OGALLALA, Neb. (KOLN) - During a visit to Ogallala, we stopped at the Lake McConaughy Visitors and Water Interpretive Center, to rediscover why the lake is so important to the state. We talked with ...

OGALLALA - Lake McConaughy is Nebraska's ocean. When full, the lake stretches west for 22 miles from Kingsley Dam to where it meets the North Platte River, the source of most of its water. The lake is ...

BROKEN BOW, Neb. — Lake McConaughy, the Great Depression-era reservoir that attracts more than 1 million annual visitors in western Nebraska, is on the verge of a 21st-century makeover. The Nebraska ...

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission plans to delay consideration of the proposed recommendations to the Lake McConaughy Visitor Management plan at its Wednesday meeting. “We have listened ...

People begin building sand sculptures at the Kites and Castles event at Lake McConaughy on Saturday. If Lake McConaughy is Nebraska's largest rain gauge or drought monitor, it's been dry out there.

In early spring, Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District officials were skeptical that Lake McConaughy would fill up this year. “Runoff from snowpack in the North Platte Basin was ...

LINCOLN — The updated online reservation system for all campsites at Lake McConaughy and Lake Ogallala state recreation areas will launch Wednesday at 8 a.m. Mountain time through Reserve America. The ...

Ogallala, Nebraska is a one-stop shop for outdoor summer adventure. “Not Your Ordinary Town!” boasts a mural on East 1st and North Spruce, marking the entrance into downtown Ogallala, Nebraska.

HOLDREGE - A Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District lawsuit against the Scotts Bluff-based North Platte Natural Resources District is in the mail to Scotts Bluff County District Court. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - The body of a male kayaker who went missing Sunday at Lake McConaughy was recovered Monday afternoon according to a spokesperson with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission ...

We visited Cottonwood Lake, Blue Mesa Reservoir, Grand Lake, and Nebraska’s Lake McConaughy to help you plan the perfect lake trip. Our lakes might not bear the “Great” honorific—because we don’t feel ...

Lake McConaughy is in for a historic makeover. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Friday approved a development plan for Lake McConaughy and Lake Ogallala that is expected to take two decades to ...