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Incoming, outgoing council members discuss future

Published by admin on Wed, 12/30/2020 - 1:19pm

A changing of the guard will occur in the coming days with the swearing in of new Greybull Town Council members Terra Robbins and David Bernard, which will officially end the tenures of Clay Collingwood and Marquerite VanDyke.

No special meeting is planned, as Robbins and Bernard plan to visit Town Hall informally after the first of the year to take the oath of office.  Newcomers on the town’s political scene, they were the top two vote-getters in the November general election.

Bighorn Canyon Supt. Tranel promoted but leaves behind strong team

Published by admin on Thu, 12/17/2020 - 12:56pm

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Supt. Mike Tranel has received a promotion to become deputy superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, but he’s not leaving the cupboard bare with a strong team in place at the park near Lovell, he said in an interview this week.

Antelope Butte to open Dec. 18

Published by admin on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 1:49pm

While brown continues to be the primary color of the landscape at lower elevations, Antelope Butte Mountain Recreation Area in the Big Horn Mountains reportedly has a solid base of snow as it readies for the opening day of its 2020-21 ski season on Friday, Dec. 18.

“We are anticipating a great season,” said Nikki Ulug, development coordinator for the Antelope Butte Foundation. 

County officials react to state mask mandate

Published by admin on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 10:12am

The Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office will not enforce Gov. Mark Gordon’s statewide mask mandate. Still, county officials are hopeful the order will help mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

Last call for tours of Qualls' winter wonderland

Published by admin on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 3:25pm

It was 1976 when Barbara Qualls, who was living in California, put together her initial “Winter  Wonderland” display. It wasn’t big or elaborate, featuring just three houses, but year by year it found new life as Quall added something new, something different.

When Qualls moved to Greybull she brought the wonderland with her, and each year opened her doors to the community to share the beautiful, diverse display that she painstakingly puts together each year.

For Three Rivers, positive financial trends continue

Published by admin on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 3:12pm

Positive financial trends continue for hospital district

By Tammy Keele

The South Big Horn County Hospital District’s board of directors meeting normally scheduled for the fourth Wednesday of the month was held a week early due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. The Nov. 18 Zoom meeting covered several topics including free turkeys, positive financials, surgical suite design changes, and an end to board member Jeff Petty’s term. 

'All Shook Up' on stage this weekend

Published by admin on Thu, 11/19/2020 - 1:15pm

By Marlys Good

Elvis Presley, or more correctly his music, takes center stage  tonight at 7 p.m. at the Greybull High School auditorium in the first of three performances of “All Shook Up.”

Tickets will NOT be available at the door.  You can purchase one at the GHS office for $7 each exact cash or by check made out to Greybull Arts Council. No phone reservations will be taken.

All those attending MUST wear a mask, as per a directive from the Wyoming High School Activities Association.

County not planning to request local mask mandate

Published by admin on Thu, 11/19/2020 - 1:13pm

While a statewide order could still come from the governor’s desk, members of Big Horn County’s COVID-19 incident management team say they have no intention of requesting a local order that would require people in the county to wear masks.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the state had approved local mask mandate requests from 12 of the state’s 23 counties, including Park and Hot Springs counties in the Big Horn Basin, as well as Teton, Laramie, Albany, Natrona, Sweetwater, Sheridan, Lincoln, Goshen, Sublette and Carbon counties.

Hawkins inducted into Wyoming Aviation Hall of Fame

Published by admin on Sat, 11/14/2020 - 9:59am

The late Daniel “Dan” Hawkins is one of the latest inductees into the Wyoming Aviation Hall of Fame for  work in the field of aviation.

Hospital taking overflow patients

Published by admin on Thu, 11/05/2020 - 9:39am

CNO Linda Walker reported South Big Horn County Hospital, also known as Three Rivers Health, has been very busy. She attributed it to an influx tied to COVID-19.