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Railroad crossing annoys, worries residents of Deaver

Published by admin on Thu, 10/14/2021 - 9:17am

There’s an ultimate speed bump as a driver enters Deaver from the north, but while it may slow vehicles to a crawl, it’s not a good thing for the community, according to Mayor Bill Camp.

Hospital board gets positive revenue report, discusses bonuses

Published by admin on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 10:41am

August proved to be another good month with a gross revenue of $1.75 million, according to Three Rivers Health CEO Tadd Greenfield. “Our gross revenue was actually one of the highest we have ever had” commented the CEO during the regularly scheduled board meeting in September.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous People continue to plague Wyoming with photos

Published by admin on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 2:33pm

With all the national coverage of her disappearance and the discovery of her body in Wyoming, the name of Gabby Petito is familiar to most.

Truck fire fills the sky with smoke Saturday

Published by admin on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 9:17am

A spectacular truck fire at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains Saturday morning that sent thick, black smoke high into the sky and featured leaping flames fortunately resulted in no injuries, though the fire did hold up traffic on U.S. 14A for some time.

Three National Guardsmen assigned to North Big Horn Hospital provide crucial services

Published by admin on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 9:16am

With North Big Horn Hospital still facing staffing shortages from the impact of COVID-19, National Guardsmen assigned to the hospital have proved crucial to its operations this past week, hospital officials state.

Fair board reviews public input ideas

Published by admin on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 2:06pm

At the Sept. 13 Big Horn County Fair Board meeting, the board discussed the input they had received at two public forums. Board member Austin Layne said there were a lot of people at the north end forum. Fair manager Masey Tippetts said there were five people at the south forum.

School districts struggle to overcome substitute shortage

Published by admin on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 9:23am

Doug Hazen, Superintendent for Big Horn County School District No. 2, spent a morning last week as a cafeteria worker, serving lunch to students as they walked by in line.

Another day last week, he taught fifth-grade math.

School board tackles mask, other COVID-19 issues in special meeting

Published by admin on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 1:48pm

A spike in the number of COVID-19 cases and lack of county and state mandates prompted Big Horn County School District No. 4 board members to take action and update their COVID-19 plan during a special meeting last week. The impromptu gathering, called to order Sept. 7, was held on the heels of similar special meetings conducted by several school districts in Big Horn and Park counties.

Locals recall where they were on 9-11-01

Published by admin on Thu, 09/09/2021 - 1:43pm

Denise Ellison: In those years I listened to the news on TV while I got ready for work. The reports starting coming through. It was unbelievable but the TV was showing the pictures. I remember having a news feed on my computer at work all day and being glued to the news for many days. Shock…that is what I felt. I will never forget.

NYC: There was soot everywhere and sirens blaring: First hand experience from former Basin resident Robin Zorn.

Published by admin on Thu, 09/09/2021 - 1:30pm

I was working in the city and commuting from Goshen. I was on the bus with a lot of people married to cops and firemen so their phones were going crazy.