Gov. Jim Pillen was discharged Friday from Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, where he has received treatment for injuries resulting ...

Longhorns girls wrestling Coach Katie Culek summarized the past month of the program's second NSAA season. Wrestling for ...

Jan. 4, and Tuesday, Jan. 7, are dates to circle on the Banner County boys and girls basketball home schedules. The teams ...

Kimball's Peter Russell was the lone placer for the boys wrestling team with fifth at the Sidney meet. The boys faced some ...

The Kimball Longhorns boys basketball team had a very successful week to wrap up competition in 2024. The freshman team started off the week on Monday with a resounding victory over Lingle-Fort ...

In 1919, Highway 29 started at the Colorado Nebraska border. It went to Kimball – and then four miles north, one mile west, one mile north, and one mile west into Banner County. It entered Harrisburg ...

Dear Santa, My name is Kennedi, I am in Pre-K. This year I have been nice. One thing I have done to be extra nice is treating people nice when they are sad. Here is my wish list. Barbie Kitchen set ...

The Kimball City Council will meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, to discuss and vote on the approval of an application for a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development for an upgrade to ...

The city of Kimball power generation plant is projected to be up and running by June 2025, a proactive step taken by the Board of Public Works and the City Council. Since April 2022, they have jointly ...

The Western Nebraska Observer has been the award-winning source of news, information, opinion and sports in Kimball and Banner Counties since 1885. We are located in the Southwestern Panhandle of ...

Well, it is Happy New Year 2025! As we all get going here in the New Year things are a little slower for awhile and I am okay with that. January 4th, Saturday, the varsity girls and boys basketball ...