Centennial-based NioCorp announces tentative deal as it secure $1.1 billion need to establish mine 80 miles south of Omaha
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Laura Pritchett: The awesome art of the out-of-office reply
Laura Pritchett observes how composing a firm response to email intrusions, and accepting the same, can reopen the quiet wonders of life away from a computer screen.
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Nebraska governor signs into law plan to advance Colorado canal project
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts signed a law Monday that will allow the state to move forward with plans to build a canal in Colorado to divert water out of the South Platte River because of fears about Colorado’s increased water use. Ricketts proposed the canal project to help protect Nebraska’s water rights […]
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Nebraska lawmakers approve proposed $500M canal in Colorado
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would let the state build a canal in Colorado to divert water out of the South Platte River, a project steeped in fears about the Denver area’s growing water consumption. Lawmakers passed the measure with little fanfare, 42-4, and sent it to […]
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Jim Morrissey: Hey, Nebraska, about that canal you want to build…
More cartoons from The Colorado Sun.
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Nebraska wants to build a $500 million canal over the border. Can Colorado stop it?
Remnants of the last time the Huskers tried this, in 1894, pock the landscape of far northeastern Colorado. Experts say there’s a difference between water rights and what’s right.
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Laura Pritchett: Just passing through, sandhill cranes remind us of the peace in wild things
Nuclear forces on high alert. Two million evacuees. Photos of bloody children and haunted eyes. The potential for escalation. The knowledge that humans have the weaponry to end all life, shatter this amazing, spinning blue ball, and that our economies and power structures and governments and egos have put those weapons into the hands of […]
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Nebraska canal project targeting Colorado clears key hurdle
By Grant Schulte, The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska took another step Wednesday toward building a canal that would divert water out of neighboring Colorado under a 99-year-old compact, a project based in fears about the Denver area’s growing use of the South Platte River that runs through both states. State lawmakers gave initial […]
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Controversial canal along South Platte River in Colorado now on Nebraska’s front burner after COVID aid windfall
By Grant Schulte, The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts ramped up his push Wednesday for income tax cuts, a new state prison and a $500 million canal to claim water from Colorado, arguing that the state is expected to collect more than enough revenue to pay for it all. The Republican […]
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Nebraska water groups endorse proposed $500 million Colorado canal
By Grant Schulte, The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska water regulators rallied Wednesday behind a proposal to build a $500 million canal in neighboring Colorado to divert water out of the South Platte River, a project steeped in fears that the fast-growing Denver area will consume most of the river’s water. Leaders from Nebraska’s […]