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Railroad crossing annoys, worries residents of Deaver

Published by admin on Thu, 10/14/2021 - 9:17am

There’s an ultimate speed bump as a driver enters Deaver from the north, but while it may slow vehicles to a crawl, it’s not a good thing for the community, according to Mayor Bill Camp.

Truck fire fills the sky with smoke Saturday

Published by admin on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 9:17am

A spectacular truck fire at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains Saturday morning that sent thick, black smoke high into the sky and featured leaping flames fortunately resulted in no injuries, though the fire did hold up traffic on U.S. 14A for some time.

Three National Guardsmen assigned to North Big Horn Hospital provide crucial services

Published by admin on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 9:16am

With North Big Horn Hospital still facing staffing shortages from the impact of COVID-19, National Guardsmen assigned to the hospital have proved crucial to its operations this past week, hospital officials state.

School districts struggle to overcome substitute shortage

Published by admin on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 9:23am

Doug Hazen, Superintendent for Big Horn County School District No. 2, spent a morning last week as a cafeteria worker, serving lunch to students as they walked by in line.

Another day last week, he taught fifth-grade math.

Loss of 117 in population has Lovell officials puzzled

Published by admin on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 8:37am

Local officials are scratching their heads about the community level results of the 2020 United States census that shows the seemingly growing community of Lovell being hit with a significant drop in population, along with other towns in the county and state.

Big Horn Mountains fire consumes 383 acres

Published by admin on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 10:22am

A fire located 30 miles northeast of Lovell in the Big Horn Mountains had grown to 383 acres as of Tuesday afternoon. 

Town of Lovell expresses interest in National Guard armory building

Published by admin on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 10:20am

The Town of Lovell last week expressed interest in working with the Wyoming Army National Guard to take possession of the armory building in Lovell if the Guard ends up moving operations from Lovell to Sheridan in the years ahead.

Bighorn Canyon fire put down quickly

Published by admin on Thu, 07/08/2021 - 1:04pm

A lightning caused fire in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Saturday afternoon was contained and extinguished in short order thanks to a quick response from the Lovell Volunteer Fire Dept.

Bighorn Canyon fire put down quickly

Published by admin on Thu, 07/08/2021 - 1:03pm

A lightning caused fire in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Saturday afternoon was contained and extinguished in short order thanks to a quick response from the Lovell Volunteer Fire Dept.

Lake advocates explain concerns to Rep. Cheney advisor

Published by admin on Thu, 06/10/2021 - 8:09am

North Big Horn County’s lake ambassadors last week took yet another federal official on a tour of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area to instruct her about the issues concerning the lake and recreation area.