Douglas Budget

12/30/2025

Blurbs by Broberg: Living the big life opposite of those bah-hum-buggers

"My grammy also had seven children so I’m sure you can imagine how loud some Christmases can get when all of my aunts and uncles come for a visit and each of the seven has one to three children of their own.

However, that is where my love of Christmas started."

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I’m sure there are plenty of people who are sick of hearing about Christmas. We did spend the last two weeks or so doing nothing but discussing the holiday and

12/30/2025

Stampeding the Competition

Mark Panasuk recently learned that he had been honored with second place in the National Wildlife Federation’s 2025 National Wildlife Photo Contest for his shot of the herd in Yellowstone.

“I was very excited, and yet it was humbling to think, ‘Wow, that made an international competition,’” Panasuk said.

And that was before he considered not just making the competition, but nearly winning it.

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Wyoming is lush with opportunities for great wildlife and landscape photography. Douglas businessman and amateur photographer Mark Panasuk apparently learned that lesson well as he captured a herd of bison

12/28/2025

Against the Grain: Finding the magic post-Santa
By Joshua Wood
https://www.douglas-budget.com/opinion/article_df696c84-e740-403b-85b0-8a39dda4c8a8.html

Being a parent, a certain magic of Christmas returns when you’re able to act as Santa Claus for your children. It becomes important to you to find ways to keep that belief going.

I was in lower elementary school when I was told, by a substitute teacher, that Santa Claus didn’t exist. I remember coming home upset and told my mom what I was told.

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Being a parent, a certain magic of Christmas returns when you’re able to act as Santa Claus for your children. It becomes important to you to find ways to keep

12/28/2025

The Bearcats scored an upset and dropped a game that might have been a surprise. The end result: a 2-2 record for the weekend and a wealth of court time to prepare for the biggest part of the season after the holidays.

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With all five of the top-ranked teams in Wyoming going to battle for 24 hours, anything was possible at the biennial Lander Classic boys tournament over the weekend. The final

12/28/2025

Gordon said he was against the lease, prompting members of the audience to ask why he voted for it back in April if he wasn’t in favor of it, Stephens said. “The governor got into some arguments, then he just left. A lot of people argued with him. I mean, if he wasn’t for the wind lease, then why did he vote for it?”

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Wyoming Attorney General Keith Kautz made the decision late last week to appeal District Court Judge Scott Peasley’s Dec. 5 ruling that put the kibosh on the State Board of

12/23/2025

12/19/2025

Converse County School District #1 is currently working on the next four years of the modified calendar.

This calendar cycle will be brought to the CCSD #1 Board of Trustees in February before being submitted to the State Department of Education for final approval.

If you are interested in reviewing these calendars and providing input, a public input opportunity is scheduled for

Monday, December 22nd from 12:00 PM—1:00 PM
Douglas High School Recreation Center

12/19/2025

State of Wyoming officials decided Thursday afternoon to appeal a decision by District Court Judge Scott Peasley issues earlier this month. Peasley overturned a state lease for wind turbines as part of the Pronghorn H2 Clean Hydrogen Wind project proposed around Glenrock.

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State of Wyoming officials decided Thursday afternoon to appeal a decision by District Court Judge Scott Peasley issues earlier this month. Peasley overturned a state lease for wind turbines as

12/17/2025

Chase's Chatter: Cleaning up after the dog, with an unlikely gratitude

"Then I heard the shuffle of leaves and the ti**le of a collar’s metallic tag behind me. I turned around to face my auburn-colored Rhodesian ridgeback. Tail-wagging, she looked up at me with wide caramel eyes and let her droopy tongue fall from her smiling mouth. Our eyes locked, prompting her tail to wag faster and her eyes to grow bigger.

"Powerless to these charms . . . "

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Crouched in a crude sort of squat, I scan the snow-speckled lawn for my targets. Twigs and fallen leaves litter the ground like candy wrappers at the carnival, but I’m

12/17/2025

And ‘The Cops’ also help make Christmas merrier

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On Saturday, kids from the Boys and Girls Clubs in Douglas and Glenrock were given a police es**rt to Bomgaars, where members of the Douglas and Glenrock police departments, the Converse County Sheriff’s Office, Wyoming Highway Patrol and local volunteer fire departments were waiting to take the kids on a Christmas shopping spree courtesy of the “Secret Santa Fund.”

The Converse County law enforcement community likes to give back, whether its Bowling with Badges, Secret Santa visits and July 4th celebrations, or setting aside a day in December just

12/17/2025

Peterson pours in 27 points to take down Jackson in finale

When Douglas High School boys basketball coach Chase Plumb got official word his team was switching opening tournaments from Gillette to Casper, he was thrilled with the chance to face . . .

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When Douglas High School boys basketball coach Chase Plumb got official word his team was switching opening tournaments from Gillette to Casper, he was thrilled with the chance to face

12/17/2025

Bar patron sues College Inn after hit by exit door

Sandra Lange, who was described as a “regular customer at the College Inn Bar” in documents filed in the Eighth Judicial District Court, submitted her complaint (grounds for the lawsuit) to the court in February.

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The College Inn Bar in downtown Douglas and its owners are being sued for negligence after a patron claimed the bar’s defective exit door led to an accident which led