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Pondering the State of the Union address

While laying out pages tonight I listened to President Obama’s State of the Union Address. I was interrupted and didn’t hear everything he said, but I did like a few things he said and a few things I’m still pondering.

But one thing I just don’t understand with any president’s State of the Union address,

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Ski, snowmobile areas enjoying strong season

By KARLA POMEROY

Editor

While there may not be much snow in and around Basin, head to the Big Horn Mountains and find all you want for winter recreation.

Bear Lodge owner Rick Young said, “In December we had more snow than we’ve had since 1996-97; that was the second good thing this year.” The

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Sheep crash brings up open range discussion

By KARLA POMEROY

Editor

After 37 sheep were killed on Wyoming Highway 30 Sunday, Jan. 15, people began asking the age old question, “who is responsible when livestock are hit?”

“The wind was blowing it was a cold night and those sheep were going with the wind,” Deputy Bob McGuire said of the crash. The

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Shoshoni gives Lady Huskies the ‘blues’

By Marlys Good

Staff reporter

“We didn‘t show up and play; they didn’t have that spark in the eye they usually have; they beat us in every category,” was how Coach Jerry Patrick summed up his team’s 51-31 defeat at the hands of the Lady Blue in Shoshoni Saturday.

“We’ve been living and dying with

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Buffs place second at Bobcat Invitational

By NATHAN OSTER

Greybull Standard

Matt Grovenstein and Luke Zeller won their weight classes to power Greybull-Riverside to a second-place finish at last weekend’s Bobcat Invitational in Thermopolis.

Lovell, finally getting healthy and now missing only returning state champion Mark Grant, took the team title, putting seven guys in the finals and scoring 229 team

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Two Rebels finalists for state scholar-athlete honor

Two of the three Riverside Rebels nominated as part of the Wyoming chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame state’s top football Scholar-Athlete award were named as finalists.

Mike Miller, Tyler Williamson and Brynnt Wood were among the 72 scholar-athlete nominated from 32 different high schools.

Riverside Coach Adam Tri said

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School resource officer hired for School District No. 4

By KARLA POMEROY

Editor

All three principals for Big Horn County School District No. 4 received contract renewals.

The Big Horn County School District No. 4 Board approved the contract renewals at its Jan. 10 meeting. Tony Anson is the Riverside High School principal, Shane Schaffner is principal at Cloud Peak Middle School and Jared

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Solid Waste Board disagrees on e-waste 

By BOB RODRIGUEZ

Lovell Chronicle

Dealing with so-called e-waste consisting of unwanted electronic devices including computers and television sets stirred discussion but no motions for action during a meeting of Big Horn County Solid Waste District Board in the Lovell Annex on Tuesday night, Jan. 17.

Despite warnings from Board member Aaron Kania, who has

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Rebels drop six straight

By KARLA POMEROY

Editor

The Riverside Rebels hope to break a six-game losing streak this weekend when they host Big Horn Friday night and conference opponent Thermopolis Saturday. The Rebels dropped two games, both conference losses last weekend, falling to Lovell 74-46 at home Friday night and to Rocky Mountain in Cowley 48-39 Saturday. The

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