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Maintaining the town's recreation center costs Hanna about $300,000 a year. But fewer than 40 residents pay to be members. 

At the recreation center in Hanna, Wyoming, Jon Ostling is giving a tour of an empty swimming pool. There’s no water — just a slide that leads to hard…

April 24, 2024 | Photo - Area of water break in Hanna - Bigfoot99 file photo A water main break in Hanna was repaired for a fraction of the projected cost. Last month, a broken 12-inch water main was discovered on the northwestern side of Hanna. On March 14th, the Hanna town council held a

April 12, 2024 | Photo - Empty swimming pool at Hanna Recreation Center - by Matt Copeland Bigfoot99 Hanna Mayor Jon Ostling talked with reporters this week about his and previous administrations efforts to save the town’s recreation center from closing. As reported by Bigfoot99, the Hanna Recreation Center costs the small town nearly $300,000

April 4, 2024 | Photo - Proposed heritage area map - Courtesy Hass & Lovejoy Work is moving forward on the Pathways National Heritage Area. In 2023, Dr. Glenn Haas and Vernon Lovejoy, of Hass and Lovejoy Protected Area Advisors, began the process of developing a national heritage area in Carbon and Natrona Counties. Speaking

March 26, 2024 | Photo - CrowdStrike logo - Bigfoot99 file photo The Saratoga town council voted to partner with the county on cyber security. As reported by Bigfoot99, Carbon County IT Director Matt Webster has traveled across the county asking towns to opt in to a state funded cyber security program called CrowdStrike. Webster

The yearslong effort to pursue a federal heritage designation for 8.5 million acres of central Wyoming lurched forward last week when Natrona County officials OK’d a necessary early step to

Natrona County OKs feasibility study on national designation for swath of central Wyoming rich with historical resources. Many Carbon County leaders support it, though some in Natrona County distrust it.

A Hanna Town Council meeting on Tuesday got out of control as angry residents yelled at, and cussed-out, the council over a proposed ordinance cracking down on junk and trash. One resident yelled, "This is not California!"