Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND - The 11th annual Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championship and Bluegrass Festival kicks off tonight at the Washakie County Fairgrounds. In advance of the event, Governor Matt Mead proclaimed Aug 14-15 "The Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championship and Bluegrass Festival Days" for the state of Wyoming. Originally organized by a loose group of barbecue and music fans in 2004, the festival has grown to host more than 300 competitors and national bluegrass acts such as Leftover Bisquits and Mountain...
LARAMIE – Fast, crazy and fun. Those are the words University of Wyoming true freshman free safety Andrew Wingard used to describe his first few days of fall camp. Wingard's coaches also have liked what they've seen from the 6-foot, 195-pounder from Ralston Valley High in Aurora, Colorado. "His field presence, No. 1," UW safeties coach and pass game coordinator Curt Mallory said. "And, he's a football player. He's physically mature. He doesn't look like a freshman coming out there. Mentally, h... Full story
Tracy Ballew, great-great niece of Worland founder C.H. "Dad" Worland, visited the area Wednesday and Thursday, on vacation from her home in Montgomery County, Mo. Ballew hasn't been to Worland since 1967, when she first vistied with her father, Charles Ike Worland Jr. During her stay, Ballew visited the original Worland townsite, C.H. Worland's home at 520 Culbertson, the Washakie Museum, the historical displays in the Washakie County Courthouse, and Ten Sleep, before a road trip to the Little...
WORLAND - Firefighters have begun demobilizing after fighting the Billy Creek Fire, a fire which was ignited by a Sunday, Aug. 9 lightning strike on the Nature Conservancy's Ten Sleep Preserve southeast of Ten Sleep. According to a press release issued by Worland Fire Protection District No. 1, upon arrival, crews were unable to gain access with engines to suppress the fire. Due to the lack of vehicular access, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft were utilized to slow the fire's growth and make...
