WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: By Jim Garamone, DOD News U.S. Strategic Command is focusing on extended deterrence during a time when the country faces two near-peer rivals, said Air Force Gen. Anthony J. Cotton yesterday. The command continually assesses the threats and examines the command "for sizing and the right force posture to meet the challenges which we would face," he said during U.S. Strategic Command's Deterrence Symposium in Omaha,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56679) involving Cooper Nuclear Power Plant, Brownville, Nebraska: * * * Rep Org: Cooper Nuclear Power Plant Licensee: Cooper Nuclear Power Plant Region: 4 City: Brownville State: NE County: Nemaha Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: David Van Der Kamp HQ OPS Officer: Brian P. Smith Notification Date: 08/15/2023 Notification Time: 13:20 [ET] Event Date: 07/05/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56679) involving Cooper Nuclear Power Plant, Brownville, Nebraska: * * * Rep Org: Cooper Nuclear Power Plant Licensee: Cooper Nuclear Power Plant Region: 4 City: Brownville State: NE County: Nemaha Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: David Van Der Kamp HQ OPS Officer: Brian P. Smith Notification Date: 08/15/2023 Notification Time: 13:20 [ET] Event Date: 07/05/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, Aug. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: By J.B. Artley, 55th Wing Public Affairs The 155th Air Refueling Wing and the 55th Wing will co-host the Guardians of Freedom Air Show at the Lincoln Airport Aug. 26-27, 2023. The air show is expected to draw nearly 150,000 attendees and will feature the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels. "This is going to be a great air show with something for everyone," sa  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 19 -- 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 Steven Garcia, 27, of Bellevue, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 17, 2023, in federal court in Omaha for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five grams or more of actual methamphetamine. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Garcia to 35 months' imprisonment. He als  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Gerso Ortega-Corado, 26, of Guatemala, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for his participation in a methamphetamine conspiracy. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Ortega-Corado to 168 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal syste  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Robert Culberson, 45, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Culberson t  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 19 -- 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 Jeno Michael Paulucci, 42, of Duluth, Minnesota, was sentenced on August 15, 2023, by Senior United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to 78 months' imprisonment for Possession of Methamphetamine with the Intent to Distribute. Paulucci was also sentenced to a three-year term of supervised release to be served  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 19 -- 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 Ty-Sean Nunn, 32, and Anthony Hill-Gaines, 25, both of Omaha, Nebraska, were sentenced on August 17, 2023, in federal court in Omaha. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Nunn to 14 years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and marijuana and conspiring to violate feder  more