WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: A dozen companies and organizations from across the country are making the safety of their workers a priority by forming alliances with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in October and November to improve worker safety and health. * * * Forming an alliance with OSHA allows companies or organizations to focus on hazards to improve worker safety   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Felix Chacon, 61, of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced on December 18, 2023, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska for distribution of methamphetamine. Senior United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Chacon to 50 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Chacon's rel  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2023: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a $28,000 civil penalty to XCEL NDT of Gretna, Nebraska, for three violations of NRC security requirements associated with the use of radioactive materials. The company uses radioactive materials for industrial radiography to perform non-destructive testing of materials. The NRC identified the apparent violations of agency requirements foll  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Nicholas Harnack, 55th Wing Public Affairs Deep in the bowels of Building D here, is where you will find the 820th Intelligence Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit under the 655th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group. The 820th IS supports and augments the 20th Intelligence Squadron and specializes in providing targeted and geospatial intelligence, which is e  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is soliciting comments from the public regarding the City of Omaha, F Street Reconstruction. In compliance with USC Title 33, Chapter 9, Subchapter 1, Section 408, the City of Omaha Public Works (Requester) has requested permission from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for an alteration at the Zorinsky Lake Project (Papillion Cre  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is soliciting comments regarding proposed improvements in River's Edge North near L-627 Missouri River Left Bank Federal levee Flood Risk Reduction Project, operated and maintained by the City of Council Bluffs, Iowa. In compliance with Section 10, Rivers and Harbors Act 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403), for work in or affecting navigable waters of  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A man who absconded from state court parole in Iowa for a drug trafficking offense was sentenced on December 20, 2023, to over 20 years in federal prison for participating in a methamphetamine conspiracy. Todd Alan Skalberg, age 57, from Osmond, Nebraska, received the prison term after a June 30, 2023 guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controll  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Dec. 20 -- Air University issued the following news: By Cadet Faith Grelk and Cadet Zachary Bowen, Air University Students, staff, alumni and cadets gathered to watch the unprecedented landing of an Air Force UH-1N Iroquois "Huey" helicopter Nov. 10 on the University of Nebraska Omaha campus. The landing was a collaboration between UNO's Air Force ROTC Detachment 470 and the 40th Helicopter Squadron at Malstrom Air Force Base, Montana represented the integration of service an  more