The lawsuit accuses Colorado of depriving Nebraska of as much as 1.3 million acre-feet of water from the river over several years that Nebraska is entitled to under a 1923 compact between the states.

Nebraska then started working on purchasing land in the state of Colorado, near the boarder. The compact says that the state can use eminent domain, but it decided to offer property owners money ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is suing Colorado over the amount of water it draws from the South Platte River, the latest in a long history of water rights disputes between the states that have ...

Colorado and Nebraska have met four times since 2018, including in the 2023 and 2024 seasons. That was after they previously last played in 2010 when conference realignment brought Nebraska to the ...

The lawsuit accuses Colorado of depriving Nebraska of as much as 1.3 million acre-feet (about 160,350 hectare-meters) of water from the river over several years that Nebraska is entitled to under ...

Nebraska on Wednesday sued Colorado, accusing the state of withholding as much as 423.6 billion gallons more water from the South Platte River than a century-old compact allows for.

Nebraska has filed a lawsuit against Colorado over how much water its neighbor draws from the South Platte River. Officials said Wednesday that the filed the case with the U.S. Supreme Court, which ...