Gov. Jim Pillen signed an executive order issuing a statewide burn ban Wednesday as wildfires raged near Ainsworth two days ...

The initial burn ban came after a prescribed fire April 21 got out of control in the Plum Creek area near Johnstown in Brown County. As of Tuesday afternoon, more than a week after the fire ...

Gov. Jim Pillen enacted a new burn ban Tuesday for central and western Nebraska through May 10 in response to continued “very dry” conditions. The new executive order ...

Jim Pillen signed an executive order issuing a statewide burn ban Wednesday as wildfires ... The so-called Plum Creek Fire in Brown County in northern Nebraska has already scorched more than ...