Basin Republican Rustler

09/01/2025

The Tanner family moved to Basin in 2023. They dreamed of a community garden. Today, that dream is raising a lot of produce. It is also raising hope for those with food insecurity.
Read the full story at: https://basinrepublican-rustler.com/content/hope-reigns-community-garden-basin-raises-produce-and-fellowship

08/29/2025

When Basin was just a baby, not at its very beginning, but shortly thereafter a woman came to town. She had a team of mules and a buckboard. In 1905 she bought a piece of property in what would have been the southwestern outskirts of Basin. Then she set about to collect the materials to build her house. We know that her name was Ida Hand. We know that she cut and hauled all of the logs for her house down from the Big Horn Mountains herself. The county records show a structure on the property by 1910 and legend has it that it was completed in 1912.
Last year, Christie Christopherson, who was raised in Basin and admittedly would take a longer way home from school just so she could walk past the house because she loved it, bought the house with the intention of restoring it and either renting it out or living in it after retirement.
Read the full story at: https://basinrepublican-rustler.com/content/120-year-old-log-house-recently-brought-back-life

08/16/2025

Happy Relaxation Day! As you relax today, plan your weekend outdoor fun.

Our Events Calendar wyorec.info/events has the details for the events listed on our map, AND hiking, biking, trail running, water sports, and all things outdoor recreation. What are you waiting for? Get outside and pack in as much summer fun as you can. ☀️

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08/12/2025

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08/08/2025

Deb Clifford of Basin not only went to Wales to run, but she was invited to participate. This is amazing for a person from small town Wyoming.
Read the full story at: https://www.basinrepublican-rustler.com/content/basin-woman-runs-wales-trail-run-world-championship

08/07/2025

07/14/2025

Keith Campbell has officially taken over the superintendent’s role at Big Horn County School District No. 4, bringing with him 38 years of experience in education and family ties to the area.
“I have grand hopes for Basin. I want us to be the best school in the state; I want us to be an innovator in education when we can; I want us to set an example for others to follow,” Campbell said in an interview on Monday, July 7.
Read the full story at: https://www.basinrepublican-rustler.com/content/new-superintendent-campbell-advocates-local-control-student-outcomes

07/11/2025

Wyatt Houchin of the Otto area recently accepted a Civil Air Patrol Milestone Promotion Award from Rep. Dalton Banks, House Dist. 26. Read the full story at: https://www.basinrepublican-rustler.com/content/local-civil-air-patrol-cadet-achieves-milestone-promotion

07/07/2025

For the 23rd year, the Big Horn Trail 100 Mile Endurance Run was held in the Bighorn National Forest. The race crosses over parts of the Little Bighorn and Tongue River areas. Runners have 35 hours to finish the 100-mile race and Coulter Neves from Otto and Ryan Olson from Burlington joined the other 259 participants who started the race and were in the 207 racers who completed the entire 100 miles.
Read the full story at: https://www.basinrepublican-rustler.com/content/otto-and-burlington-men-experience-challenges-100-mile-trail-run

07/05/2025

Manderson’s former chief of police will have to spend a year on supervised probation and relinquish his Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification as part of a plea agreement that was negotiated with prosecutors.
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Manderson’s former chief of police will have to spend a year on supervised probation and relinquish his Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification as part of a plea agreement that was negotiated with prosecutors.

06/27/2025

Rep. Harriet Hageman’s stop in Greybull on Tuesday, June 17 boiled over with conflicting views, a theme that seemed to echo throughout her travels around the state.
Read the full story at: https://www.basinrepublican-rustler.com/content/hagemans-greybull-town-hall-brings-national-tensions-home