CUSTER COUNTY - The National Weather Service has initiated a red flag warning for Custer and surrounding counties. Winds throughout the day are expected to gust between 25 and 35 miles per hour, which, combined with the ongoing dry conditions, amp'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Broken Bow EMS team has opened registrations for its first annual “Run for Your Life” 5k race, scheduled for Saturday, May 13. The event will begin at Melham Park at 9 a.m., with in-person registration and packet pickup. The'... Read More

LITCHFIELD – Litchfield held its elementary spelling bee on Thursday, April 6. All students in grades 1 through 5 participated in a grade-level competition and students in grades 6 through 8 spelled against each other in a middle school-wide compet'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Custer County Historical Society will be hosting its 10th and final County Historical Tour as a two-day event on Thursday, April 13, and Saturday, April 15. The tour will ideally cover six townships past and present strung acros'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Broken Bow Fire Department was paged to a structure fire at the Masonic Lodge at 7:25 p.m. Wednesday evening. Upon arrival, the department found the structure full of smoke, and the source of the fire was discovered to be above '... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The City of Broken Bow has announced the date for its first City-Wide Cleanup of 2023: April 29 will let residents kick start their spring cleaning efforts by helping out their community. The cleanup provides a chance to help reside'... Read More

NORTH PLATTE – During the past few days, 4 Dawson County 4 Hers have been working hard preparing their presentations for Dawson County's 2023 4 H Presentation Contest. The contest was held Monday, April 3rd. The judge for the event was Sandra St'... Read More

MASON CITY – The Custer County Sheriff’s Office has released details following the accident outside Mason City earlier today. According to the Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 10:17 a.m., a 2-vehicle accident occurred a half mile east of M'... Read More

MASON CITY – A two-vehicle accident was reported just outside Mason City around 11 a.m. this morning. While details remain mostly unknown, KCNI/KBBN can confirm there was at least one injury serious enough to warrant ambulance transportation; at'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – Broken Bow’s own Kinkaider Brewing Company has been crowned champion of the Nebraska Beer Bracket for 2023. Competing in a March Madness-style bracket challenge against 63 other breweries, wineries, and distilleries around the sta'... Read More

Custer, Garfield, and Wheeler counties have had the winter weather advisory associated with the upcoming storm applied to their territories. A strong storm system will move through Nebraska Tuesday into Wednesday, bringing strong winds, snow, ligh'... Read More

MERNA – The Anselmo-Merna FFA Chapter’s Junior High Quiz Bowl team placed first in the state out of 115 teams competing at the State FFA Convention over the past week. The team consisted of Jackson Christen, Kaden and Trevin Klein, and Caenyn Pri'... Read More

NORTH PLATTE – Work begins this week to install changeable message boards on Highways US-30 near Big Springs, US-26 near Ogallala, US-83 near North Platte and Thedford, N-92 near Stapleton and Merna, and N-2 near Broken Bow, according to a statemen'... Read More

CUSTER COUNTY--The Custer County Childcare Association is creating a toy lending library to help alleviate the financial burden by providing learning materials to the local childcare workforce. The first week of April is the Week of the Young Chil'... Read More