Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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I’m writing this with two more days of fair week left. Whew. We made it. I’ve always loved fair week and have a lot of fond memories of fair at every newspaper I’ve worked at. My first job out of college was at the Lovell Chronicle, I started in the summer and fair in August helped me get to know a lot of people and children heading into my coverage of my first school year. One thing about the fair in Big Horn County is having lived in Basin for six years, including several years without a restaurant in town, it was great to have so many choic...
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WORLAND - Kathy Bush of Ten Sleep has been leading programs within the Washakie County 4-H program for 26 years. Bush has been involved with 4-H activities since she was young. "4-H wasn't like it is today when I was a child. What we were involved in was clubs. Our Upper Nowood Club was like the Jolly Neighbors and it was a family thing. All of the people in the club brought their canning, sewing, and different grains and each club decorated their space and put their stuff out," Bush said. She...
BASIN - Seven FFA showman from Big Horn County competed for top honors Friday at the Big Horn County Fair Beef Show in Basin. FFA members from Paintrock, Rocky Mountain and Lovell set up their steers in the indoor arena trying to impress the judge and earn grand champion or reserve champion honors. Coming out victorious was Emmer Mercer with Clancey Stoffers as reserve. Judge Dylan Freeman of Cheyenne, who also judged the sheep show on Thursday culled the list of seven down to Mercer and...
CHEYENNE (AP) — Fire officials hope to have full containment by Sunday on the largest wildfire in Wyoming this summer. The fire in the Bridger-Teton National Forest has been burning since July 17 when it was started by lightning. It has burned about 49 square miles of timber, but firefighters have gained 84 percent containment. Evacuation orders were being lifted Friday for the last several dozen residents affected by the fire in Teton County. Elsewhere, additional firefighting resources were arriving Friday to fight a fire that burned about 1...
CODY — The Rocky Mountain Type 1 Incident Management Team (IMT), with Todd Pechota as Incident Commander, assumed command of the Whit Fire Friday morning at 6 a.m. The Whit Fire is burning 12 miles west of Cody. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The IMT is working closely with Park County, the BLM Cody Field Office, and Shoshone National Forest on developing a plan that will focus on ensuring successful suppression of the fire while minimizing risks to firefighter safety. Friday firefighters were scheduled to continue to evaluate st...
WORLAND - The summer is coming to a close and for Green Hills Golf Course golf professional Mike Propp it has been a terrific summer. In the spring Propp and Go Play Golf owner Gary Shampeny were determined to bring out the true potential of the Green Hills course. Together Shampeny and Propp, along with their dedicated staff, achieved just that by providing a well maintained course, listening to the golfers and building a strong junior golf program. Even during the recent heat wave there's a...
In the 21st century we've overused many words like outrage, scandal and controversy. Controversy has been so tapped out by TV media that when you hear Megyn Kelly say "Controversy over 'x'" your reaction isn't intrigue it's more of an eye roll. Here's my own half-baked theory about controversies, the bulk of them are misunderstands mixed with a heavy dose of misinformation. For example Worland Youth Baseball had their version of a non-controversy/misunderstanding. Last month the Worland Junior...
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