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Resident warns of scam calls by false law enforcement

After receiving five scam calls in under three hours, a Big Horn County resident who lives north of Hardin would like to notify the public of a con job by a person claiming to be an officer of the law.

Park County man restores century-old cast-iron tubs for Yellowstone

Emigrant-area resident Mike Dirkers’ job is specialized even in the world of specialized jobs: He makes his living refinishing, among other things, antique cast-iron bathtubs.

And right now, Dirkers, owner of Standard Bathtub Refinishing, is going at it especially hard – he is restoring 31 more-than-a-century-old claw-foot tubs for two Yellowstone National Park iconic facilities. Fourteen of the tubs are from Old Faithful Inn and 17 are from Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel.

Battle of ‘two sovereigns’

Findings from two federal cases more than 100 years apart, and allegedly contradictory, collided Jan. 8 before the U.S. Supreme Court in a conflict involving the State of Wyoming and

Cadet Nomee harnesses leadership ability as MYCA company commander

The day Randy Nomee entered Montana Youth Challenge Academy, according to his parents, he showed no leadership qualities. An 18-year-old Hardin High School student, he had hit a rough patch

Kevin Red Star honored with Governor’s Arts Award

Kevin Red Star was among the six 2018 Governor’s Arts Award recipients honored during a public ceremony with Lt. Governor Mike Cooney on Dec. 7 at the Capitol Rotunda in

Crow vice chairman, vice secretary seek to recall Executive Branch counterparts

The Crow Tribe’s Executive Branch leadership has been split down the middle following a Thursday, Jan. 3 petition signed by the vice chairman and vice secretary seeking removal of the

Heggemeier brings ‘ag ec’ experience as new BHC Fairgrounds manager

People along Center Avenue in Hardin over the past few days may have noticed a new person in town, relatively talkative, who sports a handlebar mustache and baseball cap. While

Nora Block sentenced to probation, $500 fine for role in school handgun incident

Former Hardin High School art teacher Nora Bettina Block was sentenced to probation, a $500 fine and time served last Wednesday in connection with a Jan. 26, 2018 incident where

FLASHBACK 2018: Part II

Coming into 2019, the Big Horn County News is finishing the countdown of its top 10 stories for the previous year as judged by the staff. Stories, in a general

New elected officials continue tribal representation in county government

Friends, family and co-workers filled the Big Horn County district courtroom late Monday morning as Commissioner Sidney Fitzpatrick swore in elected officials for 2019. Of those who pledged to “discharge

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