Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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LAS VEGAS – The University of Wyoming football team often has been the underdog since the Mountain West's first year in 1999. The Cowboys have fed off that underdog mentality to prove people wrong and finish better than expected. For example, they were picked to finish last in the Mountain Division in 2016, but won it. However, expectations are higher this season, for both the team and certain players. The media picked UW to finish second behind Boise State in the division, which was a...
WORLAND – The Hot Springs County Fair in Thermopolis runs from July 30 – Aug. 3, officially beginning with the dog show at 6 p.m. Monday evening. However the horse show is Saturday beginning at 8 a.m. in the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds multi-purpose building. The shooting competition is Tuesday at 1 p.m. Contestants will compete in archery, air rifle and air pistol at the multi-purpose building in the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. “People are welcome to go and watch the kids shooting if they would like,” Hot Springs County UW Extensi...
GILLETTE — It was pretty much par for the course for Campbell County School District trustees in approving the district’s 2019 fiscal year budgets. Except for one thing — $11.3 million of one thing. That’s the amount of recapture money the Campbell County School District will send to the state of Wyoming in 2019, about a 301 percent increase from a year ago. It’s something the school district has done since 1984 as one of the richest districts in the state. The money is put into the state’s School Foundation program to pay for schools and...
WORLAND – Saturday morning, the Washakie County Extension office held a worm composting workshop at the community garden in Worland. The workshop was led by Erika Rogers, a Wyoming Worm Wrangler and featured information on how to use garbage, food scraps and worms to make gardens healthier and more flourished. Extension Educator Caitlin Youngquist decided to hold this workshop to do a demonstration and provide an example for those interested within the community. The workshop started out in the...