Ashby, Minor fires near full containment as cooler weather slows activity
Ashby and Minor fires are now more than 80% contained as cooler weather moves in. Crews continue mopping up hotspots, but fire danger remains across western Nebraska.

Ashby and Minor fires are now more than 80% contained as cooler weather moves in. Crews continue mopping up hotspots, but fire danger remains across western Nebraska.

A grass fire on Saturday was caused by fireworks, according to the Gordon Volunteer Fire Department.
From a quiet studio in Nebraska’s Sandhills, Lacey Swayne is crafting leather handbags that are now carried by customers across the country — and around the world.
The mother of an Alliance woman accused of murder appeared in Sheridan County Court this week on a separate drug charge.
The murder case against an Alliance woman accused of killing her ex-boyfriend and disposing of his body will now be prosecuted in Box Butte County.