The Niobrara/Verdigre Cougar football team played the Number One ranked Ainsworth Bulldogs Friday in Verdigre for Homecoming 2023. Read the full report in this week's edition, alo...

The Historic Shannon Trail is still going, but the status will change. Shannon Keepers are needed to care for the Shannon statues in each town along the trail. Read more in this w...
Lincoln – (LINCOLN, NE) The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, and Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy have issued a smoke advisory for eastern Nebraska...

Congressman Adrian Smith made a visit to Santee on Tuesday, Aug. 22. Read about the visit in this week's edition.
DHHS/NDEE Issue Smoke Advisory for North Central and Eastern Nebraska
Issued for: Tuesday, August 29 through Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Affected Area: ...

Niobrara Public School students will be heading back to school Aug. 17. Please see the full-page color ad for details, on the back page of this week's Niobrara Tribune.
The 29th Annual Northern Ponca Powwow is this weekend, Aug. 11-13 at the powwow grounds, west of Niobrara. For a schedule of events, see this week's edition of the Niobrara Tribun...

The Niobrara Tribune is planning to start a once-a-month Niobrara EMT/Firemen Feature ad-series soon, and is seeking sponsors for this project. These can be sponsored by busines...

The Niobrara Village Board held a public hearing for a Community Development Block Grant Public Works grant, Tuesday, Aug. 1. Read more in this week's Tribune.
Emergency haying and grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres is available in Knox County in response to ongoing drought conditions. Read more in this week's Tribune.

Niobrara's Citywide Garage sales, sponsored by the Niobrara Historical Society, are this weekend, Aug. 4 and 5. For a list of the sales, see this week's Tribune. Maps will be avai...

Check out the Niobrara Trivia game in this edition of the Tribune. Here's one Trivia question. Q. What Niobrara citizen was a member of the band "Sounds of Fate," that was induc...
Nebraska Game and Parks is seeking information on the unlawful
killing and needless waste of six elk in Boyd County near Gross, Nebraska.
The carcasses of one bull, three cows...

The 2023 Knox County Fair is coming up Aug. 9-13 at the fairgrounds in Bloomfield. Country music artist Chris Cagle will be performing at the bandstand on Saturday night, at 8 p.m...

The Verdigre Stingers softball team participated in the Class D State Tournament in Hastings last weekend, and brought home the fourth place medal. Read more in this week's editio...
District 40 Senator Barry DeKay is continuing work on getting the names of the "Lost 74" on the Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. Read more in this week's edition.
DHHS/NDEE Issues Smoke Advisory for Central and Eastern Nebraska
Issued for: Monday, July 17, 2023, and Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Affected Area: Central and Eastern...

The new Mormon Canal Bridge was the inspiration for returning to the "Bridge Days" theme for Niobrara's summer celebration, which is set to take place this weekend. Read more in t...

Los Angeles music composer, Tony Anderson, was in Niobrara last week, working on a musical album he is composing, the title of which will be "Niobrara." Read all about it, in this...

Dostal Construction of Gretna has been awarded a contract to construct the new school playground equipment project at school. Read more in this week's edition.