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, ...

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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...