Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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THERMOPOLIS - The Wyoming track and field season came to an end with the state meet on May 18 in Casper, and while it took a few weeks to get to full strength the Hot Springs County High School Bobcats and Lady Bobcats capped it off on a promising note. "The weather wasn't stellar but the kids were troopers and didn't let it get the better of them. All of them went out and gave it their best effort, they endured. I was really pleased that we got so many up on the podium," said HSCHS track and... Full story
WORLAND — The public is invited to view and participate in a webinar that will provide insight and recommendations to Wyoming communities in the wake of 13 Shopko stores closing across the state, including Worland and Thermopolis. The webinar will be presented from 8:30 to 10 a.m. on June 6. In April, the Wyoming Business Council partnered with local community leaders to host retail expert Matt Wagner from the National Main Street Center in the Big Horn Basin area. Wagner was tasked with using the Big Horn Basin — where four Shopko stores wer... Full story
THERMOPOLIS – Well over 100 concerned citizens attended the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) meeting about the proposed Moneta Divide Gas Field discharge permit Tuesday, May 21, in the Hot Springs County High School auditorium, with many leaving unsatisfied with the few answers that were given. The meeting was to receive public comment and provide information regarding to the renewal of WDEQES permit WY0002062 to expand the discharge of produced water from the Moneta Divide Gas Field operated by Aethon Energy. The d...
WORLAND - Pumpkin grower and set designer Jay Richard was honored by the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees with their annual Bell Ringer Award. Chairman Don Bryant, in presenting the award Monday night at the trustees regular meeting, said, "The Bell Ringer is an award we give out each year to someone in the district who we feel is remarkable, does things behind the scenes, does things for the district." He said Richard is "so positive for the district. He never misses acti...
WORLAND - Recently graduated Worland High School senior Rachael Carver signed her letter of intent on May 28 to continue her education and golf for Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri. Golf was not at the forefront of Carver's drives when looking for a college but once Cottey offered her to a scholarship to play golf for them, she gladly accepted. "It's a P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) college, my mom is actually a part of P.E.O. and it just kind of worked out that I found it,"... Full story
I haven't recapped the high school athletic season for a column yet, which is a huge oversight on my part. Having an annual guaranteed column idea is immensely valuable, of course, going over the year's athletic highlights is more important than Hear Me Out column topics, but still nice to have a guaranteed annual column. My narcissism aside, it was another eventful 2018-19 high school sports season. The athletes in Ten Sleep, Thermopolis and Worland achieved so much this school year and there's... Full story
There was much to be thankful for on Monday, including that the American Legion Floyd Minch Post 44 moved the annual Memorial Day Ceremonies inside the Post due to the rain and the saturated ground at Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery. During the ceremonies, Col. E. Steven Alkire, director of Joint Staff for the Wyoming National Guard, spoke about the two servicemen for whom the Worland National Guard Armory is named — Lt. Richard L. Friedlund and PFC Fred Garcia. Both served with honor for the 2-300th Field Artillery C-Battery, the h...
UPDATE: US20: Rockslide, Travel lane blocked between Shoshoni and Thermopolis from milepost 112.9 to 113.1, Traffic control on scene will be alternating traffic through one lane. US20/WY789 remains closed this morning between Shoshoni and Thermopolis. Wyoming Department Of Transportation crews crews from Shoshoni and Thermopolis have worked all night to break up the rock which is blocking a lane of the highway just east of the Boysen State Park headquarters. The rock fell on the highway between... Full story
WORLAND – Worland’s first fashion show will be at Pioneer Square Friday night at 6:30 p.m., weather permitting. The show is a fundraiser for the Worland Blue Jays baseball team to raise expenses for traveling and other necessities. The Worland Blue Jays is a Senior Babe Ruth baseball team with players from Worland, Rock Springs and Otto. Players are ages 16 to 18 years old. Their coaches are Robert Cordenas and Coy Larkins. The Blue Jays will be escorting models wearing clothing featured from many local businesses including Smudge Prints, Fra... Full story
Dog attack puts Gillette boy in ICU GILLETTE (WNE) — A 9-year-old Gillette boy is still in the hospital after being attacked by a dog just a few hours into his summer vacation. Riley Schlidt, 9, was attacked by a pit bull-Rottweiler mix May 24 after his last day of third grade at Conestoga Elementary School. Riley was outside near his home in the Nickelson Little Farms subdivision when he was attacked, causing severe damage to his right arm. Sheriff’s Lt. Kevin Theis said Riley had met the dog before and had walked up to it to let it smell him.... Full story
