BBQ and bluegrass festival begins tonight

WORLAND – This year’s 12th annual Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championship and Bluegrass Festival kicks off today and Saturday and the event promises music, kid’s events, free admission and lots of barbecue.

Dave Paxton, who’s been involved with the festival for three years, said this is his first year as organizer of the event.

“It is kind of an unfortunate event (how I became this year’s organizer),...