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Check the Lovell Chronicle Blog for updates as local teams make their way up the tournament brackets to fight for the title of top team in the state.

 

Check out twitter updates for scores updated in real-time.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated Big Horn and Park Counties in Wyoming as a primary natural disaster area due to losses caused by an early freeze that occurred during the period of Oct. 6-13, 2009. 

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With the onset of a severe freeze this week, Lovell area sugar beet farmers are finished harvesting after a season with great promise and even bigger disappointment.

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The Lovell Volunteer Fire Dept.’s annual Firemen’s Food Baskets program is under way once again, with firemen, school children and the general public busy gathering food and donations for the drive.

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This week’s cold snap hit like a ton of bricks. We’re used to this kind of weather, mind you, but it usually doesn’t arrive until January.
Mother Nature hasn’t been good to us in north Big Horn County this fall. First, an early winter-like storm blasted the area in October and spelled doom for what was looking like a near record sugar beet crop. Then, as folks prayed for warm weather, it almost got too warm, causing beet piles to deteriorate faster than they ideally would.

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By David Peck The history of the American West is full of accounts of explorers and travelers – trekkers, if you will – who were looking ...

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By Brad Devereaux A black bear was euthanized on Forest Service land in the Big Horn Mountains Sunday after trying to enter a building, showing no fe...

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By David Peck The “New Look” Mustang Days celebration that started last year will return a bit to the traditional this year with the retu...

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A public forum will be held today (Thursday), April 9, at 7 p.m. at the Lovell Community Center. The purpose of the meeting will be for members of the...

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In the Lovell area “real” crime is not the usual. Readers of the Lovell Chronicle frequently report that the police and sheriff’s report are the most fun the read in our paper. We've complied a list of funny calls printed in the Lovell Chronicle over the past year.

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The pulic is urged to use extreme caution during this period of rapid flucuation of flows below Boysen Dam March 31-April 1.

The Bureau of Reclamation has evaluated a request from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to provide a flushing flow in the Big Horn River downstream of Boysen Dam. Based on reservoir conditions and anticipated inflows to Boysen Resorvoir, Reclamation has determined that a flushing flow can be provide March 31-April 1...

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The long holiday is over, and coaches and players in north Big Horn County are no doubt chomping at the bit to get back to action on the basketball court and wrestling mat. Indoor track will also soon be under way as the new year unfolds.

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Snow pack levels in Wyoming’s high country are looking good early in the winter, especially in areas that affect Big Horn Lake levels, according to the Wyoming snow surveys office of the National Resources Conservation Service in Casper.

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The Wyoming State Legislature 2009 general session begins next week in Cheyenne and local legislators are preparing to make the trip.

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Three schools in Big Horn County were recognized along with 1,922 other schools in the country as America’s Best High Schools in the Dec. 15-22, 2008, edition of U.S. News and World Report.

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The Big Horn County Drug Enforcement Task Force has been chipping away at many issues involving prescription drugs for the past year and a half since the formation of the group. They have come up with a lot of ideas that could help the statewide problem, but have run into a roadblock when it comes to the big ideas: funding. The DETF welcomed local state legislators to their meeting Tuesday to talk about funding needs and possible bills to help fight prescription drug abuse.

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By David Peck
The north Big Horn County community and students and staff members at Lovell Middle School are mourning the loss of star athlete and model student Joseph Ward Strom, 13, who was killed in a single-vehicle rollover Saturday afternoon.

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Col. Richard Knowlton, commander of the Wyoming Army National Guard's 115th Fires Brigade, will meet with community leaders, business owners, families and concerned residents in six Wyoming towns in December to answer questions about his unit's upcoming mobilization.
Dec. 17 at 9 a.m. at the Lovell Fire Hall
Dec. 17 at 5:30 p.m. at the Lovell Armory

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By Brad Devereaux
As the date when the Big Horn County Fire Protection District No. 5 will take over responsibilities for fire coverage in Deaver and Frannie from the Park County district nears, organizers and firefighters are prepared for operations.

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By Brad Devereaux
With the season of giving growing near, there are many organizations in the Lovell area that are making sure everyone has a merry Christmas. Through donations of toys, food or money, anyone can pitch in with the effort.

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