Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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TEN SLEEP - Traditions die hard in Ten Sleep. One tradition in particular, "the jam," when musicians of all levels of talent gather to trade riffs and shares songs, has evolved into a full-blown event. With mandolins, guitars and banjos in hand, local musicians have gathered together over the years on Ten Sleep front porches, in crowded corners of the various bars and businesses, and sometimes on the street, despite the Town's municipal code forbidding outdoor music (there's a $100 fine if you...
THERMOPOLIS-When "Sue" the Tyrannosaurus Rex was discovered in 1990 by Sue Hendrickson on a commercial fossil hunting trip near Faith, S.D., Peter Larson was with Hendrickson for what would become the discovery of a lifetime. Hendrickson had stumbled upon the largest fully intact Tyrannosaurus rex in history. Hendrickson was part of an excavation team lead by Larson, president of the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research. The team quickly went to work, purchasing the fossil for $5,000 bef...
WORLAND — Worland’s Church of Christ welcomed a new minister in June. Troy Woolery said his first Sunday with the church was June 14. The Worland church is his first full-time preaching position, he said in an interview earlier this week. Woolery grew up in the Church of Christ in Perry, Okla. “I served in about any capacity except elder,” Woolery said, including teaching, preaching and singing. “I always wanted to consider life in the ministry,” Woolery said. He worked with his father in their electric sales and service business. He said tra...
WORLAND — The Wyoming Business Alliance released its reports to all 23 counties from the Tour 23 that was conducted earlier this year. Tour 23 stopped in Worland in April and the seven-page report is a synopsis of the four-hour meeting that was held at Firenze with business and community leaders. According to WBA/Wyoming Heritage Foundation President Bill Schilling, the WBA undertook a major initiative this spring to discuss and document business conditions and economic development goals throughout Wyoming, county by county. “The ende...
