Omaha Public Power District News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold another public meeting about the Omaha Public Power District's Fort Calhoun nuclear plant this week.

Omaha Public Power District workers have found a flaw this week in 1 of more than 50 heaters that helps pressurize water to cool the reactor at the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant, but the utility says no coolant leaked and the plant remains safe.

May 24, 1943: Geronimo was the star and he played the role to the hilt in the jump by 17 paratroopers and their dog mascot from the Alliance air base near 42nd and Bancroft Streets while approximately 25,000 cheered.

Customers of the Omaha Public Power District won't see a second rate increase this year, despite setbacks at its nuclear reactor and an estimated $32 million price tag for bringing the troubled plant back on line.

The senior federal regulator leading the inspection of a troubled nuclear reactor near Omaha is the target of a complaint to Congress over his handling of the reactor's problems.

"I'm relieved, I guess, that it didn't go on the roof," said Salazar, who also lost several trees in her backyard to the storm.

Ex-Gretna City Administrator Colleen Lawry was not mentioned often during a public forum Thursday, but her spending practices were rapped by the mayoral candidates.

Risking electrocution in search of copper, would-be thieves toppled a wooden power pole and smashed a transformer early Tuesday in north Omaha.