Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND — Washakie County Clerk Mary Grace Strauch announced Wednesday, July 27 that Commissioner Chairman Fred Frandson had withdrawn from the county commissioner race and less than a week later, Frandson passed away. Frandson passed away on Monday, August 1, after a battle with cancer. He was appointed to the Washakie County Commissioners on June 30, 2016, and elected to a full term in 2018. He was initially one of five candidates seeking two seats up on the county board of commissioners in the upcoming primary election. In his withdrawal l...
WORLAND — Father and son Niles Wesley Veal, 71, and Cody James Veal, 42, both of Sheridan County, received probation for charges that stemmed from an incident in the Big Horn Mountains in September 2021. The incident on Sept. 14, 2021, began with a call from the campground host for breach of peace at Leigh Creek Campground, escalated at the Baby Wagon Road area where the Washakie County Sheriff’s deputy located the Veals. According to testimony during the preliminary hearing he visited with the Veals before deciding to make an arrest. He testif...
Edna Lee Kraft was born on May 25, 1942 to Harry and Helen Nickelson in Boysen, Wyoming. Edna passed away on July 23, 2022 in Warden, Washington at home. The family will hold a private service together in a remembrance of her life.... Full story
The loss of Commissioner Fred Frandson this week brought back thoughts of the late Dale Wagner, whom Frandson was appointed to replace after Wagner’s passing in 2016. Both had a strong love of Washakie County, were active in their community and their presence has been and will be missed. Frandson was seeking a second full term as county commissioner. Win or lose he would have still been active in the community and working to make Washakie County better. He may not have been born here but this was his home, his family’s home. He was pas... Full story
This weekend my best friend from college came up to enjoy fair and attend the Confederate Railroad concert. She is the first person I texted when I learned that the fair board had locked in the country group. When we were in college we attended a number of concerts including the Judds, Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson. After college we saw Alan Jackson and Holly Dunn. The latter we reminisced about because it was at War Memorial Stadium and the opening act played through the rain but Dunn and her band played one song and canceled the show. It was... Full story
WORLAND — Grab your partner and your dancing shoes and come out Saturday night to the “Hometown Hootenanny” at the Worland Community Center. The event is a hosted by the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center and the Community Center in a joint partnership. Museum Executive Director Marian Bender said, “The Hometown Hootenanny will provide the larger Worland community with a unique and inexpensive activity that offers entertainment, mental and physical fitness, as well as fellowship. Square dancing, no matter the style, is a uniquely American dance...
By Randy Pickett was hiking along a creek bottom during a recent camping trip in the Bighorn National Forest when he noticed tire tracks in the vegetation. “I’m like, ‘those are tire tracks from somebody’s ATV, and they drove at least a mile up-creek, off trail — probably just to go fishing,’” he said. Pickett grew up in Wyoming, and has been camping in the Bighorns for decades. He does it for the solitude, fishing, exploring and technology-free family time. But through the years, Pickett said, he’s seen more resource damage as crowds mushroom... Full story
I’ve recently taken up learning French. That sounds grander than it is. All I did was download Duolingo on my phone. But it’s time to flex what I’ve learned by writing a poem in French to honor the passing of NBA legend Bill Russell. Il s’appelle Bill Russell. Je suis Alex. Chat. Chien. Bonne nuit. Alright, so it’s mostly nonsense and not even close to honoring Russell. I just started learning and only know like 30 words. Nonsense aside, I remember watching a “Sports Century” piece on Russell when I was in high school. I was about to turn the c... Full story
Fred Wayne Frandson, 60, passed away in his home, surrounded by family after a short, unexpected battle with cancer on August 1, 2022 in Worland, Wyoming. Fred was born in Greybull, Wyoming to Elmer George and Margaret Pearl (Hoss) Frandson on January 14, 1962. He was the youngest of three siblings, Darrell, Larry and Anita. At the age of five, Fred and his family moved to Staples, Minnesota where he attended school and graduated in 1980. He attended college briefly, coming back to his family... Full story
Harold Stidolph, born July 1, 1943 in Malta, MT, passed away on Sunday, April 10th, 2022. He was the first of eight children born to Ethel and Dennis Stidolph. In 1954, age 11, grade 5, he stood up in a Friday night gospel meeting led by Charles Preston at Geraldine Convention in June as a declaration he wished to be included in the faith both his parents and Grandma and Grandpa Chanlund had embraced. That choice never wavered for the rest of his life. He is preceded in death by his Chanlund... Full story
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