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PEAKS enjoys another successful fundraiser

Published by admin on Wed, 06/28/2023 - 4:22pm

Thunderstorms and heavy rain did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of PEAKS to Conga cyclists, volunteers and attendees as the nonprofit organization set several new records during Saturday's annual fundraiser.

There were a record number of cyclists this year, 167, up from 152 last year.

The silent auction generated $8,598, also a record.

A 50/50 raffle contributed an additional $4,630, with the winner of the drawing pocketing the same amount.

Big Horn County communities fundraise to outfit law enforcement with body armor

Published by admin on Thu, 06/22/2023 - 11:28am

Law Enforcement from throughout Big Horn County received rifle-rated body armor last week after a successful community fundraising effort.

The effort was headed by the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Department and Shield 616, a non-profit organization out of Colorado Springs. 

Chamber office reopens

Published by admin on Thu, 06/15/2023 - 12:13pm

The Greybull Area Chamber of Commerce office reopened early last week, just in time for the annual Days of '49 celebration.

Carol Ebright, with more than 50 years of life experience in the Greybull-Basin area, was hired to staff the office approximately 20 hours per week through the end of October. 

Her official title is information specialist. Her primary tasks are to promote the area and its businesses — not only to visitors but also to community members and other businesses through the chamber's various forms of communication. 

New CEO optimistic about hospital's future

Published by admin on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 11:49am

By Nathan Oster

PEAKS distributions topped $30k last year

Published by admin on Thu, 06/01/2023 - 2:50pm

Jade Smith of Shell would appear to have little in common with Denise and Tom Holbert of Powell.   Jade and her late husband Gil have deep roots in the Greybull and Shell area, while the Holberts were among the new arrivals who found their way to this area a few years ago, relocating from Tennessee.

At first, their common thread was a cancer diagnosis. Now it's their unabashed advocacy of PEAKS to Conga — an annual event in Shell that raises money to help cancer patients and their families with their non-medical financial needs while they undergo treatment.

Local author to hold book signing at grand reopening

Published by admin on Wed, 05/17/2023 - 2:21pm

Local author Scott C. Werbelow will promote his latest book and sign copies in an appearance at the grand reopening of the Greybull Public Library and Greybull Museum Thursday, May 18 from 5-8 p.m.

Werbelow, who resides in Meeteetse and serves as the game warden coordinator of the Cody region, released his second memoir “Son of a Poacher II: Blast From My Past” in August 2022. The book is a sequel to his first book “Son of a Poacher: Wyoming Warden in the Making,” which came out March 2021.

Community rallies support for local family

Published by admin on Thu, 05/11/2023 - 1:58pm

By Nathan Oster and Lisa Kunkel 

 

Group rallying in support of library xeriscape

Published by admin on Thu, 05/04/2023 - 3:45pm

The Greybull Town Council's decision to remove some of the bushes and shrubs around the library/museum and replace them with grass did not go over well with the volunteers who planted them in 2005.

At the time, their vision was a xeriscape, a form of landscaping that utilizes native, drought-resistant plants to reduce the amount of watering required. To help with the costs, they sought out and landed four grants totaling $17,000 from Pacific Power, National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. Forest Service and the Wyoming Urban and Community Forest Council.

An Easter tradition returns

Published by admin on Thu, 04/13/2023 - 3:34pm

The Greybull Elks Lodge and American Legion Post 32 made up for lost time on Sunday, hosting the community's first Easter egg hunt since pre-COVID.  And what a hunt it was.

Taking over for the now defunct Greybull Lions, volunteers from the two organizations filled more than 1,200 eggs and another 2,000 to 2,500 plastic bags and scattered them from one end of the park to the other.

Instead of just a single hunt, they marked out areas and times for age-specific hunts. The plan was for kids 1-4 to go at 1 p.m., 5-7 to follow at 1:15 p.m. and 8-11 to finish up at 1:30 p.m.

Library, museum reopening soon

Published by admin on Thu, 04/06/2023 - 4:35pm

More than three months have passed since the frigid day in December when a broken water line flooded the building the houses Greybull's library and museum as well as one of its most frequently used meeting rooms.

While the impact of the building's closure has been felt by many, progress on its rehabilitation has come swiftly in recent days — to the point where patrons may be able to see the many improvements for themselves.