By Clair McFarland Riverton Ranger Via Wyoming New Exchange RIVERTON — The Wyoming Democratic Party has announced will seek further action on 2018 voting incidents that the Fremont County Attorney’s Office determined to be legal. State chairman Joe Barbuto said Tuesday that “the investigation by Fremont County Attorney Patrick J. LeBrun is not the end of the issue.” He also said “The Wyoming Democratic Party will work to ensure that voting issues experienced by Fremont County residents – particularly tribal voters – in 2018 do not repeat th... Full story
JACKSON — Lisa Robertson says she was just curious what would happen two years ago when she put in applications to become the sole person permitted to run beaver trap lines in a few creek drainages near Jackson. Being the founder of an organization called Wyoming Untrapped, she was an unlikely candidate to wade into beaver ponds and set conibear traps meant for the large aquatic rodents, a species whose valuable furs fueled exploration of much of North America. Her purpose, instead, was to prevent beavers from being trapped and killed. ... Full story
CODY — Federal government attorneys filed an appeal to overturn a portion of last fall’s court ruling that sent the Yellowstone grizzly bear back under Endangered Species Act protection. Meeting a deadline just prior to the Memorial Day weekend, papers were filed with the 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals contending part of the reasoning of the U.S. court in Missoula Sept. 24 was faulty. The appeal challenges the linking of the Yellowstone grizzly to other Lower 48 populations of the species. The federal government announced an intention to app... Full story
RIVERTON (WNE) — A second teenager was involved in the single-vehicle rollover that resulted in the death of a 16-year-old Ethete girl this month. Officials said the 18-year-old was air lifted to a hospital in Salt Lake City after the crash. Her condition was unknown Wednesday, but Fremont County Coroner Mark Stratmoen said "we haven't heard anything that indicates she wasn't going to make it." A report from Stratmoen's office indicates the 16-year-old who died in the crash - Triston Antelope, formerly identified as Triston Addison - was i... Full story
Sheridan Co. flash flood watch prompts emergency declaration SHERIDAN (WNE) — An emergency declaration was issued Thursday afternoon by the Sheridan County Commissioners in response to the flash flood watch from the National Weather Service in Billings for Friday, May 31. The emergency declaration is bringing state assistance from the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security, according to a joint press release from Sheridan County Emergency Management and the State Engineer’s Office. Additional loads of sand and sandbags are being deployed to She... Full story
LARAMIE — The vast majority of all criminal cases in Albany County end in plea agreements, but Carl Granderson’s attorney has indicated in court documents that the former University of Wyoming football star is “proceeding to trial” in the sexual assault case pending against him. Granderson is represented by Laramie attorney Megan Overmann Goetz, who also represented former UW basketball player Ny Redding when he was acquitted of assault and battery charges after an April trial in Laramie. Granderson, a defensive end, was signed as an undrafted...
CHEYENNE – It was earlier this month when Heather Osterman received the good news from Google. Her daughter, Amelia Osterman, had been chosen as the Wyoming winner of the Doodle for Google contest. For the ecstatic mother, this both came as a wonderful surprise, yet not a major shock, since her daughter has shown a proficiency in art since she was young. "This has been a long journey for her," Heather Osterman said Thursday. "She tried to enter the contest about three years ago, but she m... Full story
THERMOPOLIS — The first, in what hopes to be an annual tradition, Hot City Outdoor Alliance Outdoor Day is set to take place on Saturday, June 8 at Hot Springs State Park in Thermopolis from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Outdoor Day was organized to help those who want to take advantage of the many outdoor recreation activities in the area to learn the necessary skills to enjoy those activities. The event is for adults and youth, ages 12 and up and cost $30, which includes lunch and a t-shirt. There are two groups each with four different lessons. In G... Full story
CHEYENNE — The mayor of Cheyenne and the governor of Wyoming engaged in a public dispute Monday over what happened Friday during a contentious meeting about a potential Taiwanese state visit. In a news release sent from her office Monday morning, Mayor Marian Orr accused Gov. Mark Gordon of going on a “profane misogynistic temper tantrum” directed at her during the meeting. She said she decided to come forward after the weekend to make sure actions like his would not be tolerated. In his own statement, Gordon denied he tried to intim... Full story
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