Crews contracted by the Custer National Forest are getting ready to begin work repairing and rebuilding a section of fence that separates the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range from adjacent National Forest land designated as a natural wilderness area.

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While there are many town celebrations in north Big Horn County, a new and unique celebration will be held for the first time in Deaver this year and promises to be one not to miss.

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Citizens who received the qualifying number of write-in votes for north Big Horn County town council and mayor seats have been deciding whether to accept the nominations and be added to the ballot for the Nov. 2 General Election, Big Horn County Clerk Dori Noyes said this week.

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The dust has settled from the first ever Hyart Film Festival after a whirlwind weekend where film lovers had all they could handle. Organizers of the event said they thought the event was an overall success, though they hoped for higher attendance.

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The young Lovell golf team got some first-tournament jitters out of the way and competed well at the Powell Invitational last Thursday and Friday.

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There has been a lot going on at North Big Horn Hospital recently, and an increase in patient numbers helped to break a few records at the facility in July.

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Lovell-area students will have to give up their summer break and head back to school next week, as Big Horn County School District No. 2 begins classes for the 2010-11 school year Monday, Aug. 30. Teachers reported back to work at the district one week prior on Monday, Aug. 23.

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Death notice

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Michelle McColloch Burns of Greybull was re-elected as County Attorney — after a four-year absence.

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It was a convincing victory Tuesday for Big Horn County Sheriff Ken Blackburn, who won the Republican nomination and is on track to be re-elected to a second term Tuesday, reeling in an unofficial 2,072 votes compared to 1,527 for opponent Ben Mayland.

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The Hyart Theater will be open for its regular hours this weekend, but the historic theater won’t be showing its normal schedule of recent feature-length films. Instead, the theater is being taken over by artists from around the world for a chance to show their films at the first-ever Hyart Film Festival in Lovell on Friday and Saturday.

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The dog days of summer are here and for the most part all we want to be doing is to be sitting by the pool or maybe at least fishing on a stream bank in the mountains. The last thing we probably want to be doing is working in the yard, especially weeding the garden.

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The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation and the State Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating a fire that occurred Sunday night in Lovell, burning a portion of a trailer home on the north side of Lovell.

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Knowledge of local trails and landmarks came in handy for a search party that helped get a lost woman out of the woods last week. While the woman may not have known where the trails she was on were headed, Lovell Fire Captain Bob Mangus realized her travel plan was impossible, and quickly made the decision to start search efforts.

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Voters across Wyoming will go to the polls Tuesday to decide a number of very interesting political races, and some of the best are here in Big Horn County, with 13 contested local races to be decided in the nominating election.

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The Big Horn County Relay For Life event was a huge success again this year, bringing in $32,011 for cancer research and initiatives of the American Cancer Society.

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After a lengthy investigation that was concluded thanks to useful tips from an anonymous source, the people buried at Kane Cemetery and their living loved ones can rest easy as justice is being served to the vandals who desecrated the cemetery late last year.

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A falling tree in the Pryor Mountains took the life of a Lovell-area young man on Sunday after a tragic logging accident.

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The public is invited to the Pryor Mountain Wild Mustang Center for the seventh annual Meet the Mustangs event Saturday. Attendees will get a chance to see Pryor Mustangs up close and ask questions about the herd and enjoy other fun activities for the all-day event.

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The Lovell Town Council gave the go-ahead for the Town of Lovell to apply for a grant to tear down and remediate hazardous materials at the old North Big Horn Hospital building on East 10th Street last Thursday night following a public hearing at town hall.

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