Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Via Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE - Seventy-five years later, the blizzards of 1949 remain one of the worst recorded storms that have ever crossed the northern Great Plains. Reports tally more than 70 people who died in the storm, hundreds of thousands of lost livestock and hours upon hours of gale-force winds that cut through Wyoming, the Dakotas and Nebraska. Although the storm ended with a significant death toll and carnage in its wake, David Mills, author of "Operation Snowbound: Life... Full story
GILLETTE — The concerns of a number of Wright parents about an art lesson taught in September have spurred Campbell County School District officials to look into what happened inside a Cottonwood Elementary School classroom. On Tuesday, a group of Wright parents and residents came to Gillette to ask school board members to review the curriculum and an elementary school teacher, who they said showed inappropriate images to children in her fourth-grade art class. About 25 Wright residents traveled the 80-mile round trip in a show of support, u... Full story
GILLETTE -A classic favorite, this beloved breakfast pastry comes in all shapes and sizes. Covered in sugar, glazed, filled or frosted, its history is based in Dutch, Russian and French cultures. Some bakers work all night to get the rows of delectable delights ready for the morning rush. Favorites differ but can include crullers, fritters or long johns. What is it? If you guessed doughnut, your tastebuds and intellect led you down the perfect pathway and right into a bakery on a Saturday... Full story