Nebraska, Colorado and Morrill Fire
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Wildfires in Nebraska are causing smoke to drift into northeastern Colorado. High winds and dry weather persist across the region before snow and record heat.
The fight over Nebraska’s attempt to seize privately-owned land in northeastern Colorado persisted this week, with Nebraska accusing Colorado of stealing its water in a filing Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court. The issue deals with the Perkins County ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Nebraska’s Governor and Attorney General said the state is taking Colorado to the U.S. Supreme Court because Colorado isn’t following a 100-year-old agreement about sharing water from the South Platte River. The South Platte ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is suing Colorado over the amount of water it draws from the South Platte River, the latest in a long history of water rights disputes between the states that have been left increasingly dry by climate change. Nebraska Gov.
Colorado leaders have requested that the Supreme Court refuse a case over water rights in the South Platte River. The state of Nebraska filed a lawsuit this summer against Colorado over a 100-year-old agreement on water rights. The Nebraska governor and ...
The state of Nebraska is suing Colorado over the Perkins County Canal in a lawsuit filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorney General Phil Weiser announced the lawsuit filing Wednesday, with a statement criticizing Nebraska for what he said will be years of litigation and billions of dollars in costs. “It’s unfortunate that Nebraska leaders decided to put politics above farming and ...
The South Platte River flows east toward the Nebraska state line near Ovid, Colorado. Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals.
Nebraska and Colorado split their last two meetings, and if Colorado athletic director Rick George had it his way, the Huskers and Buffaloes would have more meetings on the docket in the future. Appearing on the DNVR CU Buffs Podcast at Big 12 media days ...
The Morrill Fire, described as the largest of the active fires, has burned through nearly 600,000 acres — grazing land that supports an estimated 35,000 cattle.