communities regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Dakota Access, LLC's request for an easement under the Mineral Leasing Act for the Dakota Access Pipeline. T  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Kansas City District issued the following news release: By the end of this post-pandemic year, it was apparent that we would finish strong, and we did. In fiscal year 2023, we had total obligations of over $625 million and 1,354 total contracts. "Our entire team has worked with national, state, regional and local partners to support the Heartland in many critical ways. I am proud of our work to support the people and government  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Nov. 29 -- 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 hosting a public informational meeting on November 30, 2023, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (CST) at the Rand Community Center, in Missouri Valley, Iowa, regarding the environmental remediation of the former Offutt Air Force Base Atlas "D" Missile Site 3, located near Missouri Valley. The former site was used as a potential launch   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 28, 2023, entitled "Nebraska Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2023": * * * Nebraska had 61,000 job openings in September 2023, compared to 62,000 openings in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Nebraska was  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 29 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Nov. 28, 2023: Associate Administrator Francisco Sanchez of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 44 Nebraska counties and neighboring counties in Kansas and South Dakota of the Dec. 28 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: A Nebraska attorney was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for filing false individual income tax returns. Thomas Campbell, of Bennington, pleaded guilty on July 27 to one count of filing a false tax return. According to court documents and statements made in court, between 2014 and 2018, Campbell, a licensed attorney since 2011, was the owner and manager of TLN Law, a solo-  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Kansas City District issued the following news release: Officials will host an open house on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, to provide information about the Former Nebraska Ordinance Plant. The open house will be hosted by the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and project personnel will be available to provide and interpret groundwater sampling results and other site data. There will be a brief informational prese  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2023: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has a cooperative agreement with Nebraska under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). Through this agreement, USDA and Nebraska are working together to offer over $2.5 million in competitive grant funding for projects designed to build re  more