HALSEY - The Bovee Fire's most recent measurement is 18,861 acres, and is, according to the Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team, 94% contained. The fireline now encircles the entire fire perimeter, but a few short sections are not full'... Read More

BROKEN BOW - The deadline to submit grant applications to the Custer County Foundation is October 31, 2022. The goal of the Custer County Foundation, Inc. is to improve the quality of life in the Custer County area by supporting the needs of all o'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Career and Technical Education curriculum review process is officially underway as of October 5; representatives from area businesses as well as school administrators hunkered down in Broken Bow High School’s boardroom on Wednesd'... Read More

HALSEY – As of 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, the Bovee Fire in and around Halsey National Forest is 56% contained, according to Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team Information Officer Brian Scott. “The firefighters have made exceptional'... Read More

CUSTER COUNTY—Multiple Custer County businesses and the Custer County Fairgrounds are celebrating their history as well as their futures as pillars of the community following the annual Custer Economic Development Corporation (CEDC) Awards Presenta'... Read More

HALSEY – The Bovee Fire, as of 4 p.m., is still an estimated 30% contained. Brian Scott indicated in a telephone interview that at this point it is impossible to pinpoint a cause as firefighting efforts are still ongoing. The Rocky Mountain Comp'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The main event of Monday’s political forum at Broken Bow’s Municipal Building was unquestionably the Broken Bow School Board; over 40 residents were in attendance to hear all four candidates’ views and visions regarding school se'... Read More

HALSEY – According to Brian Scott, Information Officer with the Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team currently in charge of managing the Bovee Fire, the blaze is 30% contained as of Tuesday at 10:45 a.m., and no longer spreading. “T'... Read More

Lexington  — Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested an Elwood woman following the discovery of an attempted murder plot. The investigation began last week when the Gosper County Sheriff’s Office received a report from a con'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Prairie Pioneer Center closed out its National Senior Center Month with quite the celebration: Thursday’s ever-popular fried chicken lunch, and a visit from Broken Bow Mayor Rod Sonnichsen to recognize the center’s continuing c'... Read More

BROKEN BOW - Interestingly, the District 7 Supervisor’s race at Monday's forum will come down on one side of the fence the other, almost literally: Donna Hoblyn-Bittner and Sara Parliament, neighbors in Mason City, are both vying for the seat. B'... Read More

BROKEN BOW--Approximately 50 people gathered at the Broken Bow Municipal Building on Monday, October 3 to hear the thoughts and opinions of those running for Custer County Board of Supervisors District 7, Broken Bow Public School Board-District 25, a'... Read More

HALSEY—Efforts continue to fight the 15,000 acre Bovee Fire that ignited on Sunday afternoon three miles south of Halsey and the Bessey Ranger District office. Travis Mason-Bushman of the U.S. Forest Service is working as the Public Information Off'... Read More

HALSEY--A firefighter has died while fighting the Bovee Fire. On Monday afternoon, KCNI/KBBN obtained a death notification release from Region 26 Emergency Management. Mike Moody, 59 years of age, Purdum Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Fire Ch'... Read More