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 ...

LINCOLN — The Spring Park primitive campground at Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area has reopened. The campground was closed for cleanup after it sustained storm damage Labor Day weekend. The ...

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 ...

With the July 4 holiday weekend rapidly approaching, campers are reminded they will need a reservation to stay overnight at Nebraska’s Lake McConaughy and Lake Ogallala state recreation areas. Campers ...

LINCOLN — A temporary closure on camping reservations at Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area and Lake Ogallala State Recreation Area will be lifted on Friday at 9 a.m. Central Time. Reservations had ...

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 ...

A speedboat tows two young men aboard an inflated tube on Lake McConaughy. LINCOLN — Ogallala-area residents are “up in arms” over proposed limits on camping at one of the state’s most-visited ...

OGALLALA - The water level at Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska is five feet above the level recorded this time last year - its highest since 2003. The news seems to show that Nebraska's largest ...

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 ...

“Not Your Ordinary Town!” boasts a mural on East 1st and North Spruce, marking the entrance into downtown Ogallala, Nebraska. They’re right: despite a population of 5,107 spread over barely five ...