BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, Louisiana, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: It is August 2007, mid-Monday morning at a retirement ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Two brothers stand opposite each other. One is Melvin Bowen, retiring from the rank of lieutenant colonel after 23 years of service in the United States Air Force. The other is Lt. Col. Kelvin Bowen, Melvin's twin brother. Kelvin is there to officiate Melvin's retirement ceremony. Fo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following news release: Fatal work injuries totaled 44 in 2018 for Nebraska, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Charlene Peiffer noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Nebraska was up by nine from the previous year. Fatal occupational injuries in the state have ranged from a high of 83 in 19  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: In support of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Defense is prepared to receive two Department of State chartered evacuation flights from Wuhan, China currently scheduled to arrive on February 7th. The initial flights have departed China for the United States with approximately 300 passengers on board. One of the aircraft will refuel   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: On Feb. 3, Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper, in response to a request for assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), approved housing support at Camp Ashland, Nebraska for up to 75 people who may need to be quarantined upon arrival from overseas travel due to the novel coronavirus. This is a DoD-owned facility that is leased to the State of Nebraska. The approval was done in con  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: A draft programmatic environmental assessment to evaluate the impacts of implementing structural repairs, under Public Law 84-99, to levees damaged during devastating flooding in March 2019 is currently available for review. Comments on the draft programmatic EA must be postmarked or received by March 4, 2020. Throughout the Midwest, widespread flooding in March 2019 resulted in damage  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 7 -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: A draft programmatic environmental assessment to evaluate the impacts of implementing structural repairs, under Public Law 84-99, to levees damaged during devastating flooding in March 2019 is currently available for review. Comments on the draft programmatic EA must be postmarked or received by March 4, 2020. Throughout the Midwest, widespread flooding in March 2019 resulted in damage to over 30 levee s  more

LENEXA, Kansas, Feb. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released 2019 annual reports outlining Agency and regional accomplishments, and environmental progress throughout the past year. Highlights of EPA's support for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are in the Region 7 Year in Review. "Under President Trump, we have fulfilled many promises to the American people to address some of our most important envi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Nebraska Field Office issued the following news release: All cattle and calves in Nebraska as of January 1, 2020 totaled 6.80 million head, unchanged from January 1, 2019, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. All cows and heifers that had calved totaled 1.98 million head, down 1 percent from last year. Beef cows totaled 1.92 million head, down 1 percent fr  more

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: Students from Bellevue University and Omaha North High School participated in the 2020 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers STEM Outreach workshop at Offutt Air Force Base on Jan. 29, 2020. The workshop was established to recruit, train, and grow interest in the STEM skillsets needed to support the national security. "The 2020 USACE STEM Outreach Workshop series is an expansion of our successful   more

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: Muffled gunfire reverberates from an unknown location within the building; Peter's unwavering gaze is focused on his partner's 'six' - three weeks of training is about to be put to the test. The Omaha Gun Club is host to certified training sessions between military service dogs and their handlers and is where Russ Dillon of Dillon's Dogs likes to see the dog put to their final test. "Peter  more