Good morning! And welcome to six more weeks of winter,according to Punxsutawney Phil and his weather prediction this past Sunday. He has a track record of being only about 35 percent correct. I didn’t ...

The Banner County Spelling Bee provides all the students in grades K-8 an opportunity to stand up to the microphone and find their voice. With a large audience of parents and family members, the ...

Comments were taken at a public hearing on Tuesday during the Kimball County Commissioners regular meeting. The public hearing was held for the purpose of allowing any interested party to speak for or ...

The Kimball Longhorns Boys Basketball team fell in a rematch of the SPVA tournament semifinals by a core of 54-44 to the ...

Kimball 44, Mitchell 40 We kept saying we were “right there” and “so close” in so many games prior to this week. Well, this week we got to finally celebrate being on the right side of the Win/Loss ...

Eldon Lewis of Kimball pleaded no contest on Tuesday afternoon to an amended charge of cruelty to an animal resulting in death, a Class IV felony. Lewis, housed in the Kimball County Jail since the ...

The Kimball Police Department is eagerly anticipating the Nebraska certification of their two drug dogs, Trudy and Lucy, a significant step in their K-9 program. These dogs, sold to the city by Ragnar ...

Changes are coming to Vista Villa, Park Terrace and Judy Perry. Judy has been the executive director of both Park Terrace and ...

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 ...

Two local youths participated in the National Western Stock Show Catch-A-Calf program in Denver at the National Western Stock Show. After applying for the program and having their applications ...

Here they are, the members of the Banner County FFA Livestock Management Team that placed first Jan. 8 at District in ...

The Kimball County Sheriff's Office along with the Wyoming's Laramie County Sheriff's Office canine units conducted a drug ...