Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
The Northern Wyoming News staff has been working hard over the past few weeks on our 79th annual Big Horn Basin Edition.
I am excited for you to check out the special features we have for you this year.
This section has changed over the years.
In the beginning it used to be included in the overall section of the paper, making the section at times 100 pages. In the beginning it was about progress and as communities and businesses grew there was a lot of progress to report on.
When I began as editor of the Northern Wyoming News, the Big Horn Basin Edition at that time was three separate sections published on one day — one for healthy living, one for business and industry and one for people and history. It narrowed to two sections and for the past three years it has been one section covering “The People, Business and History of Our Area.”
We work to highlight progress of businesses. This year we highlight the opening of a new business in Greybull (Wyld Sage Coffee), and an expansion of another business, Tipsy Cow. We also highlight the 15-year history of a Worland business, Big Horn Basin Tire & Off Road.
We also work on historical features and we have plenty of those this year, some we target and some fall into our lap such as Lucia McCreery reaching out about her book on William A. Richards and wanting to share her story with our readers; or when Dustin Fuller gives us a call about the research project he has been involved with regarding the Pure Oil Company camp and the houses that still exist; or when Julie Wetherbee notes her father, Lowell Peterson, is the last surviving charter member of the chamber ambassadors in Worland. That story lent itself to two features in this year’s section.
There are features that derived from other stories such as the story about the Flannerys renovating old cabins. This story came from a story about Maureen and her poem reading with fellow author Linda Robertson last year.
The story on the bridge research came through a longtime friendship with John Bernhisel. The story on the Arapaho Ranch Field Station came as a suggestion from Barrie Bryant.
We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we did writing them and compiling them.
We want to thank all of our contributors this year and for everyone allowing us to share their stories, most especially for taking time to visit with us.
We are already in the planning stages for the 80th annual Big Horn Basin Edition next June. While the format has changed, one thing remains, there are still plenty of stories left to tell around Washakie County and the Big Horn Basin.
If you have a suggestion reach out by calling 347-3241 or email [email protected]