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Janet Gammell was crowned on Saturday as the Basin’s 2025 Lilac Queen. Michelle Olson

Fri, 06/13/2025 - 10:53am

Gammill crowned 2025 Lilac Queen

Janet “Jan” Gammill was crowned as this year’s Lilac Queen on Saturday, joining 22 other women who have held the crown. The first Lilac Queen was crowned in 2003. The community votes for a woman in...

Where in Wyoming is The Wyoming Mermaid? In this photo she is at Buffalo Bill State Park. The mermaid makes her home in Basin when not traveling. Courtsey photo

Fri, 06/13/2025 - 10:50am

A stroke leads to fulfillment of dream to become a mermaid

When she is not traveling, The Wyoming Mermaid resides in Basin. MauRena Scott’s journey to become a certified mermaid started in 2020. Scott contracted Covid-19 and had a small stroke. She couldn’t...

Tom and Jen Olmstead hanging out in the Wild Jack’s Western Style Burritos trailer. The food trailer will serve bowls as well as burritos with more than 20 ingredients on the menu. Barbara Anne Greene

Fri, 06/13/2025 - 10:47am

Mad Jack’s Burritos opens Saturday

Mad Jack’s Western Style Burritos in Basin opens Saturday. Jen, Tom, Nick and Jack Olmstead have been working hard to turn a vacant lot on C Street, across from Courthouse Square, into a fun place...

Two wild horse stallions spar recently in the McCullough Peaks. FOAL is hosting a “Picnic in the Peaks: event on Saturday. Courtesy photo/Phyllis Preator

Fri, 06/13/2025 - 10:45am

FOAL to host ‘Picnic in the Peaks’ Saturday

Friends of a Legacy (FOAL) is hosting a free “Picnic in the Peaks” event Saturday, June 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the wild horse interpretive trail/foal kiosk located west of Greybull on U.S....

Tuck Neves beats the ball to second base. Stephanie Tolman

Fri, 06/13/2025 - 10:31am

Rattlers lose two close games at home

The Otto Rattler minors suffered their first loss of the season against Lovell. It was a close game for the Rattlers, who lost 8-7. They earned four runs in the first inning with Tuck Neves, Gage...