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

LINCOLN — The Nebraska State Patrol is urging motorists to maintain safe speeds as the summer travel season continues. The guidance is part of the national Stop Speeding Before It Stops You campaign, which is running from July 20 through August '... Read More

CALLAWAY--Earlier this year the Village of Callaway was notified that they had been approved for a grant to help plan and design a new swimming pool in the community. On Wednesday, July 13, an information open house was held at the Community Center t'... Read More

LINCOLN - The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is closing several areas in the Panhandle southwest of Gering to help firefighters battling wildfires. Cedar Canyon Wildlife Management Area, Montz Point Wildlife Management Area, and Carter Canyon '... Read More

BROKEN BOW - As part of Custer Public Power District’s continued commitment to provide the most reliable service possible, we will be contracting with SBS Inspection, Inc. to inspect approximately 7,000 distribution poles. It has been proven that t'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Custer County Fair would be downright incomplete without Broken Bow’s half-century-long tradition: the Tuffy Winberg Memorial Free Pit BBQ. Named for Larry “Tuffy” Winberg, a perennial force behind the BBQ since its infanc'... Read More

DUNNING – Blaine County’s Dunning, population 80, welcomed to their community earlier this summer a new place to find a familiar face: Lil’ Bits coffee shop. James and Jodi Swisher purchased a house near the west end of the Sandhills Dunning'... Read More

NORTH PLATTE - North Platte Community College will have an online auction for surplus electronics beginning at 8 a.m. August 1 and continuing through 11 a.m. August 5. Items will include about 50 laptops, 10 Dell all-in-one computers, six iMacs, a'... Read More