News

State lawsuit could affect BHC budget

Published by admin on Thu, 06/25/2026 - 8:00am

At the Big Horn County Commissioner meeting on June 16, County Assessor Cozette Winters met with the commission. The discussion revolved around the Wyoming State Board of Equalization (BOE) announcement on June 11. 

In-custody death at BHCDC

Published by admin on Thu, 06/25/2026 - 8:00am

Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office reported the death of an inmate at Big Horn County Detention Center in a press release on Tuesday, June 23. 

Fireworks in the works

Published by admin on Thu, 06/25/2026 - 8:00am

Gun raffle to benefit July 4 show

Community Calendar

Published by admin on Thu, 06/25/2026 - 8:00am

RECURRING EVENTS

SOUTH BIG HORN SENIOR CENTER

Limited spaces available for free swim lessons

Published by admin on Thu, 06/25/2026 - 8:00am

The Greybull Recreation District will be hosting two-week sessions of swim lessons at the Greybull Swimming Pool July 6-30.  Classes will take place Monday-Thursday between 10:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

SHELL NEWS

Published by admin on Thu, 06/25/2026 - 8:00am

Not only are we celebrating our Nation’s 250th Birthday, Shell will be 140 years young this year. How the years have flown since our tiny town celebrated its Centennial.

Big Al is back

Published by admin on Thu, 06/25/2026 - 8:00am

Thirty-five years ago, a team of paleontologists from Switzerland made a groundbreaking discovery at the western base of the Big Horn Mountains north of Shell. Where rolling hills begin to flatten out into the Big Horn Basin, they found dinosaur bones jutting out of the ground. 

Drought-tolerant flora grows even from Greybull’s poorest soil

Published by admin on Thu, 06/25/2026 - 8:00am

Beverly Henke and her husband Kris Henke bought the old Greybull hospital on the south side of town in 2019. No one had lived in the 107-year-old building for two hot, dry years. The yard was completely dead, save for a scraggly patch of grass under an ancient apple tree. Alkaline silt blew in through the house’s window units. A well for groundwater testing, leftover from the Standard Oil refinery, was just cleared and sealed last year, the industry leaving who knows what pollutants in already poor soil. 

‘1776 the Musical’ comes to Greybull

Published by admin on Thu, 06/25/2026 - 8:00am

The Washakie Museum will present, “1776 The Musical,” July 3 at 7 p.m. at the Greybull High School auditorium. 

It’s tick season in Wyoming; be sure to protect pets

Published by admin on Thu, 06/25/2026 - 8:00am

POWELL — Tick season is in full swing, so if your pets spend time with you outdoors, it’s important to keep them safe from the blood-sucking parasites. And with the mild, dry winter, ticks never really got knocked back the way they usually do in Wyoming, which means ticks came out earlier — and in higher numbers — than are normally seen this time of year.