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Twenty-six-year-old Anna Gibson will also compete in the 14-kilometer Classic world championship race this Sunday.

Abrahamson Relay from the Colville Tribes in Washington won first in the men’s championship, and Brew Crew from the Oglala Lakota Nation in South Dakota took home the top prize in the women’s category.

The “Championship of Champions” Indian horse relay races are back in Casper for the weekend of Sept. 20 to 22. This year, more teams are competing than ever.

The “Championship of Champions” Indian horse relay races took place in Casper at the end of September, bringing together all-star teams to compete in one of the biggest races in the game. Sixty-seven teams from across the country and Canada converged on the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds race track to participate in the high-adrenaline sport.

Kira Dawn is a musician from Lyman, a small town east of Evanston with a population of just over 2,100 people. She’s only been writing her own songs for about a year, but she just won the state's Singer-Songwriter competition in Ten Sleep over Labor Day weekend.

The rodeo set records for attendance and event payouts. The rodeo’s board of directors reported a total of 24,807 tickets sold.

At this year’s International Climbing Festival in Lander, a unique clinic was offered by pro climber and six-time paraclimbing National Champion and World Champion Justin Salas. Salas’ clinic “The Fundamentals of Visualization” concentrated on just that – mentally visualizing climbing routes rather than depending on sight.

Youth rodeo events such as steer, bronc, and bull riding are new this year, in addition to how various rodeo events are judged and live interviews with rodeo contestants.

The games are returning to Campbell County for the first time in 15 years and will be hosted at several venues in Gillette. Organizers are planning for fewer competitors this year, due in part to reorganizing and fundraising issues that were caused by the pandemic. They're also seeking more volunteers to help with the three day event.

Two-hundred-and-fifty canines are taking over western Wyoming’s snowy mountain terrain this week. The 28th annual Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race recently kicked off in Jackson.