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Dave Ford of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District stands in a canal that would carry water diverted from the Platte River to the Republican River under a proposal that is expected ...
The flooding killed 94 people across south-central Nebraska. The Republican River, a usually mild-mannered stream inclined to stay between its narrow, tree-lined banks, was a thing gone mad on May ...
LINCOLN, Neb.—The long-standing dispute between Nebraska and Kansas over use of water from the Republican River is headed back to court. The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing a special water master ...
ALMA Nebraska faces falling out of compliance with a multistate compact dictating consumption of water from the Republican River based on usage the past two years. Nebraska exceeded its water ...
An arbitrator appointed to resolve a three-way fight between Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska over the Republican River rejected most of Nebraska’s claims in a decision released Wednesday.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Colorado officials have agreed to pay Nebraska $4 million to settle old claims that their state violated a water-sharing compact involving the Republican River. The settlement ...
That would require shutting down wells that water about 500,000 acres of the roughly 1.2 million irrigated acres in Nebraska's portion of the Republican River basin. … Bruning put a major spin ...