WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for the expansion of head start services in Douglas County, Nebraska. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2,841,069. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school district  more

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) expanded the situational awareness (SSA) program to academic institutions by signing the first such agreement with California Polytechnic (Cal Poly) State University, August 28, 2019. Rear Adm. Richard Correll, director of plans and policy for USSTRATCOM, and Jeff Armstrong, president of Cal Poly, signed the agreement joining over 100 commercial and foreign nat  more

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Col. Gavin Marks Teammates, It's been 182 days since the March 16th flood devastated 1/3 of Offutt Air Force Base. Since my arrival, I have been continually amazed by the resilience and can-do attitude of the Fightin' Fifty-Fifth Airmen and our community partners. We lost no personnel and no aircraft, and the atmosphere immediately following this disastrous event showed everyone how w  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District completed an initial breach closure on levee L550 south of Watson, Missouri, Thursday. This closure of breach L-550-B-I near river mile 538 stops the inflows of water, thereby allowing for the start of follow-on construction activities aimed at increasing the level of flood risk management to approximately the 4% Annual Chance Exceedance (25-yr) leve  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The City of Omaha, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District, will hold a public meeting to seek input on a draft Environmental Assessment of additional recreational improvements at Glenn Cunningham Lake. The meeting will be held on Sept. 18, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Camelot Community Center Gym, 9270 Cady Ave. The City received public input last January on poten  more

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Charles J. Haymond The Offutt Fire Department hosted a 9/11 commemorative ceremony inside the main fire station Sept. 11, 2019, here. Eighteen years ago, the United States lost 2,977 individuals during a terroristic attacks at the Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Of the 2,977 individuals who lost their lives, 412 were firefighters, police offi  more

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Air Force (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Jessica Montano The James A. McCoy Airman Leadership School at Offutt Air Force Base was recently named the 2018 ALS of the Year award winner by the Air Education and Training Command. "There is a lot of pride that comes with being labeled the best," said Staff Sgt. Austin Scheiber, 55th Force Support Squadron ALS instructor. "Now, we need to continue to raise the bar in order to rema  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: A temporary TSA Precheck(R) application center will be open at Eppley Airfield (OMA) from Monday, Sept. 30 to Friday, Oct. 4. The application center will be located in the Conference Center within the terminal at OMA. Passengers do not need to have an airline ticket to access the center. The hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development - Nebraska office issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Nebraska State Director Karl Elmshaeuser today announced that USDA is making $150 million in grants available through the Community Facilities Program to help rural communities continue their recovery from the devastating effects of hurricanes, fires and other natural disasters such as FEMA declared dis  more