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Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 3:08 PM

Wildfires getting worse, fueled by dry winters, higher winds

ALL THINGS NEBRASKA | PAUL HAMMEL

If you’re like me, you were sickened to read about the wildfires running amok across sections of Nebraska in mid March.

Thousands and thousands of acres, as far as the eye could see in areas of the Sandhills, in bluffs and hills southeast of North Platte and south of Kilgore, and (once again) in areas near the Nebraska National Forest in Halsey.

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