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SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) -- A Scottsbluff beer distributor is limiting deliveries to stores in Whiteclay out of concern about the safety of drivers. Jeff Scheinost, who owns High Plains Budweiser, has decided to stop delivering to Whiteclay, a tiny town that borders South Dakota...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol says law enforcement is increasing its presence in Whiteclay after activists attacked two beer trucks and threatened one driver with a knife. Col. David Sankey said Monday that more officers are patrolling the...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A beer truck in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay was vandalized by activists who were protesting the town's alcohol stores near the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Two eyewitnesses tell The Associated Press that more than a dozen activists confronted the...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Alcohol sales in the Nebraska-South Dakota border town of Whiteclay dropped for the second year in a row in 2012. A year-end report by the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission says the town's four beer stores saw a 10 percent decline in beer sales. The stores...

WHITECLAY, Neb. (AP) -- Another protest over alcohol sales in the Nebraska town of Whiteclay is planned for New Year's Eve. Two Native American groups said Sunday that they will try to prevent alcohol sold in Nebraska from reaching the Pine Ridge reservation where alcohol is banned. The...

PINE RIDGE (AP) -- Five people arrested after locking arms and blocking a road in the northern Nebraska town of Whiteclay to protest alcohol sales have been released from custody. The five people were released on personal recognizance after agreeing to unlock themselves. The...

PINE RIDGE (AP) -- Five people protesting beer sales in the northern Nebraska town of Whiteclay were arrested when they locked arms and blocked a road. The media reports that the arrests came Sunday night, about seven hours after the protesters sat down on Highway 87.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Activists who oppose beer sales in Whiteclay are planning a new effort to draw attention to the Nebraska town, which borders a South Dakota Indian reservation where alcohol is banned. The group has scheduled a rally Thursday at noon outside the Nebraska Cap...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Beer companies are asking a judge to dismiss a $500 million lawsuit by an American Indian tribe that accuses them of knowingly contributing to alcohol-related problems on an impoverished South Dakota reservation. Attorneys for the brewers, retailers and distributors...

To the Editor: The Indian reservation at Pine Ridge and about two miles from Whiteclay, Neb., is suing the beer distributors serving White Clay as the tribe maintains such products are contaminating and disrupting the lives of natives served at Whiteclay. The natives vote for a...