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Outside Circle Wow. That wind was sure something, wasn’t it? There were too many fires, too much grass and timber burned. I’m sure sorry for losses that folks experienced. Thanksfully, no human lives, but livestock were lost. It’s just too early in the year for fire danger to be this high. Please pray fervantly for rain. Stadheims are hosting three Sunday jackpot team ropings at their arena east of Belle Fourche, S.D. on the Fruitdale road. They will be April 11 and 25, and May 8. Enter a...

March 17, 2021 The University of Wyoming men’s and women’s teams open the spring season with a pair of Central Rocky Mountain Region (CRMR) rodeos this weekend in Gillette. The Sheridan rodeo is scheduled in Gillette March 18-19, and the host Pronghorns will have their own rodeo March 20-21. Both rodeos will have just one head and one run for each competitor this weekend, instead of the usual long and short go rounds during a weekend event. Both the Cowboys and Cowgirls will be going for th...

Administrative Assistant/Human Relations Technician, (AA/HRT) at our Rock Springs office.   Position Description The AA/HRT will be the primary lead on organizing and implementing the company’s human resource strategy. The AA/HRT will also serve as the company’s administrative assistance with duties assigned by the President to assist the senior leadership of the company. The position will have the primary responsibility of coordinating WWB’s employee hiring and onboarding, coordination ...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has again turned down local biologists’ proposal to add birds to a tiny, isolated sage grouse population that dwells up the Gros Ventre River basin in order to avert its total collapse. The idea of augmenting the Gros Ventre’s resident grouse, last censused with just two male birds remaining, was born from a local working group that helps oversee Jackson Hole’s sage grouse. Plans to add adult hens with their broods were in motion ahead of summ...

SVI Photo by Dan Dockstader) Just a month before from the World Championship Hill Climb at Snow King, local sledding athletes gave heed up Phillips Canyon last weekend they’re in the race for the ultimate King of the Mountain. During the three-day Afton Hill Climb above Grover Park, some 600 entries from junior and amateur to semi-pro and pro pared down to the final day of competition on Sunday. Such noted local sledders as Andy Thomas, Luke Rainey, Justin Thomas – to name a few – ran the...

The Wyoming high school state wrestling tournament is here. The event begins in Casper on Thursday, Feb. 25 with 2A. Following with 3A on Friday, Feb. 26, and 4A on Feb. 27. The tournament will be held at the Ford Wyoming Center.

Ryan Stinnett | February 4, 2021 @ 11:34 am After the freezing temperatures this morning, we are seeing a nice warm up as our winds begin to increase from the south. Temperatures later this afternoon will make it to about 60 degrees, but at midday they are still in the upper 40s and lower 50s. Clouds are increasing as moisture levels rise ahead of an approaching cold front. RAIN RETURNS TONIGHT: The cold front will bring rain to the state later this evening and into the overnight hours. Ra...

(Jackson Hole, WY) – All the pieces are in place as the 2021 Pedigree© Stage Stop Race is about to begin. 24 mushers and dog teams from across North America have assembled in Jackson Hole. Pre-race veterinary exams and drivers meeting will take place on Friday, January 29th. The first day of the competition is set to commence in Alpine, Wyoming on Saturday. The first team leaves the starting chute at 9:00 am. The Alpine stage is a 31-mile out-and-back course that follows the Greys River fo...

Stage Stop Sled Dog race begins Friday Pedigree Stage Stop JACKSON, Wyo. (KIFI)-24 teams from the United States and Canada have signed on for the 26 th Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race beginning Friday, January 29 in Jackson.    As part of the organization’s COVID plan, spectators are not being encouraged this year, but extensive race coverage will be available online. Racers, including two-time defending champion Anny Malo of Quebec, will be competing for $165,000 in prize money. Mushers...

Marion Zoe (Lee) Kalber, 80, of Big Piney, Wyoming passed away peacefully at her home January 10, 2021. Zoe was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming November 7, 1940 to James and Zoe (Tygart) Lee. She attended schools in Stansbury and Reliance and graduated from Rock Springs High School. She attended the University of Wyoming where she met her sweetheart Richard Kalber. They were inseparable after their first date and were married June 17, 1961. Her husband worked for the Bureau of Reclamation begin...