News

Peter Johnson, new general manager of the Antelope Butte Mountain Recreation Area, smiles for a portrait last Saturday afternoon at the ski hill. Lisa Kunkel
10/29/2026 - 8:00am
New Antelope Butte GM sees a bright future
Peter Johnson brings decades of ski-industry experience – and a community-first approach – to Big Horn County’s ski area   The season’s first snow was falling at the Antelope Butte Mountain Recreation Area during Peter Johnson’s interview with the...
General Election: Statewide and local races dominate as voters go to the polls
Library board member dismissal issue ongoing
‘No magic ball’ How Prop 1 would impact county difficult to forecast amid other new exemption programs
Community Calendar
Big Horn Basin Gun Club’s “Lighting the Way”

Obituaries

10/28/2026 - 5:18pm
Debra Marlene Rathbun
November 25,1954-October 23, 2026  Debra Marlene Rathbun was born on November 25, 1954, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to Gerald Wayne and Marlene Lorraine (Hutchins) Popham. Deb passed away on October 23, 2026. Deb grew up in Sundance, Wyoming, where...
Linnie LaFollette Neves
Linnie Neves
Burton Henderson Smith
Carol Powers
Barbara Marlene (Cropsey) Daly

Opinion

10/29/2026 - 8:00am
A person that doesn’t vote vs. an uninformed voter
Which hurts the election process more? A person who doesn’t vote or a person who votes without understanding who and/or what they are voting on?  Not voting means you are letting others decide what you’re going to live with for years. It is like...
Pages of the Past
Letter to the Editor: Proposition 1 is hasty
Letter to the Editor: We need and want less taxes
My semi-annual soap box
All Saints Day a time for honoring past relatives