BROKEN BOW – Melham Park came alive for a couple of hours on Tuesday night in a true “Fire Works” display; members of the Broken Bow Emergency Services teams congregated in the parking lot adjacent to the swimming pool for drills and practice. '... Read More

BROKEN BOW—After months of discussion and some could say years in the making, the Broken Bow School Board voted on its new extracurricular drug testing program during the regular meeting on Monday, July 18, 2022. The vote comes after countless l'... Read More

BROKEN BOW—With only a week and a half before the Custer County Fair, the Custer County Ag Society/Fair Board is finalizing all the preparations. During the regular meeting on Thursday, July 14, the board first added to the agenda the resignation o'... Read More

BROKEN BOW--The Broken Bow Tree Dump will remain open--free of charge--to residents this week as they continue clean-up efforts following the severe thunderstorms and straight-line winds on Saturday, July 16. Broken Bow Mayor Rod Sonnichsen said b'... Read More

BROKEN BOW—Cellphone Emergency Alerts sounded just after 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 16 as the National Weather Service issued Severe Thunderstorm Warnings with destructive 90 MPH winds. The warning proved true as now, days later, the sound of chainsa'... Read More

THEDFORD – An accident occurred Sunday night on Highway 83 north of Thedford, near Mile 155 at roughly 10 p.m. According to the Thomas County Sheriff’s Office, a southbound semi collided with an incoming Silverado heading north. The Silverado '... Read More

KEARNEY – “The Wall That Heals” will be making its way through Kearney the second weekend in August, the 11 through the 14. The three-fourths scale traveling replica of the Vietnam War Memorial brings to each of its 25 destinations an annual re'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – Legion postseason play, after years of work on both the baseball programs and Paul Brown Field, is finally returning to Broken Bow. The tournament, a jewel in the sun, marks the first time in 37 years that the boys of summer will scuff'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The ninth annual Custer County Tractor Ride will be rumbling once again through southern Custer County on Friday, July 22. The ride will begin with an amassing of tractors and breakfast at the Oconto Community Hall at 7 a.m. The tra'... Read More

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission will be holding hearings in each congressional district to hear testimony for the latest nominees for induction. This cycle, the commission will be selecting from a list of eight nominees, including: '... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Red Cross’ quest to bolster its volunteer and blood reserves is never-ending, even in a month of widespread respite. Communications director Josh Murray explains that at this time of year, his organization grows a bit hungrier. '... Read More

BROKEN BOW - The 2022 Custer County 4-H Public Fashion Show will be held at the Evangelical Free Church in Broken Bow at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 21. Everyone is invited to attend to watch the 4-H’ers who are enrolled in many different clothi'... Read More

KEARNEY – The Younes Convention Center in Kearney will play host to the 2022 Nebraska Grazing Conference on August 9 and 10. A field tour kicks off the conference on Tuesday, August 9 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Cottonwood and Linder Waterfow'... Read More

NORTH PLATTE – Weather permitting, a chip seal project will begin July 20 on N-40, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Chip seal is an application of an asphalt binder to a roadway surface followed by an aggregate. State main'... Read More