WINSLOW- Leaders in the flood-devastated village of Winslow are discovering that relocating a town is much more difficult and time-consuming than they envisioned. In 2019, the nearby Elkhorn River topped its banks, pouring up to 5 feet of floodwaters across the community, which lies 16 miles north of Fremont. Many homes in the town of then-140 residents were inundated, and flooding had become so commonplace that federal officials offered homeowners a buyout for their property, and town leaders voted to pursue moving the town to higher ground.

Since the flood, nearly two dozen homes have been burned to the ground, and patches of dirt mark where some bought-out houses used to stand. Plans to rebuild the town on higher ground adjacent to Logan View High School along U.S. Highway 77 have stalled, and some community leaders figure that five years after the flood, the move will never happen. Most people who took the buyout have found new homes in nearby Hooper or Fremont.

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