Echo Renner, a 41-year-old Republican from Meeteetse announced her campaign for Wyoming House of Representatives District 28 (HD28) during the Park County Lincoln Day Dinner on Friday, April 27.
Incumbent Lorraine Quarberg of Thermopolis said earlier this year she will not seek re-election. Renner is the first candidate to publicly announce. With the new district
The mayors and town officials have spoken when it comes to the sixth-cent sales tax proposal – well, almost.
Meeting in Deaver Thursday night, mayors and/or town representatives of the nine Big Horn County municipalities met to discuss projects to take to voters at the November General Election for the
Riverside High School recently announced the students who will be the valedictorian and salutatorian of the 2012 graduating class. Michael Miller with a grade point average (GPA) of 3.9 is the 2012 valedictorian, and Hannah Hoffman is the salutatorian with a GPA of 3.6.
The town of Basin will be moving up one of the electrical capital improvement projects on the five-year list — connecting the north and south substations.
Mayor Amy Kania said some upgrades that Big Horn REA will be doing to lines coming into the south substation has prompted the town to
The Basin Town Council approved three ordinances addressing rate increases for purified water, mosquito control and garbage Tuesday night.
The council, with little discussion, approved the garbage rate change ordinance on second reading. The change will increase garbage rates $7.80 under the current system of shared trash collection. The town has
Wyoming’s Congressional delegation heard from the Riverside High School student body Monday, asking the senators and representative to support the resolution to oust African warlord Joseph Kony as the RHS student body became part of the global community to help their neighbors in Africa.
Mayors and/or representatives of Big Horn County municipalities gathering in Deaver Thursday night voted to maintain the current funding formula for the county consensus block grant program, leaving towns with the same funding formula they have had in recent years and requiring special districts to negotiate with the county for
Global. We hear that word a lot anymore — global economy, global community, global warming, global language. Webster’s defines global as “involving the entire world.”
What does global community mean to us here in Big Horn County. The free online dictionary describes it as “the people or nations of the world, considered as being closely
The Riverside Rebels skeleton crew improved their times and distances at the Thermopolis pre-qualifying meet last Friday.
Coach Steve Olson said several athletes were gone for other school events but those that competed had strong showings. “We had a great track meet. Most everyone improved their times.” He said there were