Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Consistency at the plate the main focus for Worland Baseball By ALEX KUHN Sports Editor WORLAND - Defense and pitching have been strong for the Worland Baseball 13U and are the team's go-to strengths this season. However, when it comes to their bats the results have not been to their liking. Inconsistency at the plate has bothered Worland the most. Some games they will be locked in like they were in their wins against Casper, 10-0, and Gillette, 10-4, on June 9 in Casper. While other games it...
WORLAND – The Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous Rodeo Association’s first big PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) of the year, the 14th annual Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous Rodeo is this weekend at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. “We are going to have a really good rodeo this year. We have several NFR (National Rodeo Finals) contestants, which will be here. We have some world champions also, current and past. Sage Kimzey is a world champion bull rider who is scheduled to be there Friday night,” Cowboy Rendezvous Committee vice- p...
WORLAND – A Worland man will face up to eight years behind bars for his role in the heroin-related death of a Worland man in September of 2016, after being sentenced in Fifth Judicial District Court on Wednesday. Earlier in May Joseph A. Leyva, 29, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for supplying Robert C. Kulze, 30, with a fatal dose of heroin Sept. 2, 2016. The plea agreement was struck ahead of a scheduled May 14 jury trial. Leyva set a factual basis during his change of plea hearing, in front of District Court Judge Robert E. S...
BASIN — On Friday, June 15 Big Horn County 4-H Shooting Sports members let their skills shine at the County Shoot. County 4-H Educator Gretchen Gasvoda said, “It is always fun to witness youth in friendly competition, yet encouraging teammates. Our members are fortunate to have dedicated volunteers and leaders, Sean Foote, Dan Holloway and Sarah Holloway, to help them improve their skills over a short period of time, April-June, hoping weather cooperates. Results from the county shoot are as follows: SHOTGUN: Senior Grand Champion: Morgan Hal...
WORLAND - Whether he is teaching, writing, taking photos or learning from his students, for Jeb Schenck, life is about the ah-ha moments. Jeb was born and raised in Powell, Ohio, in what used to be a small, rural community, but is now a suburb of Columbus. He would come to Wyoming during the summers to visit his uncle who was a newspaper publisher in Lander. When it was time to select a college, he knew the University of Wyoming was the place for him, not only for the love of Wyoming, but also...
TEN SLEEP – The veritable center of town and only remaining, original two-story building in Ten Sleep, the Ten Sleep Mercantile building has served as a variety of businesses, and remains a standard after 115 years. Built in 1903 by Bonanza mill owner H.G. Church, the building features 3,500 square feet of pine flooring, pressed tin ceilings from St. Louis Tin Works, display windows and recessed doors and transom windows. Church built the building as a wedding present for his daughter, who p...
WORLAND – For 50 years now HASCO (H.A. Smith Company), owned by Bill and Sandy Smith, has been meeting the community needs by providing requested services for the Big Horn Basin. The H.A. Smith Company, before it became HASCO, was originally owned by Smith's father, H.A. Smith and was a salvage business. Smith's father sold the business to a large company out of Montana, which only wanted the site and the building but not the company name, Smith said. When the business out of Montana sold out, S...
WORLAND - Big Horn Cooperative Marketing Association will be opening up a state-of-the-art fertilizer plant in Basin this fall. Big Horn Co-op General Manager Mike Hanser said the plant is a "vision of the board of directors to help serve agriculture in the region and feed the world." In an interview last week, Hanser said the plant is "mostly complete" with work continuing on a storm water drainage system. He said they have received a few loads of product but the plant will not be fully...
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