People begin building sand sculptures at the Kites and Castles event at Lake McConaughy on Saturday. If Lake McConaughy is Nebraska's largest rain gauge or drought monitor, it's been dry out there.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission approved the Lake McConaughy/Lake Ogallala Master Plan at its meeting Friday at Ponca State Park. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has suggestions to help ...

OGALLALA - Lake McConaughy is Nebraska's ocean. When full, the lake stretches west for 22 miles from Kingsley Dam to where it meets the North Platte River, the source of most of its water. The lake is ...

OGALLALA, Neb. (KOLN) - During a visit to Ogallala, we stopped at the Lake McConaughy Visitors and Water Interpretive Center, to rediscover why the lake is so important to the state. We talked with ...

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Five western Nebraska irrigation districts likely won't get extra water this year from Lake McConaughy because of the continuing drought. "Our goal is to save water in Lake McConaughy," said Tim ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - The body of a male kayaker who went missing Sunday at Lake McConaughy was recovered Monday afternoon according to a spokesperson with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission ...

LINCOLN — A temporary closure on camping reservations at Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area and Lake Ogallala State Recreation Area will be lifted on Friday at 9 a.m. Central Time. Reservations had ...

A much-touted 2022 state plan for a new multimillion-dollar marina at Lake McConaughy would be dropped under Gov. Jim Pillen’s 2025-26 budget recommendations released last week. The Nebraska Game and ...

Winter is swiftly approaching, and what better way to get over the cold weather blues than by reminiscing warm vacations with friends and family? One location in particular is known for being the ...

HOLDREGE - A Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District lawsuit against the Scotts Bluff-based North Platte Natural Resources District is in the mail to Scotts Bluff County District Court. ...

ARTHUR BAY, Neb. — Velda Baack was lucky. Wildfire near Lake McConaughy burned within a foot of her log house Sunday. Others weren’t so fortunate. Six homes in Yucca Heights near Lemoyne and two ...