Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Several years ago Bill Engvall hit the comedic stage with his “Here’s Your Sign” trademark saying. He told stories of stupid people or people stating the obvious in the form of question, such as someone seeing skis on top of the car and asking “Are you going skiing?” He said these people should have to wear a sign so the rest of us would know. Well it seems lately that many people could use such a sign, especially when it comes to dealing with wild animals. Do we not understand what wild means? It doesn’t mean if they are in a zoo or a nation...
TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep mayor and three council members will be sworn-in to office Tuesday evening, during the town’s regular monthly meeting. For the May 3 election, Mayor Jack Haggerty and Councilman Don Decker were re-elected at the May 3 election, while Constance Sweeney and Chuck Holmes were elected for council seats. The mayor, Holmes’s and Decker’s council seats are four-year positions, while the council seat won by Sweeney is a two-year term. Along with the swearing-in ceremony, the council will review all bills and license request...
WORLAND — The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office has opened Mud Creek Road (BLM Road 1409) following a closure due to a washout. Mud Creek Road is located southwest of Worland between Black Mountain Road and Nowater Road. Approximately 30 feet of road was washed away. The road has been repaired and the damaged culvert has been replaced. Please use caution when traveling on backcountry roads as spring precipitation may have caused road damage and washouts. The locations of damaged or impassable roads may be reported to engineers J...
TEN SLEEP – Arguably, it's been the most photographed building in Washakie County. On any given summer day, it was not unusual to see out-of-state cars pulled over by the side of U.S. Highway 16, with travelers snapping photos of the iconic structure. A simple Google search for "Ten Sleep barn" renders dozens of resulting photographs, sketches and paintings of the building, from around the world. The barn, located on Anderson Ranch just east of Ten Sleep, has weathered 99 harsh Wyoming w...
There are a lot of misconceptions we learned as kids like Christopher Columbus discovered America, cracking your knuckles leads to arthritis, or hosting the Olympics will lead to an economic boon for the host city. The truth is Columbus was a dope who couldn't read a map, there is no link between cracking your knuckles and arthritis, and the Olympics do not elevate the host city into an economic golden age. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) does a tremendous job in selling the lie that...