Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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On this day in: 1914 - 1st electric traffic light installed in the USA on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. 1966 - Beatles release single "Yellow Submarine" with "Eleanor Rigby" in UK. 1985 - Establishment of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is announced....
WORLAND – Masks again were at the center of attention as the Washakie County School District (WCSD) No. 1 Board of Trustees held a discussion on whether or not masks should be enforced during the upcoming school year. The discussion came after a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation that students should be wearing masks when in school this upcoming year. During the special board meeting July 29, WCSD No. 1 Superintendent David Nicholas emphasized from the s...
WORLAND - For the second year in a row, the City of Worland's nomination for Community Hero was selected as the regional award by the Wyoming Association of Municipalities. On July 15, Worland Rotary Club was honored with the WAM Region 3 Community Hero Award. Worland Mayor Jim Gill made an award presentation before the council during Tuesday's regular meeting. According to Earla Checchi of WAM, "Successful communities often show places of care, attention, history and heritage." The Community...
Peter August Sehlmeyer, 73-year-old Ten Sleep resident, passed away July 9, 2021 in Casper, Wyoming. Peter was born September 28, 1947 in Iowa City, Iowa. Graveside services were Friday, July 30 at the Ten Sleep Cemetery with military honors. A memorial service follow ed at the Ten Sleep United Methodist Church.... Full story
Last year after fair ended that was it for events thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and then everyone waited with bated breath to see if students would indeed be returning to the classroom. This year, fair week has just ended and August is just gearing up with events and activities in Washakie, Hot Springs and Big Horn counties and Worland schools announced that students will be in the classrooms, starting the year without a mask mandate. If you think it’s been a quiet summer, you have missed a lot but August is packed full of fun, starting t... Full story
Many bikers can be seen braving the Wyoming highways this summer, appreciating the exercise, companionship and often promoting a good cause. For five of those individuals, Wyoming is far from the first stop. Jay Waters is one of a group of veterans biking the Great American Rail Trail, 3,700 miles between the steps of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. and Olympic National Park in Washington state. He has recently made Worland his resting place, enjoying the hospitality offered by groups...
Sisters Brooke and Bailey Wright have been involved with 4-H and FFA for nine and seven years, respectively. As the Wright family plans a move to Douglas, Brooke and Bailey spent last week attending their last fair as Washakie County 4-H and FFA members. Both of the girls cited their family's involvement with the 4-H program as their incentive to join. "My family was always into it, I just decided to give it a try," Bailey said. The younger of the two, she competes with horses, pigs, sheep and g...
GREYBULL - The Bighorn National Forest Invasive and Other Select Plant Management Project is a recent endeavor following in the footsteps of similar projects in Sheridan and Johnson County, as well as in the Jackson area. The main goal of the project is to control the population of invasive annual grasses, namely medusahead (Taeniatherum capu-medusae) and ventenata (Ventenata dubia). On July 27 Bighorn National Forest officials held a public meeting for their Bighorn National Forest Invasive and...
JACKSON — At 73, Jorge Colon had never been to a protest. That changed Thursday, when he and a crowd of more than 20 other people gathered at the corner of Spring Gulch Road and Highway 22 to protest an evening fundraiser for some of the most conservative members of the U.S. House of Representatives. People waved signs that said, “Vote Liz,” “Trump is the Big Liar” and “Stop Funding Hate.” Most of the people who drove past and reacted — usually by honking a horn — gave passersby a thumb... Full story
CASPER — The Biden administration’s pause on federal drilling leases alarmed the oil and gas industry. But a new report argues that its economic impacts will be negligible — even for Wyoming. Decades of stockpiled leases will enable the industry to continue operating normally through the duration of the freeze, according to an analysis published this week by the Conservation Economics Institute. During a Zoom call introducing the report on Wednesday, institute director Evan Hjerpe described the pause as an opportunity to reform an uneco... Full story
Wyoming lawmakers rejected a proposal Wednesday by State Rep. Chuck Gray (R-Casper) to give the Wyoming Legislature the power to audit elections. Gray, who is running for Congress against incumbent U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney in next year’s Republican primary, has made “election integrity” a centerpiece of his campaign. Gray has also touted his visits to the site of an election audit in Arizona inspired by former President Donald Trump’s disproven claims the 2020 election was stolen from him. County clerks’ offices are responsible for auditing... Full story
Circumstances have changed with the COVID-19 Delta variant’s incursion into Wyoming, health experts say, prompting officials to issue new recommendations and many to ask whether more needs to be done to increase the state’s vaccination rate and slow the virus’ spread. Wyoming appears to be in a “new, concerning” phase of the pandemic, the Department of Health announced Wednesday, as the highly-contagious Delta variant is now dominant. “National estimates right now are that about 92% of the virus infections in Wyoming and in our region are... Full story
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