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Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted...
The Environmental Protection Agency again is raising objections to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline which would carry oil fr...
Beginning this week, Nebraska hunters can enter the Nebraska Super Tag Lottery for a shot at a four-species permit. The nonre...
Starting April 1st, it became mandatory for Lincoln food and beverage servers and sellers to have a permit. Lincoln Police Of...
The USDA reports farmers plan to plant 97.3 million acres of corn this year. That's the largest number seen since 1936. T...
Three tornado sirens in the Nebraska Panhandle have failed their tests. A siren in Harrisburg, one in Morrill and one Terryto...
The USDA reports farmers plan to plant 97.3 million acres of corn this year. That's the largest number seen since 1936. T...
Lawmakers have begun to debate a bill that would pour new firefighting resources into central and western Nebraska, areas tha...
The Nebraska Public Power District is taking steps to beef up its power grid and avoid summer shortages. N-P-P-D is renting a...
Two dumpster fires at the same school back-to-back nights. Just before midnight Saturday, fire crews put out a dumpster fire ...
Nearly two-thirds of Nebraska's counties lost population in 2012 as the longstanding trend of the state's rural popul...
A legislative committee has advanced a bill that would provide tax incentives for Nebraska wind farms, drawing the ire of Gov...
The Department of Roads is planning a pavement project between Lincoln and Eagle on Highway-34. Called Lincoln East, the proj...
Companies are starting to show interest in Nebraska for wind energy. Volkswind USA, of Portland, Oregon will move a survey to...
A legislative committee has advanced a bill that would provide tax incentives for Nebraska wind farms, drawing the ire of Gov...
A new report from The State Department could signal impending approval for the Keystone X-L Pipeline. It says Canadian tar sa...
Federal regulators have added several things to the checklist of more than 450 items to be addressed before the troubled Fort...
A Florida-based company has filed paperwork to build a $138 million wind farm in parts of Jefferson and Gage counties in ...
Irrigators in the Republican River basin part of the Tri-Basin Natural Resources District pumped twice as much groundwater du...
It's a stinky situation in Grand Island. City workers are picking up rotting carcasses of dead fish washing up from the o...
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission officials are urging those planning a winter fishing expedition to use caution after two a...
Federal regulators have begun the detailed inspections that will determine whether the troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power pl...
A central Nebraska ethanol plant is temporarily shutting down because of the unfavorable market for the corn-based fuel. Aben...
Some northeast Nebraska farmers are facing new irrigation rules. The rules were adopted Thursday night by the Lower Elkhorn N...
You don't usually hear of someone overpaying on their taxes - especially by almost $500,000. The Nebraska Supreme Cou...
Lobbyist, Justin Brady, told the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee it would be between $200 and $...
40-year-old bad math could delay the opening of the Fort Calhoun nuclear reactor even further. Omaha Public Power officials d...
Governor Heineman has given his approval for the new route of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. In a letter sent Tuesday to Presi...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is releasing its final crop report for 2012, providing a glimpse of what last year's d...
A destructive residential fire just east of LincolnMonday night has been traced to improperly discarded fireplace ashes. The ...
Within the next 30 days, Governor Heineman must review, then forward a recommendation on the Keystone XL oil pipeline to the ...
Lincoln is being recognized by "American City and County" magazine as a Crown Community for its historic partnershi...
Nebraska is imposing limits on the use of the Republican River this year to make sure enough water flows downstream to Kansas...
The amount of water released into the lower Missouri River will be decreased this month because warmer weather has reduced ic...
A new report to Congress says pipeline spills caused by flooding dumped 2.4 million gallons of crude oil and other hazardous ...
Federal agriculture officials say Nebraska's hog inventory is down. The United States Department of Agriculture says in a...
Don't simply throw your Christmas tree out to the curb, take it to one of seven recycling centers in Lincoln. Public Safe...
Another Nebraska natural resources district is considering limits on irrigation in the upcoming growing season because of the...
More progress reported by developer Trans-Canada toward building the Keystone XL Pipeline Monday. The state of Montanaapprove...
