Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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CHEYENNE – The U.S. Department of Agriculture in the administration of President Donald Trump could be very good for farms and ranches in the Cowboy State, a Wyoming official said recently. Commodity prices in the agriculture sector have put Wyoming farmers and ranchers in difficult positions in the last several years. Following a period of “prolonged, extraordinary profits where commodity markets had only been rising in 2013,” that’s not been the case in the last four or five years, said Nathan Kauffman, a Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas...
TEN SLEEP - The 2018 track and field season started with a bang for the Ten Sleep Pioneers and Lady Pioneers, and it ended with a bang at the 1A State meet in Casper on May 17-19. The goal heading into the final meet of the season for the Lady Pioneers was to better last season's third-place finish. Mission accomplished because the Lady Pioneers finished second with 94 points; adding to the achievement, the Lady Pioneers numbered six strong. "Our goal was to do better than what we did last year...
WORLAND — The railroad crossing at Fifth and Big Horn that is offline will be closed to traffic next week from June 5-7, according to the Wyoming Department of Transportation. WYDOT district spokesperson Cody Beers said there will be a total closure at the intersection from June 5-7 and no one will be able to cross the highway at the intersection. Beers said they will be direction traffic to Culbertson and the old highway bridge or onto South Flat Road. They are encouraging truck traffic to use South Flat Road. “The signal is not working at all...
WORLAND – After more than 28 years teaching, Worland fifth-grade teacher Dave Hammond has decided to take advantage of the retirement incentive package offered by the Washakie County School District No. 1. "I just felt it was an opportune time and when they offered the buy-out it was something that made it a little bit easier to do," Hammond said. "My grandkids are getting older now and I want to be able to go and chase after them. They live in Buffalo now, they lived in Alaska for a long t...
TEN SLEEP – An abundance of overnight rain on Sunday caused at least three creeks in the Big Horn Basin to flood their banks, and emergency crews to be mobilized. In Ten Sleep, the Tensleep Creek crested overnight Sunday, after a flood warning was issued for the weekend due to high mountain rain. Law enforcement and county emergency services were called to the scene of at least one Ten Sleep property in jeopardy of flooding, and water was diverted using sand bags provided by the county. As of Tuesday, Tensleep Creek had receded to normal levels...
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Wayne T. Voss, 79, of Worland, Wyoming, passed away Saturday May 26, 2018, due to cancer, at Worland Memorial Hospital with his loving family at his side. Wayne was born on July 14, 1938 in Worland, the son of Wayne E. and Mae T. Voss. While growing up in Worland, Wayne helped on his parents' farm, wrestled, played in the school band, and even drove the school bus starting at the age of 14. Wayne graduated from Worland High School in 1956, and he later went on to attend the University of...