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Water deemed safe to drink from Washington County Rural Water System, as Blair still under boil advisory
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Neb. — Papio NRD said it is safe to drink the water from the Washington County Rural Water Systems. Papio NRD tested the water in the system, and there were no indications of E. coli. The county water system also provides water to Ft. Calhoun and Lakeland...
Floodwaters in county recede significantly
The 2024 Washington County flooding event has subsided significantly since last week. Washington County highway supt. Dave Kruger said a lot of the waters near County Road P51 and south of County Road 34 in Fort Calhoun have receded, as well as near Optimist River Park in Blair. According to...
SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center to Close in Blair
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Francisco Sánchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, announced today that SBA will close its Blair Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Washington County at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 15. “SBA opened the center to...
Washington County standouts compete at NJHFR
The National Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR) reached its conclusion Saturday at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. Arlington students Alexa and Trevor Cruikshank, and Herman cowgirl Charley Hoier, all took part during the week-long event after qualifying during season-long efforts in Iowa and Nebraska. Alexa Cruikshank earned a...
The flood of 2024
The Missouri River was expected to crest near Blair at about 31.8 feet Thursday afternoon, which is more water than the river took on during the floods of 2019 but more than a foot less than the historic local flooding that happened in 2011, according to National Weather Service data.
Not all those booms this week will be fireworks as thunderstorms poised to return
Those ear-splitting noises that typically accompany Fourth of July celebrations could include crashes of thunder as western Iowa and eastern Nebraska brace to experience another round of storms. "It's been an unusual year with so many storms," Brian Barjenbruch, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Valley, Nebraska, said...
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