Week of December 5, 2024

One for the ladies

Another successful Ladies' Night saw the downtown filled with shoppers clutching wine glasses and sharing festive cheer. Stores remained open until 8 p.m. to welcome visitors to browse their own selections and those of the vendors spread throughout. This year, according to the Sundance Chamber of Commerce, 163 tickets were sold for the event and numerous others participated without buying one to receive their complimentary wine glass and refills. The Christmas spirit returns this weekend for...

Peek at the Past

100 Years Ago December 4, 1924 Sheriff Otis Zimmerschied took in another live one last week when he apprehended Roy W. Wasmund at the Zane hotel. Wasmund was wanted at several South Dakota points for working the bogus draft scheme. He obtained $1200 at Custer and about the same at Rapid. The Crook County sheriff spotted his man on a tip from Billie Driskill, who had seen Wasmund at Spearfish. In line with the recent Cheyenne meeting to formulate game legislation for the coming state session,...

Feds seek 88% 'critical habitat' cut for lynx in Yellowstone ecosystem

Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com

Pointing to new science suggesting the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem lacks quality lynx habitat, wildlife managers are proposing expansive reductions in the area designated as "critical habitat" for the rare, snowshoe hare-dependent felines. Despite the lynx's almost complete absence - apart from a 2022 one-off sighting - the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has classified 9146 square miles of the Yellowstone area as critical lynx habitat for the past decade. Last week, the federal agency...

Ancient poop provides clues to Yellowstone's past

Christine Peterson, WyoFile.com

Untold numbers of scientists have explored and analyzed the history of Yellowstone National Park's famous geology, flora and fauna. They've written books and papers, given talks and penned newspaper columns. Each account adds a bit more to the park's unique evolution above and below ground. Now one of the newest sequences of the park's history is unfolding not in an Imax movie of a steaming caldera but in five feet of sediment from the bottom of a lake. And this one is layered like a parfait -...

Athletes honored

Eleven Sundance High School athletes have been awarded All-State and All-Conference honors this season. Back (left to right): Owen Watt, Golf All-State; Porter Watt, Golf All-State; Jaedyn Keller, Football Powder River All-Conference; Eli Gill, Football All-Conference and All-State; Savanah Peterson, Golf All-State. Front (left to right): Avery Marchant, Golf All-State; Hailey Karol, Volleyball All-Conference; Jaylin Mills, Volleyball All-Conference and All-State; Angel Villegas, Cross Country...

SHS Sports

HS Wrestling Weight Certification Fri., Dec. 6, 5 p.m. Fri., Dec. 13, 9 a.m. at Lusk HS Basketball Sat., Dec. 7, 10 a.m., Red White Scrimmage Fri.-Sat., Dec. 13-14, noon at Coal Miners Invite (Wright/Gillette) JH Girls Basketball Thurs., Dec. 5, 4:30 p.m. at Wright Fri., Dec. 6, 11 a.m. at Home vs. Tongue River Mon., Dec. 9, 4 p.m. at Home vs. Newcastle Thurs., Dec. 12, 4:30 p.m. at Home vs. Newcastle (6th grade) JH Wrestling Sat., Dec. 7, 9:30 a.m. at Wright Tues., Dec. 10, 3:30 p.m. at Sage...

College Sports

UW Football UW 15, Washington State 14 UW Volleyball Next: NIVC (Thurs, Dec. 5, 7 p.m. vs. Idaho State) UW Men’s Basketball Cancun Challenge: UW 64, Tulane 63; UW 70, LMU 73 Next: Tues., Dec. 10, 6 p.m. at South Dakota UW Women’s Basketball Discover Puerto Rico Shootout: UW 71, Drake 57; UW 47, Norfolk State 56; UW 71, Virginia 66 Next: Fri., Dec. 6 at Missouri State BHSU Men’s Basketball Dakota Challenge: BHSU 90, UMary 68; BHSU 64, Minot State 71 Next: Sat., Dec. 7, 3 p.m. vs. Chadron State; Thurs., Dec. 12, 7 p.m. at Colorado Springs...

  • Sundance School Menu

    Breakfast Dec. 9 – Cereal, toast, juice, fruit, milk Dec. 10 – Breakfast quesadilla, yogurt, cereal, fruit, milk Dec. 11 – Muffins, GoGurt, cereal, fruit, milk Dec. 12 – Pancakes, yogurt, cereal, fruit, milk Lunch Dec. 9 – Chicken and waffles, fruit, vegetable, health bar, milk Dec. 10 – Soft shell taco, fruit gelatin cup, fruit, vegetable, health bar, milk Dec. 11 – Sub sandwich, potato smiles, fruit, vegetable, health bar, milk Dec. 12 – Oven fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, fruit, vegetable, health bar,...

  • Allen Eugene Tobin

    Allen Eugene Tobin, 67, of Pine Haven, Wyoming, passed away on November 27, 2024, in Rapid City, South Dakota. Al was born in Gettysburg, South Dakota to Eugene John Tobin and Marilyn Jean Schilling Tobin on October 3, 1957. He graduated from Gettysburg High School in 1976. He married Jackie Rae Jones on June 25, 1977, in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Al worked in the construction industry for over 35 years before retiring to spend time on the lake and with family. Al is survived by his wife, Jackie;...

  • Input sought on mule deer management

    Sarah Pridgeon

    Interested in the future of mule deer management? Wyoming Game & Fish is hosting “community conversations” across the state to address widespread public concern about populations of the species. The goal is to gather input and perspectives in an informal setting that will ultimately help guide the departments next steps in managing mule deer. Game & Fish also collects input from outreach efforts such as season-setting meetings in the spring and hunter field checks, as well as the 2023 Mule Deer Hunter Attitude Survey. The conversations...

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