Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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LARAMIE — Washakie County 4-H was in Laramie at the University of Wyoming last week participating in the 2017 Showcase Showdown event. The event drew over 300 4-Hers from across Wyoming to participate in state contests including, livestock skill-a-thon, dog skill-a-thon, rocketry, robotics, table setting, cake decorating, horse judging, hippology, produce judging, food cook-off and presentations, plus educational workshops, dances and lots of fun, according to Washakie County 4-H Educator Amber Armajo. The youth from Washakie County p...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a bruising setback, Senate Republican leaders shelved a vote on their prized health care bill Tuesday until at least next month, forced to retreat by a GOP rebellion that left them lacking enough votes to even begin debate. “We will not be on the bill this week,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters in what was a remarkable reversal of plans to push one of President Donald Trump’s and the GOP’s top priorities through the chamber this week. “But we’re still working toward getting at least 50 peop...
THERMOPOLIS – According to a press release issued by Hot Springs County Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon, the Bureau of Reclamation announced Tuesday afternoon that the water level in Boysen has leveled off and that the release of 9,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) will be maintained until the end of the week. An announcement is expected about reducing the amount released early next week. Inflow into Boysen has now dropped below the release flow. Inflows are forecast to diminish daily over the next several days. Runoff filled four fe...
CHEYENNE — Motorists will pay more for driver license and motor vehicle registration fees starting July 1. During the 2017 legislative session, lawmakers approved two bills, which will increase the fees for a driver license and the state’s portion of motor vehicle registrations. The new law takes effect July 1. The increases will replace a portion of the $25 million in state general funding lawmakers removed from the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s budget this past session. WYDOT received those funds each fiscal year to maintain and o...
Memorial services for Betty J. Schlager, 80, will be at 11 a.m. at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church on Saturday, July 1. Mrs. Schlager passed away June 22, 2017 in Thermopolis. Mortimore Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.... Full story
Timothy Wayne Simpson, 57, passed away at his residence in Thermopolis, June 25, 2017. Memorial services are pending at the Hot Springs Christian Church in Thermopolis. Mortimore Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.... Full story
William W. Felton, 77-year-old Ten Sleep resident passed away at his daughter’s home in Big Horn, on June 26, 2017. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 16, 2017 at Willow Park in the Big Horn Mountains. Bryant Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements.... Full story
A set of closures of U.S. 20/Wyoming 789 Wednesday and Thursday in Wind River Canyon are intended to help a contractor successfully and safely bring a large rock off the canyon wall to the edge of the highway. "The rock we were trying to bring down has been more difficult than we anticipated," said Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Kaia Tharp of Thermopolis. Traffic delays of up to 20 minutes are still in play inside Wind River Canyon, but Wednesday and Thursday, road closures will begin at 1 p.m. The road closures of U.S....
WORLAND – The Washakie County Attorney’s office has released the name of the man injured in a police-officer shooting in Worland Sunday night. Former Worland resident Joel Moreno, 32, was shot in the abdomen after allegedly attacking Worland police officers with a baseball bat. Moreno is still receiving treatment in a Billings hospital. His condition has been upgraded to fair, according to a release from the County Attorney’s Office. Officers responded to a disturbance call on the 400 block of Obie Sue Avenue at approximately 11 p.m. Sunday. Th...