Big Piney, WY

PINEDALE – Pinedale Town Council members gathered at their June 27 regular meeting to consider the 2022 resolution setting rates and fees effective July 1. The resolution contained minor changes to several fees levied by the town for municipal services. These included a 2-percent increase in fees for hangar...

Pinedale’s Soundcheck Summer Music Series continues Monday, July 4th with high-energy Denver indie-rockers Wildermiss headlining. Special guests Two Runner, a Norther-California roots duo will play the middle slot and Pinedale singer/songwriter Michelle Humber will open with a solo set. Presented by The Pinedale Fine Arts Council (PFAC), the Soundcheck...

**For All Things Wyoming, Sign-Up For Our Daily Newsletter***. Today’s Wyoming sunrise was taken south of Pinedale by Emily Paravicini. Emily writes: “Good morning, This photo was taken south of Pinedale at 6am on 6/29/2022 while I walked the dogs. Such a beautiful horizon, and suddenly the sun popped up and changed the whole look. I love Wyoming.”

Hannah LaBuda comes from a family of teachers. As a child growing up in Pinedale, LaBuda would walk over to her mother’s special education classroom at the end of each school day. “It just made me have a love for special education and made me want to continue doing...

PINEDALE – For Wyomingites, the song of the meadowlark is a welcome sign of spring. It offers us hope for the future, and a renewed sense of optimism. Part of what makes this song so special is that the meadowlark, unlike most other birds, sings both while perched and in flight – as though the bird works overtime to spread hope and joy.

PINEDALE, Wyo. — Pinedale’s Soundcheck Summer Music Series continues Monday, July 4 with high-energy Denver indie-rockers Wildermiss headlining. Special guests Two Runner, a Norther-California roots duo will play the middle slot and Pinedale singer/songwriter Michelle Humber will open with a solo set. The music will start at 4 p.m.

Mike Schmid of La Barge, Wyo., has thrown his hat in the ring challenging long-term House member Albert Sommers. Schmid is the founder, president and CEO of SOS Well Services, LLC. Mike has over 40 years of experience in oilfield services, including managing roustabout crews, constructing well field roads and drill pads, and managing trucks, equipment and hundreds of employees.

SUBLETTE COUNTY – Big Piney never shirks when it comes to celebrating holidays and July 4 is especially important with the annual Chuckwagon Days coming into its 89th year. Big Piney staff updated Mayor Tyler Maxfield and town councilmembers Sherri Redden, Tawnya Miller, Stafford Polk IV and Sierra Banks on June 21.

Mike Schmid of La Barge, Wyo., has thrown his hat in the ring challenging long-term House member Albert Sommers. Schmid is the founder, president and CEO of SOS Well Services, LLC. Mike has over 40 years of experience in oilfield services, including managing roustabout crews; constructing well field roads, drill pads, managing trucks, equipment and hundreds of employees.

PINEDALE – The Sublette County Unified Fire funding process has changed. Following discussions over the past year and an executive session earlier this month, the Board of Sublette County Commissioners voted 4-0 at its meeting June 21 to dissolve the fire mill levy and move all SCUF funding to the county’s general budget. Commission chair Joel Bousman abstained from the vote because he felt he didn’t understand the issue clearly enough.

On Tuesday, July 5, 2022, the Board of County Commissioners will make the following board appointments:. 1 – 3-year terms, Joint BP-Marbleton Airport Board (county member) Anyone interested in volunteering should write a Letter of Application to the Board (there is no application form), in care of, Carrie Long, County Clerk, PO Box 250, Pinedale, WY, 82941, or [email protected], or fax to 307-367-6396 by 5 PM on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.

PINEDALE – Pinedale High School alumni Roxanne Rogers continues to make community sports history weeks after graduation as the first athlete from the Lady Wrangler basketball program selected to play for Wyoming in the Wyoming-Montana All-Star Basketball Series. Rogers joined an elite 10-member roster chosen by a committee from...

WYOMING – Three local students participated at Girls’ State on the campus of Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne on June 4-11. Jaylee Bousman, Maddox Gehlhausen and Ally Moller all became delegates in the simulated local government before attendees were invited to meet government officials, community leaders, military members and others involved in the democratic process. The program creates fictional cities that students must run in accordance with Wyoming State Law.

SUBLETTE COUNTY – At the conclusion of four days of competition, 12-year-old Kandis Johnston of Pinedale was named Preteen Little Miss Wyoming. In addition to the crown she earned through the Little Miss Wyoming Scholarship Program, she won the overall talent award by showcasing her self-taught ukulele skills and received her division’s community service award.

PINEDALE – The Sublette County Unified Fire funding process has changed. Following discussions over the past year and an executive session earlier this month, the Board of Sublette County Commissioners voted 4-0 to dissolve the fire mill levy and move all SCUF funding to the county’s general budget. Commission chair Joel Bousman abstained from the vote because he felt he didn’t understand the issue clearly enough.

PINEDALE – Powerful wind gusts barreled down from the Gros Ventre and Wind River ranges as teams struggled to set up base camp for the second annual Midnight on the Mesa on June 17 and 18. Despite the incessant gale threatening to upend tent canopies and send them flying...

Every Thursday afternoon, a gaggle of people set up tables on the shady, green Sublette County Courthouse lawn to offer passersby a chance to select from a truly diverse range of goodies. There are starter plants, locally grown beef, cookies, candies, candles, handcrafted pieces and one of a kind found at Pinedale’s High Altitude Farmers Market.