OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 24 -- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued the following remarks on Aug. 23, 2023, at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nebraska: * * * I would say thank you for the warm welcome to Omaha, but it is 105 degrees - so thank you for the extremely warm welcome. I am very familiar with the heat of Omaha summers and the cold of Omaha winters. My grandmother lived in Omaha for many years, and my father was born across the river in Council Bluffs. I am glad to  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 24 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on August 23, 2023, entitled "Nebraska Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2023": * * * Nebraska had 62,000 job openings in June 2023, compared to 63,000 openings in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Nebraska was 5.6 percen  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Corps) has conducted an environmental analysis in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. The final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment (IFR/EA) dated July 2022 for the Lower Brule North Ecosystem Restoration Project addresses ecosystem restoration and cultural and natur  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: By D.P. Heard, 55th Wing Public Affairs Tech Sgt. Justin Boettger, 55th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance section chief at Offutt Air Force Base, recently created a rivet set adapter to be used with a slotted drive shaft rotary hammer. Boettger created the adapter to eliminate the need for air compressors during riveting operations. His rough drawing was pres  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 26 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 17 Kansas counties and counties in Missouri and Nebraska are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Jeffrey Lusk of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary counties that  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Sanjuana Garcia-Ramirez, 40, of Lexington, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Garcia-Ramirez to 78 months of imprisonment. There is no parole in the fe  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Maggie Welling, 46, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to a 15-year term of imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine with a prior serious drug felony. After her release from prison, Welling will begin a10-  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jose Emmanuel Hernandez-Gomez, 30, of Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for trafficking methamphetamine. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Hernandez-Gomez to 135 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Timothy Alan Moore, 58, of Roca, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, by Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine. Moore was sentenced to 200 months in prison and will also serve 5 years of su  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Christopher Allen Williams, 32, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced on August 23, 2023, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for his involvement in a string of pharmacy burglaries that occurred in Nebraska. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Williams to 63 months' imprisonment. T  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Karre Christine O'Dell, 43, most recently of Colorado, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to 37 months' imprisonment for Possession with Intent to Distribute 5 Grams or More of Methamphetamine (actual) and Possession of a Document Making Implement o  more