Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND - The Worland High School golf season came to a close in Riverton, Saturday, and after all the dust settled Warrior Karsten Simmons brought home the individual state championship. Simmons, a freshman, shot 74, 69-143 to beat out 3A's defending champion, Lander's Jaren Calkins, by two strokes. At the start of the tournament, things were not going Simmons' way as he was down seven strokes to Calkins halfway through the first round. But on his final nine holes of the first round, Simmons tu...
WORLAND – Washakie County Commissioners heard concerns from the county Maintenance Department, Sheriff’s Office, County Attorney’s Office and Lighthouse staff after damages to the Lighthouse facility, due to several episodes from out-of-county patients. The seven-bed Lighthouse center run by Cloud Peak Counseling, houses almost 70 patients per year, per average, from Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park, Fremont and Washakie counties. A 2017 expansion brought more room to the facility, with a social detox and high risk area, at a total cost of $97,0...
LOVELL (WNE) — The Big Horn County Sheriff’s Department is warning local residents of at least one individual impersonating a police officer on north Big Horn County roads. According to Sheriff Blackburn, a large SUV has been reported with the words “police” in big blue letters on the side of it. It is not a vehicle that belongs to any local enforcement agencies, Blackburn said. “There are no large SUVs used within our sheriff department or our local police departments,” Ken Blackburn said. Wyoming Highway Trooper Lee Pence said the SUV has...
EVANSTON — The Uinta County School District No. 1’s policy allowing for concealed carry of firearms by approved staff has been declared null and void. Judge Nena James of the Third District Court of Sweetwater County issued her decision on Friday, Sept. 14. Policy CKA was passed by the UCSD No. 1 Board of Trustees in March of this year following the passage of legislation during the 2017 session of the Wyoming Legislature that granted districts the authority to adopt rules and regulations allowing for approved staff to carry concealed fir...
