Wildfires Overrun Nebraska Border Onto Pine Ridge Reservation
Wildfires crossed over Nebraska's northwestern border onto the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation over the weekend, forcing evacuation from several communities and destroying at least two structures as it devoured 25,000 acres on the reservation. The Associated Press reported that the...read more
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