Nebraska Liquor Control Board says some towns near the Pine Ridge Reservation have seen liquor sales more than triple, since beer sales were ended in Whiteclay, Neb.
Whiteclay merchants had been criticized for selling alcohol so close to the Indian reservation, and advocates argued larger towns could better police alcohol sales.
“Closing the stores is not … solving the problem, clearly,” Rushville Mayor Chris Heiser said. “The good people in Pine Ridge are still going to get their alcohol.”