ALEXANDRA: AND FROM PLATTE COUNTY, LAW ENFORCEMENT RECOVERS THE BODY OF A TEENAGER WHO DROWNED IN THE PLATTE RIVER. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE 17-YEAR-OLD WAS FISHING TUESDAY, WHERE THE CANAL DUMPS ...

Long before Colorado and Nebraska became states, a bloody battle was fought on the banks of the Platte River. The battle occurred near the confluence of the Platte and Loup Rivers in eastern Nebraska.

For the second year in a row, the Platte River is essentially dry going into fall in central Nebraska. Drive across the river near Grand Island, and you'll see a few small channels of water snaking ...

ANTHONY THANK YOU, WHAT A DIFFERENCE THAT WE CAN A LITTLE RAIN MAKES THIS IS WHAT THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR COLUMBUS LOOKS LIKE TODAY. JUST LAST FRIDAY. IT WAS BONE DRY OMAHA’S NEWS LEADER TOLD YOU IN THE ...

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, at center, and Gov. Jim Pillen, at right, announce a lawsuit against Colorado before the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to assert Nebraska's water rights to the ...