The public is invited to attend a Health Occupations Job Fair Monday, March 10th at North Platte Community College. The event, designed to connect area businesses with prospective employees, is scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon in the McDonald-Belton '... Read More

This is the latest release from Broken Bow PIO Mason Holmes Tuesday evening: Lillian Fire Rekindles – Active Fire Response Underway Incident Update The Lillian Fire has a leg of the fire that reignited and is currently burning approxima'... Read More

The Custer County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday morning in the top floor of the Courthouse. Most of the meeting centered around approving the one and six-year highway plan, and getting approval to switch construction companies to complete aspha'... Read More

The Broken Bow Fire Department issued an update in the noon hour on Tuesday, updating the situation regarding several fires that sparked in the area on Monday. Fire crews are still on-site containing and monitoring the fires throughout the area. A'... Read More

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued an updated Red Flag Warning for Tuesday from Noon to 8pm CT. The warning is in effect for all of western and north central Nebraska. Relative Humidity values as low as 15%, temperatures up'... Read More

Ansley Firefighters were busy last Thursday night putting out a structure fire along Mason Road and five miles east of Ansley. The fire was called in at 6:55 pm, and the Ansley VFD stayed until 3 am, making sure there were no more flare ups. The h'... Read More

A Red Flag Warning will be in effect Tuesday from Noon to 7pm CST for areas north of Interstate 80. Relative Humidity values as low as 15%, temperatures up to 72 degrees, and wind gusts approaching 45 miles per hour from the west will lead to crit'... Read More

The future of a teacher training program in rural Nebraska is in danger since the Trump administration has cut diversity-related grants in its effort to shift the direction of the federal government. The program is known as RAICES - or 'roots' in'... Read More

CUSTER COUNTY - In an update just after 11 PM Monday night (February 24), updates were given by Custer County Emergency Management (CCEM) and the Broken Bow Fire Department (BBFD) on the ongoing fires that sparked throughout the area on Monday aftern'... Read More

BROKEN BOW - According to the Broken Bow Fire Department via Public Information Officer, two firefighters were injured on Monday afternoon as a result of a fire truck rollover into a canyon. The accident occurred during the response to the Lillian'... Read More

In Custer County Court on Friday, February 21, three area residents appeared to face felony charges. 44 year old Anthony P. Elder of Cozad was charged with possession of methamphetamine, 10-27 grams, a Class ID felony. Elder was also charged with '... Read More

CUSTER COUNTY - In the early afternoon on Monday, grass fire calls began coming in from several locations across the KCNI/KBBN listening area in Custer County. Scroll to the bottom of this story for chronological updates throughout this developing'... Read More

The 2025 North Platte Polar Plunge for Special Olympics is Saturday, March 8th at Iron Horse Park in North Platte. Registration begins at 10am. Teams and individual plunges will start at 11am. A post plunge party will follow at Axes & Aces in '... Read More

The Custer County Board of Supervisors meet in regular session Tuesday, February 25th at 9am in the top floor of the Custer County Courthouse. An agenda is kept current and open for public inspection in the office of the County Clerk. Here is t'... Read More