Big Horn County News

Filings have been trickling in for the Primary Election, with a few candidates for town council and the county commission throwing their hat in the ring so far with a little more than a week left in the filing period.Filing for the Aug.

Filing period for the August 21 primary election begins today and runs through June 1.There is one county office open this year, a four-year commission seat currently held by Chairman Jerry Ewen.

The mayors and town officials have spoken when it comes to the sixth-cent sales tax proposal - " well, almost.Meeting in Deaver Thursday night, mayors and/or town representatives of the nine Big Horn County municipalities met to discuss projects to take to voters at the November General Election for the proposed sixth-cent sales tax ... (more)

The Lovell Town Council Tuesday night selected four projects to be funded should voters in November pass an optional sixth-cent sales tax for Big Horn County municipalities.Meeting in special session ahead of a planned meeting of the nine Big Horn County mayors Thursday night in Deaver, the council voted not only to present two projects already ... (more)

Big Horn County School District No. 2 Supt. Dan Coe was named the 2013 Wyoming Superintendent of the Year by the Wyoming Association of School Administrators .