Each year the First Lady of Wyoming’s Hunger Initiative partners with local law enforcement to deliver food baskets the week of Christmas. This year 69 baskets, went to homes in south Big Horn County.
The Buffs’ Academic Challenge team bounced back at their latest competition, winning first in small schools and overall by a margin of 25 points at Thermopolis High School on Dec. 6.
A Lovell man accused of 16 felony charges relating to incest, sexual abuse and abuse of a minor changed his not guilty plea in the Fifth Judicial District Court of Big Horn County on Tuesday, Dec. 16.
In the early morning hours of Good Friday, April 2, 1909, violence erupted along Spring Creek, seven miles south of Ten Sleep in the southern Big Horn Basin. Three sheepherders were murdered. Two were burned alive inside their wagon, while a third staggered from the flames, wounded, his hands raised, only to be shot down.
A nearly 20-year career as the Big Horn County Sheriff will come to an end in March for Sheriff Ken Blackburn, who this week announced his plans to step away from the position.
The Greybull Area Chamber of Commerce’s lighting contest has a total of 16 entries this holiday season, with the competition extended to home and business categories.
