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Fremont County Track and Field Best Performances
With just a month remaining in the track season, three Fremont County athletes have posted the best times or distances in all four divisions...
The Clown Behind the Counter – Dick Perlinski and the R & M Grocery – Shoshoni
There are icons in small American towns. The local high school is the cultural center, a couple of gas stations offer a bit of...
Behind the Lines: Cutbacks and It’s Not by a Halfback
The Freedom Caucus took a break from trying to shut down universities, close libraries, and eliminate public education for a minute and actually solved...
Tour of Excellence – Shoshoni Schools
(Shoshoni, WY) - Fremont County School District 24 in Shoshoni was honored as one of six districts in Wyoming as part of Wyoming Superintendent...
Sunday Night on the Ponderosa
Ben and his boys, Hoss, Adam, and Little Joe, yes, the Cartwrights, owners of the Bonanza near Virginia City, Nevada, anchored Sunday nights for...
Commitment to Compassionate Care – Wyoming’s Answer to Eugenics
Note: This historical article contains mentions of outdated/offensive terms, sexual assault, and dark subject matter.“The ultimate moral test of any government is the...
Riverton – Lander Middle School Dual Track
(Riverton, WY) - The Riverton and Lander Middle School 7th/8th-grade boys and girls track teams joined the varsity teams from both schools at a...
Wolverines and Tigers – Head to Head on the 400 Meter Oval
Lander’s girls ran away with the varsity division of the Riverton/Lander dual on Tuesday afternoon, for a perfect day for track and field at...
Behind the lines: Economic Competition
There has been a lot of talk about bringing events to Fremont County. The truth is that Lander at the base of the Wind...
Forget the Spout – Just Pour it Out
They’re scattered everywhere. In the shop, the back of the truck, against the fence, and next to the well house, just about anywhere they...
Lady Wolverines Shut Out Star Valley 7-0
The Lady Wolverines put the hammer down on the visiting Star Valley Lady Braves early Saturday afternoon with a 7-0 shutout. The blowout came...
Wolverines Handle Braves 3-1
The wind, isn’t it always the wind in springtime, Wyoming? Whether it’s baseball, golf, track and field, and especially soccer, the wind is always...
Huge Middle School Meet at Riverton on Friday
(Riverton, WY) - A big meet? You might say so. The Riverton High School / Middle School Track was filled with 940 athletes representing...
Decci Inman headed to the Elks Hoop Shoot National Finals
Aspen Peak Elementary fifth grader Decci Inman made a little history at the free-throw line. The 11-year-old advanced to the National Championship of the...
Inaugural Fly Fishing State Championships
“People and kids like to fish, some just don’t know it,” is the motto of a program spreading across the high schools of Wyoming....
A Blast in the Darkness – The Sad Story of the Shoshoni State Bank
Blown up, burned, embezzled, and rife with fraud, the Shoshoni State Bank had a wild 12 years, with only eight of those in operation...
Behind the lines: Cell Phones and Hay Bales
I had a friend at UW from the Imperial Valley in California. He was a farm boy and a great power back for the...
4/60 Air Conditioning
We were driving through Oklahoma City on a hot July afternoon a long time ago. Mom and Dad’s 1962 Chevy Nova station wagon came...
The Buttin’ Dane
It’s not what he expected as he neared retirement. Charles Swaim lived an exemplary life, working across Fremont County as a blacksmith, sheepherder, bus...
Behind the lines: Coach Pitch
It was one of the most interesting timeouts I’ve ever been involved in. P.J. Wells was a senior, his younger brother Shannon a sophomore,...