Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND - Current and future rodeo stars gathered at the Washakie County Fairgrounds Friday to compete in the Washakie County Fair rodeo and junior rodeo. Friday morning the up and coming stars of rodeo were the first to show off their skills. Mutton bustin', barrel racing, goat tying, stick horse racing and other events made up the junior rodeo. After all was said and done Wyatt Bolken (Boys 16-13), MaKayla Fulfer (Girls 16-13), Marie Bliss (Girls 12-10), Dylan Casdorph (Boys 12-10), Mesa Allen...
Walter Leonard Gould, age 93, passed away on July 17, 2016, in Peoria, AZ. He was born in Burlington, Wyoming in 1923 to Claude Peter and Emily (Erickson) Gould, the eighth of ten children. His mother died when he was 6 years old, and he had a hard childhood, but with encouragement from his older brothers, Don and Earl, he graduated from Ten Sleep High School and went to the University of Wyoming. His education was interrupted by World War II and he served in the US Navy, a source of many...
WORLAND – The high winds around the Big Horn Basin this past weekend are common for the summer storm months. Meteorologist-In-Charge Chris Jones said, “A lot of it depends on our atmospheric conditions and how much moisture is available.” Jones said winds peaked at the Worland Municipal Airport at 4:20 p.m. at 52 miles per hour on Sunday and South Big Horn County Airport (Greybull) at 55 miles per hour. Jones said the winds are common for the summer months and usually winds are between the 40 – 50 mile-per-hour mark and as far as damage,...
WORLAND - A Worland man won the Hard Luck Award at the Big Horn County Demolition Derby Sunday in Basin after getting injured in the truck class and unable to finish the competition in the limited-weld car class. Joey Maul of Worland has competed for three years in demolition derbies all around Wyoming but Sunday was his first time in the truck class. "It was definitely more fun," Maul said. Shortly after the truck class got started Maul's Y3J truck got hit on the side and the hit was just right...
WORLAND – Seven bands from across the state competed for the coveted first-place prize of $1,000 at Worland's first Battle of the Bands. The winners were Day by Day, a band of five made up from Greybull and Powell. Band members Adrian Melin, Jordan Jackson, Jess Bakken and brothers Oscar Garay and Julius Cesar Garay said it felt great to win. Julius said they plan to use the money for their upcoming tour and to get started on recording and get a demo out. In addition to winning Battle of the B...
Last Sunday morning about 6:45, a car pulled up next to my house, and it included Sharon Garrity and Jan Corbin, each a granddaughter of William Minnick. For the last several weeks, Sharon has been sending me emails telling me of her great desire to see Minnick Basin and the land that her grandfather patented far south of Worland (almost to the headwaters of Nowater Creek). As I wrote in my last column, Minnick Basin has a significant history for these folks. It was there in 1903 that their great-uncle, Ben Minnick, was gunned down while he was...
