June 11, 2020 Issue

The Days of '49 celebration is upon us, and this week in the Standard, we get you set for the action with a special section with details about all the events, the full schedule, photos from last year's celebration and of course advertisements promoting what's happening in our businesses. Get your copy today on newsstands or subscribe to the e-edition and read it on your phone or computer.

Also this week:

• WYDOT is planning to close the Greybull Rest Area on Monday, June 15. Find our why and what's being done to keep it open and save the Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting.

• A positive COVID-19 test has closed a Greybull restaurant at just about the worst possible time, just before it was to host the kickoff event of Days of '49. In Opinions, the owner of the restaurant shares her views of challenges of operating in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• And speaking of that nasty virus that just won't leave us alone, the county has seen three more confirmed cases in the last few days. Find out what state and county officials are saying about it.

• Our feature writer, Marlys Good, takes a walk down memory, visiting with people about their memories of the first 75 years of the Days of '49.

• A Basin man carded the season's first hole-in-one at Midway Golf Course.

• The Greybull Town Council hasn't finalized its budget yet — that's expected to happen Monday — but two of its employees made last-second appeals this week, with Police Chief Bill Brenner lobbying for the hiring of a sixth officer and Economic Development Director Jeff Thornton making a pitch for a BMX track/archery/fishing pond near the Art Schutte Sports Complex.

• We'll also introduce you to this year's Days of '49 grand marshal. Hint: He used be a bullfighter/rodeo clown.

To local residents and those who might be coming to town, we wish you all a happy and safe '49er weekend.