MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Oct. 2 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Railroad Terminated Qualified Conductors and Locomotive Engineers It Regarded as Color Vision Deficient, Federal Agency Charges * * * Union Pacific Railroad, a freight-hauling railroad headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska that operates rail lines in 23 states, covering most of the western two-thirds of the United States, violated federal law when it terminated conductors and loc  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56786) involving Cooper Nuclear Plant, Nebraska: * * * Facility: Cooper Region: 4 State: NE Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Randy Koube HQ OPS Officer: Adam Koziol Notification Date: 10/10/2023 Notification Time: 19:44 [ET] Event Date: 10/10/2023 Event Time: 15:53 [CDT] Last Update Date: 10/10/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(2)(xi)   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56786) involving Cooper Nuclear Plant, Nebraska: * * * Facility: Cooper Region: 4 State: NE Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Randy Koube HQ OPS Officer: Adam Koziol Notification Date: 10/10/2023 Notification Time: 19:44 [ET] Event Date: 10/10/2023 Event Time: 15:53 [CDT] Last Update Date: 10/10/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(2)(xi)   more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Charles J. Haymond, 55th Wing/Public Affairs The 2023 Combine Federal Campaign officially started Sept. 1, 2023, and continues through Jan. 15, 2024. The theme for this year is "Give Happy" and the 55th Wing's goal is $55,000. Donors have four ways to give: pledge online, complete a paper pledge form, the CFC Giving mobile app, or text "Donate" to 978-487-5678. Federal empl  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The virulence of a rice-wrecking fungus -- and deployment of ninja-like proteins that help it escape detection by muffling an immune system's alarm bells -- relies on genetic decoding quirks that could prove central to stopping it, according to U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A Nebraska team helmed by plant biologist Richard Wilson hope  more

TRAVIS AFB, California, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force's Travis Air Force Base (60th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: An Airman assigned to the 60th Security Forces Squadron, Travis AFB, California, died in a motorcycle accident in Solano County Oct. 5, 2023. Following the next-of-kin notification, the Airman has been identified as A1C Naomi Troy, 23, of Atkinson, Nebraska. Troy served as an Installation Entry Controller with the 60 SFS at Travis AFB. "We are deeply saddened by th  more