Thursday - November 21, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Nebraska Newsletter for Sunday November 10, 2024 ( 5 items )  

EPA: U.S. Files Court Settlement for Cleanup and Reimbursement of Costs at Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co. Superfund Site in Norfolk, Nebraska
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (NOV. 8, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the filing of a settlement agreement with three parties requiring the cleanup of contamination at the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company Superfund Site (https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0702377) in Norfolk, Nebraska. The settlement was filed in the United States District Court of the Di  more

Iowa U.S. Attorney: Omaha Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possession With the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: A man who possessed methamphetamine with the intent to distribute was sentenced today to more than 10 years in federal prison. Jose L. Velez, Sr., age 39, from Omaha, Nebraska, received the prison term after a June 12, 2024, guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. At the plea and sentencing hearings, Velez   more

Minuteman III Test Showcases Readiness of U.S. Nuclear Force's Safe, Effective Deterrent
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and Navy aircrew launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with multiple targetable re-entry vehicles from aboard the Airborne Launch Control System Nov. 5, 2024 at 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Airmen from the 625th Strategic Operations   more

NGA Director Discusses Agency's Future With GEOINT AI During DOD IT Conference
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Nov. 6 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director VADM Frank Whitworth participated in a fireside chat during the Department of Defense Intelligence Information System Worldwide Conference held Oct. 27-30 in Omaha, Nebraska. The theme of this year's conference -- Integrated Deterrence Through IT Superiority -- allowed the director, alongside Defense Intelligence Agency Chief Information Offi  more

U.S., Japan, Republic of Korea Conduct Trilateral Aerial Exercise
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: Fighter aircraft from the U.S., Japan, and the Republic of Korea conducted a trilateral escort flight of a U.S. bomber operating in the Indo-Pacific, Nov. 3, 2024. Two U.S. F-16 from the 36th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Wing flew with four Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2s from the 8th Air Wing and four Republic of Korea Air Force F-15Ks from the 11th Fighter Wing to escort one U.S. Air Force B-  more