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Exposed rocks and aquatic plants are seen alongside the North Platte River at Treasure Island in southern Wyoming, on Tuesday,Aug. 24, 2021.The upper North Platte is one of several renowned trout streams affected by climate change, which has brought both abnormally dry, and sometimes unusually wet, conditions to the western U.S. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)

Nebraska announces $500M plan to claim water from Colorado

January 10, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced a $500 million plan Monday to divert water out of Colorado under a 99-year-old compact between the states that allows Nebraska to...

Nebraska declares Saturday a pro-meat day, coinciding with Colorado’s meatless day

March 15, 2021 at 1:16 p.m.

OMAHA -- Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts railed Monday against a proclamation by the governor of neighboring Colorado that encourages people to avoid meat for one day a week, calling it...

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Surging coronavirus cases get a shrug in many Midwestern towns

November 14, 2020 at 3:40 p.m.

It抖阴ap not that people in Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa and elsewhere don鈥檛 realize their states are leading the nation in new cases per capita. It抖阴ap that many of...

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With quirks and restrictions, many states lift coronavirus lockdowns

May 2, 2020 at 12:45 p.m.

More than a dozen states let restaurants, stores or other businesses reopen Friday in the biggest one-day push yet to get their economies up and running again, acting at their...

Nebraska may allow endorsement deals for college athletes

February 25, 2020 at 2:41 p.m.

Nebraska appears poised to allow college athletes to sign endorsement deals with sneaker companies, car dealerships and other sponsors after a measure cleared a major hurdle Tuesday in the state...

GOP governors grapple with whether to accept refugees or not

December 22, 2019 at 9:29 p.m.

An executive order by President Donald Trump giving states the right to refuse to take refugees is putting Republican governors in an uncomfortable position.

For some rural U.S. TV viewers, local news is anything but

November 24, 2019 at 6:33 p.m.

When Dianne Johnson channel-surfs for news in her rural western Nebraska home, all she sees are stories about Colorado crime and car crashes from a Denver television station more than...

Strong job market hampers FEMA hiring in flood-hit states

June 9, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is facing an unexpected challenge in meeting the needs of the many people affected by this spring's widespread flooding and violent storms: a strong economy.

FILE – In this May 23, 2019 file. Photo, tornado damage is seen in Jefferson City, Mo. Eight years to the day after a devastating tornado killed 161 people in Joplin, another big twister ripped through another Missouri community, Jefferson City, but with a far different result: No deaths, no serious injuries. The two storms share a May 22 date, the same state, and both happened in towns of similar size. Both tornadoes ravaged residential areas and business districts. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

After several quiet years, tornadoes erupt in United States

May 28, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- After several quiet years, tornadoes have erupted in the United States over the last two as a volatile mix of warm, moist air from the Southeast and persistent...

EPA: No known toxic releases at flooded Superfund sites in the Midwest

March 28, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

Flooding in the Midwest temporarily cut off a Superfund site in Nebraska that stores radioactive waste and explosives, inundated another one storing toxic chemical waste in Missouri, and limited access...

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