Pinedale Wyoming Local News
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Obituary - Patricia McGinnis Campbell (posted 4/13/2026)

Ask Flora–Spring 2026 (posted 4/12/2026)

Wrangle Hunger Snack Club earns grant to fuel student success in Sublette County (posted 4/9/2026)

Funeral Service for Pat Campbell April 11 (posted 4/8/2026)

Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt (posted 4/6/2026)

Kickin’ Cancer Casino Night fundraiser April 18 (posted 4/6/2026)

Western US High School Alpine Championships (posted 4/6/2026)

SCUF requesting submissions for wildfire art (posted 3/17/2026)

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April 15: Tax Day deadline - The US Postal Service suggests people mail their tax documents by April 8, 2026, at the latest, to ensure it is postmarked by or before April 15, 2026.
April 16: Believers Against Cancer Support Group - Community monthly meeting At Sublette BOCES, 665 N Tyler Ave in Pinedale, from 6-8PM. Tonight's special guest is Amanda Fazendin - Cake Baker Extraordinaire. Learn to make the best buttercream frosting and basic cake decorating. Tasting included. Sponsored by Sublette BOCES and Harvest 4 Pink. For more info contact Nicole Robbins, 916-712-9544, nicole@harvest4pink.org, www.harvest4pink.org.
April 18: Big Piney Gun Club Black Powder Shoot - Starts at 8:00am. Entry fee $10 to compete using any muzzleloading rifle with black powder or black powder substitute loaded with a patched round ball. Steel targets range from 25 to 150 yards offhand and various positions using rests There will be 20 total scoring shots. 8:00am sign in/sight in. 8:45 mandatory safety meeting. Shooting starts right after. This is a fun and informal shoot sponsored by the Big Piney Gun Club. It is open to people of all ages that can safely handle and shoot a muzzleloading rifle. The club will provide coffee, hot chocolate and water. Anyone who brings snacks or goodies to share will be highly regarded. Please call or text Jim Johnson at 307-231-6788 with questions or to let us know you are coming to shoot.
April 18: Sublette Democratic Party Convention - Saturday starting at 3:30PM in the Lovatt Room of the Pinedale Library, 115 S Tyler Ave. Business will include election of delegates to the Wyoming Democratic Party Convention. Attendees may also discuss and consider adoption of changes to the state and county party platforms and other resolutions. There will be a potluck dinner to follow the convention. Bring a dish to share & BYOB. Doors will open at 3:15PM.
April 18: Kickin' Cancer Casino Night Fundraiser - At the Southwest Sublette County Pioneers Senior Center in Marbleton. Doors open at 5PM. A night of fun and games with money raised to help those fighting cancer. Dinner, raffles, silent auction. Cash bar. Tickets $40 online, $50 at the door. Buy tickets online at www.kickincancer.org.
April 23: Luca Stricagnoli - Pinedale Fine Arts Council presentation. Luca Stricagnoli is considered to be one of the most unique guitarists in the world. Luca’s creative style, which led him to invent instruments like the Reversed Triple Neck Guitar and the Reversed Slide Neck, vastly contributed to the modern evolution of acoustic guitar. Get tickets at www.pinedalefinearts.com.
April 28: Art Show Reception - At the Pinedale Library Gallery Space for "How Books and Libraries have energized the creativity of Artists, Photographers and Quilters." A celebration of the Art and Artists will take place at the Lovatt Room today, hours TBD.

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Obituary - Patricia McGinnis Campbell (posted 4/13/2026)
March 2, 1929 – April 7, 2026
An amazing and special lady left her most loved family, her dear friends and beloved ranch on April 7, 2026. Patricia McGinnis Campbell was born March 2, 1929 in Provo, Utah to Joe and Eunice McGinnis. She grew up on Lake Street in Salt Lake City with her brother Bill, sister JoAnn and her lifelong best friend, Betty Jean Cowley.

