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BYVictoria Scott

Feb 25, 2022

Nebraska Might Double EV Registration Fees to Make Up for Lost Gas Taxes

With more drivers adopting electric cars, fewer dollars are being paid to fund the state’s roads.

BYVictoria Scott

Feb 25, 2022

BYBrett Tingley and The War Zone staff

Jul 16, 2020

Newly Released FAA Documents Give Unprecedented Look Into Colorado Drone Swarm Mystery

Hundreds of pages of documents provide consistent detailed descriptions of the drones and conclude the military wasn’t behind the operation.

BYBrett Tingley and The War Zone staff

Jul 16, 2020

BYBrett Tingley

Jun 6, 2020

Does This Image Show The Colorado Mystery Drone Swarm? (UPDATE: It Doesn’t)

The image, obtained from the FAA, supposedly shows a formation of craft above Nebraska, but it actually does not.

BYBrett Tingley

Jun 6, 2020

BYTyler Rogoway

Mar 19, 2020

Offutt Air Force Base Is Evacuating All Flyable Aircraft

The base, which is the home of U.S. Strategic Command, has been ravaged by tornados and floods in recent years.

BYTyler Rogoway

Mar 19, 2020

BYBrett Tingley

Feb 24, 2020

Internal Air Force Emails Show Confusion And Concern Over Colorado’s Mystery Drones

Emails obtained through FOIA show that security forces and officials at F.E. Warren AFB were just as perplexed with the drones as the public.

BYBrett Tingley

Feb 24, 2020

BYBrett Tingley

Jan 9, 2020

Surveillance Plane Joins Intensifying Hunt For Mystery Drones Over Colorado And Nebraska (Updated)

After meeting with various agencies, the FAA launched a task force to identify the origins of the drone formations seen above Colorado and Nebraska.

BYBrett Tingley

Jan 9, 2020

BYTyler Rogoway

Jul 16, 2019

Home Of Strategic Command And Some Of The USAF’s Most Prized Aircraft Is Flooding (Updated)

Offutt Air Force Base is succumbing to the massively swollen Missouri River and things could get worse before they get better.

BYTyler Rogoway

Jul 16, 2019

BYWill Sabel Courtney

Apr 16, 2019

Nebraska DUI Suspect Offers ‘Ace Ventura’ Defense After Crashing Into Tree, Police Say

The 26-year-old claimed he was forced to drive with his head out the window à la the pet detective, due to broken windshield wipers.

BYWill Sabel Courtney

Apr 16, 2019

BYRob Stumpf

Dec 22, 2017

Elderly Couple Busted With 60 Pounds of Christmas-Present Cannabis

Looks like it’s not going to be a green Christmas after all.

BYRob Stumpf

Dec 22, 2017

BYTyler Rogoway

Jun 23, 2017

Two USAF E-4B “Doomsday Planes” Damaged In Tornado At Offutt Air Force Base

The E-4Bs’ tails were sticking out of their hangars when the tornado struck.

BYTyler Rogoway

Jun 23, 2017