Frannie News

Scheduled bus service will return to the Big Horn Basin next week with the announcement that Black Hills Stage Lines is starting passenger and express bus service from Denver to Billings through the Basin.

The service will begin next Tuesday, July 8, with the route running through Big Horn County including scheduled depot stops in Lovell and Basin and flag stops in Frannie, Deaver, Cowley and Greybull.

With depot stops, the bus will stop no matter what, and tickets can be purchased at the stop, whereas the bus will only stop at a flag stop if a passenger is waiting.

The Meadowlark Audubon Society of the Bighorn Basin will host a Friday birding field trip to Bear Canyon, near the Wyoming-Montana border.

The Big Horn County Health Coalition is hosting a meeting of the minds next week to spread awareness and seek solutions to the problem of underage drinking in north Big Horn County. via Lovell Chronicle Home Page

“I've seen firsthand what happens when ag disappears or even declines. In my previous home [in South Dakota] it was a case of urbanization”

After a public hearing Feb. 26 and several executive meetings to discuss the issues, the District No. via Lovell Chronicle Home Page

“I'm ready to come home. It's been eight weeks.”

To borrow a sports phrase, it's almost all over but the shouting for the Wyoming Legislature as the 2008 budget sessions winds to a close this week. via Lovell Chronicle Home Page

“Lovell has better signage for its visitor center than we do”

Despite one dissenting vote, the county commissioners doubled a signage funding request from the Cody chamber. via The Cody Enterprise

“Chances are great of identifying this person”

A threat written on the tile of a bathroom wall at Lovell Middle School Friday led to a serious response from the Lovell Police Department and a lockdown at Lovell schools while a bomb-detection dog swept the ... via Lovell Chronicle Home Page

“We're a non-profit organization”

Jerry and Loretta Tippetts have been delivering meals to Lovell seniors for quite a while - more than 15 years, Loretta thinks. They have been married 50 years this May and they've been dating since age 8. They have lived in Lovell all their lives and know many of the people on their routes; they went to school with some or know them from around town. But there are also a lot of new faces.

The Tippetts deliver about 20 meals on any given Thursday to 60-or-older people in Lovell. They are part of a fleet of 20 volunteers that deliver meals every week to senior citizens in Byron, Cowley, Deaver, Frannie and the surrounding areas, averaging 340 meals per week. Read more

Don Richards of Lovell was elected chairman of the Shoshone Municipal Water Joint Powers Board for 2008. via The Cody Enterprise