Gov. Jim Pillen signed an executive order issuing a statewide burn ban, which prohibits both burn permits and prescribed ...

The governor made the announcement from the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency State Operations Center on Wednesday.

Gov. Jim Pillen enacted an emergency declaration and statewide burn ban Wednesday amid serious drought conditions and a raging wildfire in north-central Nebraska. The “Plum Creek Fire” was ...

Anyone who wants to do hazard reduction burning on properties in state responsibility areas in the Mother Lode will need ...

Gov. Jim Pillen signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon to suspend all burn permits due to extremely dry conditions.