The air will be a little cleaner around Hallam ni the future. The Nebraska Public Power District has approved two projects to...
Concerns about cold temperatures mean the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will up the amount of water flowing into the lower Mis...
Nebraska officials are preparing for a likely water shortage next year that would require extra conservation along the Republ...
Authorities say more than 40 malnourished horses, donkeys and other animals are being rescued from a rescue operation in sout...
A new report shows that the nation's worst drought in decades leveled off last week. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor repo...
There could be a Keystone XL oil pipeline report in Governor Heineman's Christmas stocking. The Nebraska Department of En...
Nebraska Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood has withdrawn his name from consideration for the governor’s race in 201...
A group of U.S. senators is asking President Barack Obama for an emergency declaration in an effort to keep barges moving on ...
The massive Thanksgiving apartment fire at 27th and Highway 2 was one of three fires in the past week that were caused by car...
FAIRMONT, Neb. (AP) - A pipeline spill in southeast Nebraska earlier this week that leaked as much as 150 gallons of gasoline...
Nebraska's winter wheat crop is off to a bad start because of this year's drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Nebraska officials are predicting that many farmers along the Republican River will have to limit their water use next year b...
The troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant is inching closer toward generating power for the first time since April 2011, ...
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri also expressed concern about the Army Corps of Engineers' plan to ...
The Army Corps of Engineers will proceed with plans to reduce flow from an upper Missouri River reservoir despite concerns th...
If you heat your home using electricity, throw on another blanket. You'll probably be paying more to keep warm. If you he...
An announcement is expected tonight (Monday) from outgoing Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood that he's planning to ru...
The U.S. Forest Service has eased fire restrictions on land within the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands. Officials sa...
Although usually unpopular, wind can be good for the environment and serve as an energy resource. A new report has said that ...
Parts of north-central Nebraska are on fire this morning (Thursday). Cherry, Holt and Fillmore Counties are burning. The larg...
It has been a bad year for trees in Pioneers Park. The drought has dried up hundreds of tall timber. The skyline won't lo...
Union College sent 10 students and two instructors to Toms River, NJ, to clean up damage. The Lincoln crew is working alongsi...
Drought-plagued Midwest farming states, including Nebraska, got little benefit from the massive storm that pounded the Easter...
TransCanada has answered every question and every concern thrown at it by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality ab...
A preliminary 600-page report has been released on the oil pipeline that a Canadian company wants to build across Nebraska. T...
As winter approaches, energy prices in Nebraska appear stable, but consumers could still see higher bills if the weather is c...
A spreading fire in the Nebraska National Forest is forcing evacuations. Police are going door to door in the Chadron area, a...
Hurricane Sandy has interrupted plans for a meeting in Maryland between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and officials from ...
The worst U.S. drought in decades is showing little signs of easing as farmers close out their corn harvests and pivot toward...
Recent storms have eased drought conditions in several key Midwest farming states where the corn harvest is wrapping up. The ...
On a blustery day likeThursday this is easy to believe: a new report says wind power has the potential to boost Nebraska'...
Crews are working through stiff winds and dry conditions to contain wildfires in seven Nebraska counties, including Cherry, H...
The results from the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map are in, and it doesn't look like it's getting better. 75 percent...
New details have been released on the investigation of a stolen truck and trailer bed full of $4,400 worth of auto parts....
Nebraska utilities will likely continue to rely heavily on coal, natural gas and nuclear power to produce electricity until s...
Authorities say the 2012 Nebraska winter wheat crop is the state's smallest since 2002 and 18 percent under last year'...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lt. Gov Rick Sheehy has honored volunteers and groups that help prepare Nebraska communities for emergen...
A weekly update on U.S. drought conditions shows the nation's worst drought in decades slightly worsened in the lower 48 ...
The federal government is giving rural electric cooperatives in Iowa, Nebraska and seven other states loans to improve portio...
A weekly tracker of the nation's worst drought in decades says parched conditions continue easing in key Midwest states a...
