Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Veteran Groups honored inside this week's issue. Local swim team season wrap up and Much More...
Governor Orders Wyoming Flag be Flown at Half Staff at the Capitol and in Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie Counties on Friday, November 18 CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Governor Mark Gordon has ordered the Wyoming State Flag be flown at half staff at the Capitol in Cheyenne and in Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie Counties from sunrise to sunset on Friday, November 18, 2022 in honor and memory of Gerald Geis. Mr. Geis served in the Wyoming Senate from 1975-1986 and again from 1993-2016. He served as Senate President from... Full story
John Wilfred Greet passed away at the age of 91 on November 12, 2022. He was born in Worland, Wyoming on December 24, 1930, the youngest of Frank and Edna Lucile (Pyle) Greet's six children. He attended grade school in the one room "Greet School" and went from a class of three to his first year of high school in Worland. He finished high school at the Mount Ellis Academy in Montana and attended Union College in Nebraska before returning to work on the family ranch south of Ten Sleep. He grew up... Full story
Sunnie Dawn Bates, also known with the last names Seghetti, Maser and Sanderson, passed away in her sleep in the early morning hours of November 6th, 2022. She lost her long battle to breast cancer that had spread around her body and to her brain. Sunnie was preceded in death by her parents, Ann and Jan, her niece, Renee Smith, her sister, Bambi, her brother, Hayden, her grandmother, Fannie, several uncles and her aunt, Chertsin. She lives on through her husband, Tim Sanderson ll, Daughter,... Full story
Madonna was born on August 16, 1920, in the small town of Stuart, Nebraska. She and her three brothers bounced the three miles to school in a cart pulled by their little pony, Twinkle. After her third year of high school (during the depression), the family found it necessary to move west. They settled in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming. She completed high school in Basin. She married Adam Hartman in 1940 and they lived on Orchard Bench and later moved twelve miles west of town. Besides being a... Full story
Patricia Ann Cogdill, 88, passed on Saturday November 13, 2022. She was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on May 14, 1934 to Victor and Ethel (Smith) Ryan. During WWII, Pat received her fourth and fifth grade education at Heart Mountain. Her classmates kept in touch throughout their lifetime. It was a common occurrence for classmates to ask about Pat while visiting the museum. An extended family member would get a call and would connect them with Pat. This happened throughout her entire life. The... Full story
Gerald "Jerry" Geis left his walking sticks and leg braces behind as he walked into the arms of Jesus on November 2, 2022, in Loveland, Colorado. He was lovingly surrounded by his family. Jerry was born to Nicholas Eugene and Hazel Irene (Harvard) Geis in a three-room log cabin near Ten Sleep, Wyoming, on August 31, 1933. Those early years were pretty adventurous for the Geis kids. With Homer and Neil already working, Harold often had to babysit Jerry, Jane and Lyle. Once Harold started... Full story
WORLAND – Former state senator Gerald “Jerry” Geis is being remembered this month as a thoughtful and great statesman by friends and colleagues Jerry passed away on Nov. 2 surrounded by his family in Loveland, Colorado. His friend and former colleague in the Wyoming Senate, U.S. Senator John Barrasso, said that Geis was his friend and mentor, and that he was thoughtful and great to work with. He said his favorite memory of him was “a time in the state senate where someone was talking about all the federal money we could get if we did somethi...
Trying to pick a topic this week has proven difficult with many thoughts bouncing around in my mind so here are a few thoughts. I learned of Sen. Gerald Geis’ passing last week and just as I did when he retired, I reminisced about the many visits we have had over the years. I first began interviewing the state senator when I was the editor of the Basin Republican Rustler. He was always a pleasure to interview, helped me identify bills that were important to this area and was always good for a great quote or two. He always greeted everyone w... Full story
CODY – Its 150th anniversary — once expected to bring record visitation to Yellowstone National Park —- ended with lower-than-normal attendance, but Superintendent Cam Sholly is still smiling. In a summer during which the park had to be evacuated and repaired due to flooding, Sholly said it bounced back better than he could have anticipated. ”My hats off to all our surrounding communities including Cody for engaging in a massive amount of dialogue about the best course of action when the flooding happened,” Sholly said. “We opened 50 percent... Full story
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