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 ...

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 ...

Two departing Kimball County employees were honored at the County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, December 17. Commissioner ...

The story of Kimball's Park Terrace development goes back nearly half of a century. Let's take a walk back in time to those ...

Longhorn boys wrestling showed well Dec. 20 at Sutherland. Mason Holmes brought home gold at 106 pounds, Cody Brinkman earned ...

Santa Claus was busy preparing for his return to Banner County this week for his main job – delivering gifts to nice and even ...