Her father, Joe McGinnis, was the grandson of William John McGinnis who came from Nebraska in 1880 and began to settle and ranch in the area known then as Midway, Wyoming. There were originally five of the children of this family, many more grandchildren who stayed and continued to developed a large portion of the area from LaBarge to Big Piney into ranching. Joe rode for the cattle association of the ranches in his young years. Once he was married, he moved to Salt Lake City. As a teenager Pat spent the summers on part of the McGinnis ranch with her Uncle Anderson and Aunt Delia. She remembered these times with great fondness, experiencing the hardships of ranching for the first time. Pat was proud of her heritage and the ranches her ancestors started. Many of them still in business today.

Pat graduated from the University of Utah with high honors and a degree in English and Library Science. While she was going to the University of Utah, she began to come to the V-V Guest Ranch in Bondurant to work as cabin girl in the summers. She loved to tell the about two handsome men, coming in the kitchen of the lodge to grab lunches for their hunters. It was early morning the first time she saw them. Harve Stone spoke to her. The other one, Walden Campbell, stood back and didn’t say anything, but she saw a look in his eye. He was the one she decided to pursue and they dated for the next 3 summers.

After she graduated from the University of Utah, she applied to Radcliff College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the sister school to Harvard. She was accepted. This was something she was proud of her whole life. She was enrolled to begin her studies in January of 1953. She came to visit Walden on December 2, to tell him good bye. He said he knew if she went back east, he would lose her. He asked her to marry him and they were married the next day December 3, 1952 in Jackson, Wyoming. Years later all she had to show Katherine was the letter saying simply "You have been accepted to Radcliff College." She also admitted she was happy she made the choice to get married saying it was meant to be.

Walden owned a ranch with his father in Bondurant. After he and Pat were married, they bought another ranch to add to the land they already had. There was no electricity but a light plant when they first moved to the ranch. It was a rugged way of life in those days. They ranched together, Pat always doing her part and Walden his. There were lots of "tough times" and times when she said she kept telling herself we must endure until it gets better. As she aged, she looked back at the hard times as glue that drew her family together and gave purpose to their life.

Their first son, Kevin, was born in 1954, followed by Katherine, Colleen and Lennie. Walden died in 1979 leaving behind a young family, a young widow, and the ranch they all loved. Pat stepped up to the plate in every way. She took a deep interest in the success of the ranch until the day of her death. She never wanted it to be sold or divided in anyway. She also did the books until the day she died. She was so proud of how her "boys" kept the place running. She never accepted the fact she contributed so much, as their partner. The ranch became the soul and world of her family, with her home the center of that world. She was so proud that her grandson, Walden, chose to carry on the ranching tradition so passionately. Her last words to him, "keep the fires burning."

She put on the greatest dinners in the area when there was any occasion, holiday, branding, haying. She never wanted anyone slighted. She was famous for her homemade rolls. She was proud when her granddaughter, Anna, learned to make them and told her to call them Anna’s rolls, not Grandma’s.

Pat started up the library in Bondurant in the early 1960’s so that people would have access to books. She instigated the county roads being plowed all winter, in 1967, when she was pregnant with Lennie because she said she was not going to move into town to wait for him to be born like she had to her other winter babies. After that the county maintained the roads in Bondurant, all winter. Later in life, she took a job at the Jackson Hole Pendleton Shop, a high-end clothing store. She loved beautiful quality merchandise and enjoyed selling people clothing they looked sharp in. One of her friends told her recently before he knew her name, he referred to her as "the Classy Pendleton Lady." Granddaughter, Jenni, thanking her for teaching her how to dress classy. And her granddaughter-in law, Josephine, told her she wanted to have the kind of class she did. These comments made her day. She had an appreciation of quality in all things around her house and would rather go without than have what she called "junk."

