Pillen declares emergency for 24 Nebraska counties, including Lancaster

Pillen declares emergency for 24 Nebraska counties, including Lancaster

Pillen said in a news release that at the peak of power outages Wednesday, about 120,000 people were without power. That number stood at about 29,000 as of Friday afternoon.

Gov. Pillen declares emergency in 24 Nebraska counties after blizzard

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Gov. Jim Pillen declared an emergency Friday over the blizzard that barreled through the state this week. The storm closed roadways across the state and damaged trees and powerlines, resulting in widespread outages. At one point Thursday afternoon, 119,199 customers were without power, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. As of Friday afternoon, that number...