Community/People

Coffee roaster turns hobby into new business

Published by admin on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 3:11pm

A specialty coffee shop has joined the parade of new businesses opening in downtown Greybull as 2020 draws to a close.

Aspire Coffee Roasters recently opened on North Sixth Street, next door to Moonstar Trading Post in the Historic Hotel Greybull building.

The business is owned by Scott Boeckner, a Minnesota native with a passion for good coffee.

Draggoo’s childhood dream led to a military service helping POW/MIA families

Published by admin on Sat, 11/14/2020 - 10:02am

Clayton Draggoo, owner of Atwood Family Funeral Directors in Greybull and Basin, served in the United States Army from 1998-2002.

Clayton was the fourth generation in his family to serve in the military. Knowing from a young age that he wanted to be a mortician and finding out he would have to wait a year to attend the mortuary school he chose, he decided to enlist. Researching all the branches of the military he decided on the Army. He said, “It had to be in line with what I wanted to do. The Army was the only branch that would guarantee I could go into mortuary affairs.” 

Veterans come together for Wyoming elk hunt

Published by admin on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 1:46pm

Travis Marshall felt a calling to serve his country in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, joining the Army and eventually becoming a Green Beret while serving in areas of conflict around the globe, including three tours in Afghanistan, two in Iraq along with shorter deployments in Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

From our files

Published by admin on Thu, 09/24/2020 - 10:24am

Horeshoe Bend Motel sells to Tippetts in 1970

100 years ago, Sept.  24, 1920

The Cowley Progress

Kane Historic Trail dedication Friday

Published by admin on Thu, 09/24/2020 - 10:20am

The Kane Historic Trail will be dedicated this Friday, Sept. 25, during an open house and grand opening at the site east of Lovell from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Emerietta Hanson Martinez

Published by admin on Thu, 09/24/2020 - 9:49am

Emerietta Hanson Martinez

Nov. 30, 1947 – Sept. 10, 2020

Melvin Thomas Smith

Published by admin on Thu, 09/24/2020 - 9:48am

June 15, 1928 – Sept. 5, 2020

Melvin Thomas Smith passed away on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, at the age of 92, in St. George, Utah. He died peacefully after several years of declining health due to Parkinson’s with his beloved wife, Lorna, close by.

Calvin William Jewell

Published by admin on Thu, 09/24/2020 - 9:47am

Sept. 9, 1937 – Sept. 16, 2020

On Sept. 9, 1937, Calvin William Jewell was the second of three sons born to Fleeta Hatch and James William Jewell in Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico. He died Sept. 16, 2020.

Numbers down, but spirits still up at celebration

Published by admin on Thu, 09/17/2020 - 2:13pm

A celebration of Hispanic heritage would not be complete without a mariachi band. Knowing this, co-sponsors of this year’s gala, the Greybull Arts Council and BOCES, had contracted the band Mariachi De Mi Tierra Utah for Saturday’s event.

Alaska trip a family affair for Andersons

Published by admin on Thu, 09/10/2020 - 3:08pm

Gary Anderson returned to Greybull recently with more than 80 pounds of freshly caught fish and memories of time spent with his two sons Shane and Ryan and his brother Randy on their every-other-year guys' trip to Sitka, Alaska.