BROKEN BOW – The dog days of summer are officially underway, and now more than ever the Red Cross could use a hand in keeping residents safe and healthy through the heat, according to Red Cross Communications Director Josh Murray. “While many '... Read More

LINCOLN - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has funding available to assist agricultural producers whose land was impacted by recent wildfires. Landowners have until August 19 to apply. Through'... Read More

LINCOLN - The Nebraska Center for the Book has selected one youth book and one adult book by Nebraska authors to represent the state at the 2022 National Book Festival: Letters from Space by Clayton Anderson, illustrated by Susan Batori, and The Bo'... Read More

LINCOLN, NE  – The leadership of the Nebraska Cattlemen Disaster Relief Fund announced they are now accepting applications until September 30, 2022, for aid from beef cattle producers who were affected by all fires reported through the Nebraska Em'... Read More

MASON CITY - The Mason City High School Alumni Association held its annual meeting at the Mason City Community Building on Sunday, July 24.  Two honored guests who did not attend were presented with plaques. Lucille Burns, a proud graduate of the'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – This season, the Salvation Army is helping to ring a bell of a different sort. With the academic calendar set to unroll across Custer County in a mere two weeks, Julie Toline’s contingent has been hard at work making sure students'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – Custer County District Court saw two sentencings and an arraignment on Thursday, August 4. Chance Smith, 31 of Cozad, was arraigned on five alleged charges: first-degree assault, two robberies (all Class II felonies), third-degree a'... Read More

CHAMBERS – The Central Nebraska Economic Development District (CNEDD) released its Livestock Demand Analysis report earlier this month. The report was a result of two years of research and surveying stemming from the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic’s impa'... Read More

Mark Harwood of North Platte, is the winner of a TriStar Trinity Break Open 12-gauge shotgun raffled by the Mid-Plains Community College Shooting Club. The shotgun was sponsored by the D&N Event Center. A total of 198 tickets were sold, and'... Read More

LINCOLN - Platte River State Park will celebrate its 40th anniversary on August 13 with a daylong event for the entire family. There will be a bison stew cookout and Dutch oven desserts to sample, as well as food to purchase, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. '... Read More

KEARNEY — CHI Health Good Samaritan welcomes central Nebraska artist Gary R. Nickels to its Walkway Gallery. Nickels’ nature and wildlife photography and paintings will be on display through October. “Being surrounded by Mother Nature is whe'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce welcomed to its family three new businesses Thursday in a whirlwind of an afternoon. The newest branch of Nebraska Owners Insurance Agency, K Cleaning, and Earl’s Autoglass all snipped the red ri'... Read More

BROKEN BOW - Three Custer County students have been awarded this year's Custer Care for Healthcare Scholarship. Garrett Phillips receives one of three Custer Care for Healthcare Scholarships Jessy Lowe, Garrett Phillips, and Callie White were '... Read More

BROKEN BOW -  The Custer County Salvation Army’s annual Back-to-School Book Bag and School Supplies Giveaway will return to the Broken Bow Municipal Building on Wednesday, Aug. 3, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Recently, a drive-up event was held in vario'... Read More