Kick off the new year in the great outdoors by participating in First Day Hikes at Nebraska’s state parks Jan. 1. Join in one of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s planned hikes and enjoy the activities that go along with it, or create you'... Read More

 Loup Basin Public Health Department (LBPHD) has received notification today that an adult who tested positive for COVID-19 in late December has been identified as the first case of Omicron/B.1.1.529 within the district. The confirmatory and variant'... Read More

A storm system will move across our listening area on New Year's Eve into New Year's Day. Bitter cold temperatures and wind chills along with snowfall will be possible. Minimum wind chill values are expected to be between -15 and -20 degrees with '... Read More

The Custer County Board of Supervisors held their final meeting of 2021 on Tuesday, December 28 with a shortened agenda planned. A majority of the meeting was spent discussing elected officials' salaries which are set every four years. From 2019 t'... Read More

Burwell, NE – On Monday, December 27th, the CDC updated and shortened the recommended isolation and quarantine period for the general population. This change comes as we prepare to face a surge in Omicron cases. According to the CDC, data from Sout'... Read More

A pre-holiday weekend crash totaled one vehicle and caused extensive damage to another near Merna. According to the Custer County Sheriff’s Office accident report, on Thursday, December 23 Angelina Richardson, 19 of Cairo, was traveling north on'... Read More

City of Broken Bow and Custer County offices will be closed on Friday, December 31. While the City of Broken Bow offices will close at noon on Thursday, December 30, the Custer County Courthouse will remain open. Those wishing to pay property taxe'... Read More

The City of Broken Bow’s Ordinance 91.57 allows for “Permissible fireworks” to be sold from 9:00 am – 11:00 pm on Wednesday, December 29, Thursday, December 30, 2021, and Friday, December 31 The same ordinance allows fireworks to be discha'... Read More

A Saturday, December 18 rollover crash resulted in no injuries, but the vehicle that was driven was totaled. According to the Custer County Sheriff’s Office accident report, at approximately 5:30 PM a juvenile driver was traveling eastbound on Driv'... Read More

Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Governmental Relations Department has hired Andrew Dunkley as director of state governmental relations. Kelly Duryea has also been hired as the North Central regional manager. Dunkley is a York County Farm Bureau member. He '... Read More

The Custer County Board of Supervisors will meet in regular session on Tuesday, at 9:00 a.m., on December 28, 2021, in the Supervisors room on the top floor of the Courthouse. AGENDA: 9:00 a.m. Minutes, Mail, Committee Reports Disc/dec – End'... Read More

At its regular meeting on December 17th, the Anselmo-Merna Public School Board of Education approved two action items critical to the improvement and success of the school district.  After accepting the resignation of current superintendent Logan Li'... Read More

Christmas Day is a great time to spend with family and enjoy Christmas music! KCNI/KBBN will feature Christmas music throughout the day and special Christmas Day books will also be read during local news, brought to listeners by the Broken Bow Public'... Read More

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, the stories to be told through beautiful images taken within the Lower Loup Natural Resources District are endless. Officials hope for a flood of stunning entries with the announcement of their 2022 Lower Loup NRD P'... Read More