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Thanks to a combination of large wildfires in Idaho and Oregon, the Bighorn Basin is likely to be covered in a dense smoke plume for the discernible future. The skies of the Bighorn Basin continue to be hazy and full of smoke. With only one minor wildfire in Wyoming, it means the smoke is blowing…
When it comes to wildfires, Wyoming is “blazing the way” as one of the states most affected by devastating fires in 2020 – an ominous sign for the summer. 2020 wasn’t a good year for wildfires in Wyoming. Massive conflagrations like the Mullen Fire consumed hundreds of thousands of acres. Now, statistics show Wyoming was…
The University of Wyoming is taking a more active role in economic relief with a new grant for small industries affected by the current bust in fossil fuels. The Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network recently received a Portable Assistance Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide technical and advising assistance…
If you want to hear and speak about future W.Y.D.O.T. projects in the Bighorn Basin, a series of public meetings is the best chance you have to have your say. A series of annual public meetings are scheduled to address future highway improvement projects in northwest Wyoming, and a self-guided online meeting to allow citizens…
Every year all of us here at the Bighorn Radio Network and our sister stations in Buffalo and Gillette spend two days in the spring raising awareness about childhood cancer. St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital has been doing this for years and will continue to make great progress in curing this horrible disease. The United…
Our great state of Wyoming became a state on July 10, 1890.The 10th largest state by area, it is also the least populous, and the least densely populated state in the contiguous United States. The state population was 576,851 at the 2020 U.S. census. The state capital and the most populous city is Cheyenne, which had an estimated population of 64,235 in 2019.
Can You Dig It? Coming up Monday, July 12th, a volleyball match-up will take place between Powell High School and Powell Valley Health Care. The match will take place at 6:30pm at Powell High School. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under. Admission includes dinner and 1 ticket for a chance…
Good news for a Las Vegas family, as their dog – lost in Yellowstone – was found and safely returned after surviving two weeks in the wilderness of the park. Over the past few weeks, members of the Facebook group “yellowstone National Park” have been following the search for Delta, a 70-pound black Goldendoodle that…
The Fourth of July in Yellowstone didn’t blow up records from previous years, but it shows visitation continues its trend of more vehicles and more people. Yellowstone officials released the official visitation statistics for the entire Fourth of July weekend – July 2 to 5. Vehicle entry data is collected from park entrance stations’ point-of-sale…
The Worland City Council unanimously approved a request for exception. The request was asked, in a letter, that a 1914 Model-T be allowed to stay positioned at Eighth Street and Grace Avenue. The Model-T is positioned not to interfere with the driver’s on the street ability to safely and clearly see the roadway. The Model-T…