The Green River Cattleman Association and Cattlewomen awarded her with the Lifetime Member Award and also Ranch Women of the Year Award. She was an integral part of the ranch receiving the Centennial Ranch Award. She served on the Board of Directors of the Wyoming LaBarge Oil Company for 27 years. Her McGinnis family had created this company many years ago and it is still active today. She traveled abroad on two different trips seeing England, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, and Wales. She was enriched by these adventures.

She loved the beauty around her. She loved the Hoback Canyon and told Katherine she fell in love with that canyon the first time she came through it. At that time the road was on the other side of the Hoback River. She loved the wildflowers, the autumn leaves, the wildlife, the song birds who flew in front of the kitchen window, the warmth from the kitchen wood stove she baked her most delicious food in.

The bond she created with her children and grandchildren of unconditional love was a gift that each of them will always have in their heart. She lived to see two great grandchildren, Daviel and Josiah (Joe, to her, after her father). She left behind for her family an example of how to love and how to live with integrity, honesty, forgiveness and acceptance. She will be missed by many friends as well as her 4 children - Kevin, Katherine, Colleen, Lennie; Grandchildren - Heidi, Walden, (Josephine), Anna, (Yancy), Jenni; and greatgrandchildren - Daviel and Little Joe.

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Obituary – Patricia McGinnis Campbell, March 2, 1929 – April 7, 2026 Covill Funeral Home, Pinedale, Wyoming

Ask Flora–Spring 2026 (posted 4/12/2026)
Sage & Snow Garden Club
Dear Flora,
I recently attended the class, "Gardening Goes Underground" at BOCES. I learned so much about growing root vegetables in Sublette County. I was hoping you would share your favorite types of root vegetables to grow here?
Thanks–Dan Digger

Dear Dan,
Root vegetables are a great way to venture into gardening in Sublette County. There are so many to choose from! Email the garden club if you need more information on best timeframes for planting, soil amendments, and other growing tips for each crop.

Potatoes are a local favorite. They can be grown in raised beds, in-ground beds, or lick tub containers. Red Norland and Yukon Gold are tried and true varieties that grow well here. Always buy potato sets with a 70-90 day growing season.

Carrots are another great choice. Mokum, Scarlet Nantes, and Candysnax rank at the top of the list for short-season sweet summer treats. Danvers carrots are better for long-term storage.

Onions can be grown from bulbs or many locals grow their own starter transplants from seed. Cabernet, Blush, Patterson, and Stuttgarter are good options for storage onions. Candy is a milder, sweet onion for summer use or you can try your luck with perennial onion varieties—just ask a Sage & Snow Garden Club member for some starter bulbs.

Garlic is a fun underground crop to try. I wrote an extended article on growing garlic last fall. Local favorites include Music, German Extra Hardy, and Montana Giant. Garlic is planted in the fall before the ground freezes.

Radishes are one of the fastest root vegetables to grow. Cherry Belle is the variety that you want–with only a 22-day growing season!

Beets–you either love them or not so much! Try Red Ace for a red variety or Boldor for gold type. Ask local gardeners for their recipes–you might decide that beets and beet greens are hard to beat (moose and voles think so!).

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Dear Flora,
This year I made myself a goal to try to get on top of weeding early in the season. Do you have any tips for eliminating weeds without chemical herbicide applications?
Appreciate any information
–Walter Weeder

Dear Walter,
Weeds can overwhelm your yard very quickly. Here are some of our best tips:
Dig them out. This is definitely the most straightforward way to eliminate both annual and perennial weeds–make sure to get the root and all. Remove plants and roots from the site. Don’t compost weeds. Many weeds harbor insects that may damage desirable plants.

Start early. Remove annual weeds when they are small and easier to pull, less than 3 inches tall. Pull or hoe, slicing the weeds less than 2 inches below the surface to minimize soil disturbance. Mother Earth News recommends using a Winged Weeder Hoe. With a few simple strokes back and forth, young weed seedlings are eliminated while barely disturbing the soil.

