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THERMOPOLIS — The Big Horn Basin Folk Festival, taking place in Hot Springs State Park in Thermopolis Aug. 5-6 will feature another great line-up of local and regional musicians. The music will run from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 5 and from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 6, based at the pavilion in the state park. “Each year, the line-up for the Festival gets better and better,” Toddi Darlington, one of the organizers of the event said. This year’s performers include old favorites and new faces — Conni...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes inched further into record territory Wednesday after AT&T, Boeing and others joined the parade of big companies reporting stronger profits than analysts expected. Stocks that pay big dividends were particularly strong after the Federal Reserve took a pause in its slow-moving campaign to lift interest rates, as Treasury yields sank lower. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index edged up by 0.70 points, or less than 0.1 percent, to 2,477.83 and added a whisper to its record high set a day earlier. The Dow Jones industri...
Dept. of Foreign Affairs established Today is Thursday, July 27, the 208th day of 2017. There are 157 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 27, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Kerner Commission to assess the causes of urban rioting, the same day black militant H. Rap Brown told a press conference in Washington that violence was "as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to be violent. We will use that violence to rid ourselves of oppression if necessary." On this date: In 1789,...
WORLAND — A utility customer scam that has been circulating for several years appears to have come back to the Big Horn Basin this summer. In 2013, Rocky Mountain Power, in a press release stated that for the past year they have warned customers about a phone scam targeting utility customers throughout the nation, including Rocky Mountain Power customers. Unfortunately, these fraudulent calls to residential and business customers continue to occur and some have fallen victim to the scam. On Tuesday, Thermopolis Hot Springs Chamber of C...
WORLAND — Chancey Williams and The Younger Brothers Band kicks off a week of music at the Washakie County Fair with a concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday night. Following their Top 10 debut on the iTunes Country Album chart, Wyoming native and singer-songwriter, Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band will be performing songs from their latest album, “Rodeo Cold Beer” in the concessions area. Ticket prices are the wristband fee for the fair, $10 for the week or $5 for the day. Earning the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Heatseekers Mountain chart...
THERMOPOLIS – At a meeting Monday night, Thermopolis officials discussed the increase in visitors and recommendations for residents in preparation of the solar eclipse Aug. 21. “I will just share with you one thing I read that was news to me. When this thing really gets rolling, when it really begins to happen the first thing that crosses the normal human being’s mind is: ‘I’m going to have to find out where and when the next one of these is because I want to be there.’ That’s why we have so many people coming here because there are a whole l...
CODY — Precipitation fell over the June Fire Tuesday with more expected over the next couple days. Ahead of the rain, crews completed containment line along the northern perimeter of the fire and worked to suppress small spot fires in the northeastern corner. There are areas on the fire that continue to hold heat in the heavier concentrations of vegetation with smoldering and creeping fire behavior, according to a press release. Sparse vegetation and other natural barriers continue to limit the fires growth to the south. Due to the reduction i...
BASIN – The Big Horn County Fair in Basin officially kicks off Monday morning with horse judging but the dog show is tomorrow at 9 a.m. The fun starts Wednesday with a variety of free events for kids of all ages and culminates with a rodeo and concert next Friday, Aug. 5. “We aren’t having a carnival this year,” explained Fair Director Sheila Paumer, “but we will be having laser tag and an inflatable fun zone, free of charge.” Behind the fairgrounds main hall, activities will include an inflatable fun zone and laser tag Wednesday through Sat...
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has diagnosed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a cow elk that was found dead in southeast Washakie County. The elk was found about 30 miles southwest of Kaycee. The dead elk was part of the Big Horns elk movement study. This study is evaluating the migrations and behaviors of elk in the Big Horn Mountains. CWD is less common in elk than it is in deer, and CWD has been documented in this part of the state in deer, for elk it has previously been detected to the northeast of Elk Hunt Area 48, w...
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