Gov. Jim Pillen was discharged Friday from Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, where he has received treatment for injuries resulting from a horse-riding accident. He will continue his recovery at the ...

Mary E. Moore, 99, a lifelong Kimball resident, died at Kimball Health Services on Sunday, December 8, 2024. Cremation has been held and Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, ...

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 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 ...

Kimball's Peter Russell was the lone placer for the boys wrestling team with fifth at the Sidney meet. The boys faced some tough competition but wrestled hard and had some close matches. At the ...

Lois Maurine Gustafson, age 100, of Dix, Nebraska, passed away on December 21, 2024 in Sidney, Nebraska. She was born December 23, 1923 in Dix, Nebraska to Theodore C. and Alice (Benson) Mathewson.

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 ...

Michael "Mike" Frank, 51, of Scottsbluff, NE passed away December 23, 2024, after a brave battle with cancer. His funeral service will be held Saturday January 4, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at Mitchell ...

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 ...

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