Identify your weed. Know the weeds you are dealing with before you start pulling or hoeing. Our local Sublette County Weed & Pest Office is a great resource to assist with weed identification–especially with invasive weed types. Drip irrigation—only water what you want to have flourish. Drip irrigation promotes efficient water usage while minimizing growth of weeds.

Add mulch after plants are well established. 2-3 inches of organic mulch can help suppress weeds around your plants. Inorganic mulch like weed barrier or black plastic can keep weed seed from germinating. Mulching pathways with cardboard, bark mulch, straw, or grass clippings can be used to stop weed growth.

Try grandma’s way. Mix 1 gallon vinegar (5% acetic acid) with 1 ounce dishwashing soap and 2 tablespoons of canola oil. Spot spray weeds, dousing foliage and the base of the weed. Beware! Vinegar will kill anything to which it is applied–don’t use it in your lawn (unless you are trying to kill the grass–this solution is very effective on grasses). Vinegar has a short residual effect in the soil so it can keep weeds from coming back for several months. You may need to apply several applications.

Apply a pre-emergent. Garden’s Alive has a pre-emergent weed control and lawn fertilizer made with corn gluten meal called ‘Wow!". This would help you avoid chemical applications, but it needs to be applied early in the season to prevent weeds from germinating.

Burn the foliage. Propane weed burning torches can be effective tools to singe leaves, causing weeds to wilt and die. Please read safety instructions when using this method and make sure that conditions are safe to prevent starting an unwanted fire in your yard.

Don’t let weeds go to seed. If you get behind in your weeding, at least cut them down to prevent weed seeds from forming. One plant can produce thousands of seeds for next
Year’s season.

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Dear Flora,
I want to sow wildflower seeds in my yard. When is the best time to sow these seeds? Do you have recommendations for preparing my site? How about the best wildflower seed mixes to plant for our region?
Sincerely,
Suzie Wilder

Dear Suzie,
Spring is the best time to sow wildflowers-–usually from mid-April to early June is good timing here. Wildseed Farms has extensive instructions on sowing wildflower seeds and maintaining your wildflower garden for years to come. Go to www.wildseedfarms.com.

Here are some of their suggestions and tips for sowing wildflowers:
Pick a mix that is suitable to our region. Sage & Snow Garden Club members have had the best luck with the Wildflower Seed Mix from Wind River Gardens. Watch their Facebook page for opening dates at Wind River Gardens, Pinedale WY, Facebook or call 307-568-3361.

It is best to do some site preparations for best success with your planting. Select a site with good drainage–wildflowers thrive in well-drained soils. Eliminate weeds or vegetation that might compete with your planting. Mow existing vegetation as short as possible and remove clippings from site. Prepare the bed by raking or lightly tilling the soil to maximum depth of 1 inch (shallow soil prep limits the disturbance of dormant weed seed in the soil). Mix wildflower seed 1 part to 4 parts sand or perlite to aid in even distribution. Broadcast 1/2 seed mix over the prepared area in one direction. Sow the remaining seed mix in a perpendicular direction to the initial sowing. Press seed into the soil by walking over the newly planted area–do not cover seed any deeper than 1/16 of an inch. Keep the area moist for 4-6 weeks to promote seed germination and establish growth.

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Dear Flora,
I would love to learn more about gardening in Sublette County. How can I find out about becoming a garden club member?

Ever Grateful,
Sage Snow

Dear Sage,
The Sage and Snow Garden Club welcomes gardeners, from novice to expert, to join our club to learn more about successful techniques and plants that grow in Sublette County. Our 2026 schedule of activities is posted on our website, listed below.

For more information, to ask questions for our next Ask Flora column, or to join the club—go to our website at https://www.sageandsnowgardenclub.org/ or contact Arlinda McLaughlin, Master Gardener at 307-231-9402.

Pictured are (L) Kari Bousman with the Pinedale Community Food Basket and (R) Ron Wild from Rocky Mountain Power.

