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Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
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GREYBULL — A single parent of one preschooler and one school-aged child in Big Horn County must earn more than $60,000 annually to cover basic necessities and meet the monthly cost of living, according to a report released last month by the Wyoming Women’s Foundation. The Wyoming Self-Sufficiency report, a 114-page document compiled by researchers to assess economic security and how to best achieve prosperity, highlights the financial difficulties facing the average Wyoming family. The report examines the minimum income required to rea...
GREYBULL - Amid red flag warnings, dry weather and record high temperatures, Wyoming has found itself blanketed in smoke from both local and regional wildfires raging across the western United States and Canada. Since mid-July, Wyomingites have woken to blood red suns and hazy conditions. Two of the four major fires in Montana were brought under control last week, offering a brief reprieve and some blue skies, but the smoke has since returned, carried on eastern winds out of Oregon and California, and southern currents from Alberta, Canada....
GREYBULL — Dede Anders thought she had more time. After a lengthy interview process, Anders was selected to run in the Mongolian Derby, the world’s longest and toughest endurance horse race, in 2025. But after another rider’s injury, Anders was called up to the 2024 competition a little over a month ago, upending her original plans. In a little more than a week’s time, she will be competing halfway across the world against 49 other riders from around the globe in the world’s toughest endurance...