Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND – After 32 years of teaching for Washakie School District No. 1, 10 years at the Worland Middle School and 22 at the Worland High School, Worland elementary swim instructor and high school physical education/ health teacher Jacque Pike is taking the retirement incentive offered by the district and handing the mantle over to someone else. "I will be 66 this summer and so it was one of those where, it was time. Being out on medical half days just kind of convinced me that it was time to l...
JACKSON — Some residents raised concerns over the use of redface in Jackson Hole’s annual Old West Days parade. The Bar T 5 chuckwagon parade entry Saturday included Native American characters in red facepaint and black wigs played by non-Native American employees. The costumes are also used in Bar T 5’s chuckwagon dinner shows in Cache Creek canyon. Several paradegoers confronted Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Anna Olson at the parade, demanding to know why the chamber allowed the costumes. This happens every year,” Jackson residen...
WORLAND — Washakie County’s Wyoming Public Lands Initiative (WPLI) Advisory Committee met Tuesday at the Washakie County Fairgrounds to finalize a year-long consensus process, effectively agreeing on three recommendations to determine best-use for county wilderness study areas (WSA). After Tuesday’s meeting, which included a unanimous decision to reject a recent Wilderness Society-sponsored proposal, members of the working group generally agreed to present the public their recommendations for the county’s WSAs. A public comment period will fo...
CHEYENNE (WNE) -– The National Weather Service ranked Sunday’s tornado that damaged eight homes near Federal as a two out of five on a scale used to rank tornado damage. The winds that ripped the roof off at least two homes topped out at 111-135 miles per hour when it passed through the area northwest of Cheyenne, but the tornado could have been even stronger after it left Federal. Wind speeds are almost impossible to estimate without surveying damage, said Chad Hahn, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “It is likely that the t...