In a small Iowa community an hour and twenty minutes drive from Lincoln, there is talk this morning (Friday) of a new nuclear...
Bed bugs have been found again at UN-L. Our television partner 10/11 NEWS has reported that this time, the bed bugs are in a ...
Nebraska's program to improve employee health is gaining national recognition. Nebraska was one of two winners of the 201...
Officials say the troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant isn't likely to restart anytime soon. The Nuclear Regulatory ...
More water is flowing through Lincoln's well fields at Ashland, but Mayor Beutler isn't ready to lift mandatory water...
Chadron State Park is reopening after massive wildfires in the region. Officials with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission ...
The company that wants to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries has revised its new ro...
Strong winds helped wildfires grow Sunday, burning more than 285 square miles in northwest Nebraska and southwest South Dakot...
A part of Nebraska is burning this morning (Thursday). 2 Nebraska Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopters flew out of Linco...
One of the rarest insects in the United States found only in saline wetlands on the north side of Lincoln and south of Ceresc...
The government is on the verge of approving a grain mainly used as livestock feed to make a cleaner version of ethanol. The E...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts that Nebraska's drought-stunted corn crop will plunge 13 percent below last ...
Several new wildfires have blackened dozens of square miles of rugged terrain near Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska.The la...
Renewable fuel industries in Iowa and Nebraska remain strong at a time of conflict over whether more corn and soybeans should...
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows conditions have grown slightly worse in Iowa and Nebraska during the past week. The...
Norris Public Power District is asking its customers to reduce electricity usage. With no rain or temperature relief in sight...
Firefighters continue working to contain a massive wildfire in north-central Nebraska, but the blaze is now threatening a sec...
The second confirmed human case of West Nile virus in Nebraska this year has been reported in Butler County. Christine Lawren...
A wildfire that's consuming trees and blackening grassland in the northwest corner of Nebraska has grown to about 300 acr...
Governor Dave Heineman visited some of the 240 local, state and federal personnel fighting the three fires in the sandhills e...
The heat makes people want to stay indoors... and turn up theirair conditioning. But this is putting a strain on the Nebraska...
A new survey of bankers suggests the economy is slowing down in rural areas of 10 Midwest and Western states because of droug...
The Lincoln Electric system is handling the power demand OK so far during the hot weather, but is asking for all possible con...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is streamlining the process for farmers to apply for government disaster help as crops in ...
The Lincoln Electric Systemissued a "power use watch" from 1:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M.Thursday night, asking customer...
The drought is getting more intensein Nebraska and across much of the nation. More than three-quarters of Nebraska is now exp...
Lincoln is asking residents who live near recently planted street trees to help water them. The recent heat and the lack of r...
State public health officials say West Nile virus has shown up in four Nebraska counties. Nebraska Health and Human Services ...
A fire in a national forest southeast of Halsey in central Nebraska has charred about 1,043 acres. The fire, which was sparke...
The U.S. Forest Service has imposed tougher fire restrictions for the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands because of ext...
Civil defense sirens that sounded a false alarm in Hawaii were triggered in Nebraska. Hawaii Civil Defense spokeswoman Kelly ...
More than 37,000 acres and counting for the fire that is raging west of Fort Collins, Colorado. Smoke from that fire has ling...
Omaha Public Power District workers say they found a crack this week at the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant north of Omaha but the...
A year ago, a record amount of water was flowing through Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River. On Wednesday, the tap was tu...
The Federal Reserve says the average value of farmland in several Midwest and Western states grew more than 25 percent in the...
Nebraska farmers are almost done with planting the corn crop and are making good process on finishing the soybeans. The U.S. ...
The latest federal forecast says Nebraska's 2012 wheat crop will be 9 percent under last year's harvest, but the aver...
TheCanadian company that wants to build the disputed Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. says it has submitted a new application...
Lincoln has been named a “Tree City USA” by the National Arbor Day Foundation for the 35th consecutive year. Linc...
The Army Corps of Engineers plans to cut the flow of water coming out of Gavins Point Dam in southeast South Dakota next week...