Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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The past week (from June 20) was unusually busy. I knew there were some big events coming up toward the end of the week and the end of the week seemed to arrive in a hurry, as my work at the law firm kept me hopping. On Friday morning, I got in my car and headed south to Cheyenne. I went to the Radisson Hotel in Cheyenne where the annual convention of the Western Writers of America was being held. I’ve been a member of that organization since 1993 and I always run into old friends at the conventions. As I came into the front door of the hotel,...
WORLAND – Washakie County commissioners discussed shortfalls to Washakie County for the 2016-2017 fiscal year budget. “I think obviously our biggest cut out there is reduction in valuation and reduction in sales tax,” Commission Chair Aaron Anderson said. Valuation is down $30 million, and valuation revenue to the county is down $370,000, he added. Washakie County Clerk Mary Grace Strauch said the county usually receives $800,000 in sales tax, but for the last fiscal year, they only received $601,000. With this in mind, the county reduc...
CODY (AP) — Officials from Park County communities are trying to determine how they would spend around $15 million if voters approve a 1 cent sales tax. Cody, Powell, Meeteetse and Park County officials say the tax would end when the money has been spent. Meeteetse officials want $2 million for a water project and another $1.5 million for sewer upgrades. Powell would get an estimated $4.5 million to rebuild and widen Absaroka Street, and Cody says it needs $6 million for lagoon upgrades in the sewer system. Officials were hoping to get a...
Many baby girls answering to Emma and baby boys named Mason are keeping their families busy with both chosen most often as newborn names in 2015 across Wyoming, according to the Wyoming Department of Health’s Vital Statistics Services program. Emma moved up to the lead after being the second most popular state name last year, followed by Harper, Olivia, Amelia and Evelyn. Amelia and Evelyn were not included in last year’s top five listing. For boys, the name Mason jumped up to the top spot after being in a three-way tie for fifth place in 201...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI won’t recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while secretary of state, agency Director James Comey said Tuesday, lifting a major legal threat to her presidential campaign. But Comey called her actions “extremely careless” and faulted the agency she led for a lackadaisical approach to handling classified material. Comey’s decision almost certainly brings the legal part of the issue to a close and removes the threat of criminal charges. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said...
TEN SLEEP - The third annual Ten Sleep Climbers' Festival at the Ten Sleep Brewing Company was all the fun promised Saturday night in Ten Sleep. The Bighorn Climbers' Coalition (BCC) threw another successful festival that lived up to the coalitions' motto of 'always free, always fun.' It did not matter if you were an experienced climber or never touched a rock face in your entire existence the atmosphere was inviting and entertaining. The band, A Couple of Carnie Bums, jump started the evening w...
Jacalyn "Jackie" Grace Feraud, 62, of Worland passed away from pneumonia Friday morning, July 1, 2016, at Washakie Medical Center in Worland, Wyoming. Jackie was born on August 14, 1953 in Worland, a daughter of Eleanor (Carlson) and John Maurice Feraud. Jackie was raised on the family sheep ranch on Gooseberry Creek west of Worland. In her early years she began physical, speech and occupational therapy at the Easter Seal Physical Therapy Center in Thermopolis (later became Gottsche Center). At... Full story
Ruby E. Rabun, 84, of Worland, Wyoming passed away on July 3, 2016. She was born on September 13, 1931 in Huntley, Wyoming, a daughter of Hattie Pearl (Jones) and Albert Alonzo Bohannon. She was raised in southeast Wyoming. She met Raymond M. Rabun and the couple were married on September 18, 1947 in Guernsey, Wyoming. They lived in Wheatland, Wyoming where she continued her education. In 1949 the family moved to Worland where her husband was employed in the oilfields. Ruby went to work at Washakie Memorial Hospital in the surgery department.... Full story
GREYBULL, WY........Amos Augustus Howe, 80, passed away peacefully Thursday, June 30, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family. Amos was born August 21, 1935 to Clarence and Irene (Busch) Howe in Greybull Wyoming, the youngest of 3 children and was raised on the family ranch on Beaver Creek. He graduated from Greybull High School in 1954. After graduating from high school he traveled the region doing construction work. He worked on a dam in Yankton, South Dakota, and later, did bridgework throughout Wyoming with CM Smith Construction... Full story
Public Notice Washakie County Commissioners Minutes from the June 21 & 22 2016 Meeting... 
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