Wrangle Hunger Snack Club earns grant to fuel student success in Sublette County (posted 4/9/2026)
Pinedale Community Food Basket
Pinedale, WY – Local teachers spend between $50 and $150 of
their own money annually to ensure students don’t go hungry
in class. Recognizing that well-nourished students behave
better and learn faster, the Rocky Mountain Power Foundation
has awarded a $2,000 grant to the Pinedale Community Food
Basket to continue the Wrangle Hunger Snack Club through the
2026-27 school year.

Since its launch in 2024, the Wrangle Hunger Snack Club has
been a vital resource for low-income families in Sublette
County School Districts #1 and #9, including local
homeschoolers. To date, dedicated volunteers have assembled
and distributed 557 nutritious snack bags during monthly
food distributions.

"By simply meeting this basic need, we reduce disruptions,
increase productivity, and support a more positive and
focused classroom atmosphere," says Pinedale Elementary
teacher Michayla Blatnick.

The Pinedale Community Food Basket, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit,
serves families at or below 185% of the USDA poverty level.
Beyond snacks, the organization provides supplemental food
assistance, emergency funds, and household essentials, while
connecting neighbors to critical community resources.

For families already struggling, a daily snack is a small
item that represents a large financial hurdle. This grant
ensures that students can keep their focus on their desks
rather than their stomachs.

The Rocky Mountain Power Foundation is part of the
PacifiCorp Foundation, one of the largest utility-endowed
foundations in the United States. The foundation was created
by PacifiCorp, an energy company that serves over 2 million
customers across a diverse six-state region as Rocky
Mountain Power (Utah, Wyoming and Idaho) and Pacific Power
(Oregon, Washington and California). The foundation’s
mission, through charitable investments, is to support the
growth and vitality of the communities served by Rocky
Mountain Power and Pacific Power. Since it started in 1988,
the foundation has awarded more than $60 million to
nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit
www.rockymountainpower.net/foundation or
www.pacificpower.net/foundation.

Funeral Service for Pat Campbell April 11 (posted 4/8/2026)
Patricia Campbell, 97, of Bondurant, Wyoming, died on April 7, 2026. Her funeral service is set for Saturday, April 11, at 1 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints, 221 E. North St., Pinedale, Wyoming.

Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt (posted 4/6/2026)
The Pinedale Lions Club held their annual Easter Egg Hunt in Boyd Skinner Town Park on Saturday, April 4th. The Lions Club has sponsored this free event for over 25 years, to the delight of generations of children. The weather was beautiful this year for the event. There was face painting and the Easter Bunny made an appearance.
Click on this link for more pictures: Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt
Photos courtesy Mindi Crabb

Kickin’ Cancer Casino Night fundraiser April 18 (posted 4/6/2026)
Join Kickin’ Cancer in Sublette County for their Annual Fundraiser April 18th at the Southwest Sublette County Pioneers Senior Center in Marbleton Wyoming. This year is casino themed. Every chip and raffle ticket purchased goes directly to helping our neighbors in Sublette County (and La Barge) in their ongoing fight against cancer. The evening will include dinner, a cash bar, black jack, craps, and roulette tables for a chance to win exciting local raffle packages, and silent auction with items donated from generous locals.

Tickets are limited to this event and can be purchased online at kickincancer.org.
Tickets are $40 online/$50 at door.

If you or your business would like to donate anything to our online or in-person silent auction please reach out: kickincancersc@wyoming.com, 307-360-0113

We could not do what we do without the wonderful support of our community. For over 20 years Sublette County has been showing up for Kickin’ Cancer and supporting those in their fight against cancer. Let’s keep the tradition alive and make this another successful year raising funds to Kick Cancer!

Please join us April 18th, 5pm-10pm
Southwest Sublette County Senior Center
Marbleton, Wyoming

Western US High School Alpine Championships (posted 4/6/2026)
Jeff Wohl
The 2026 Western US High School Skiing Championships took place March 15–18, at Loveland Ski Area in Colorado.

Seven Pinedale athletes joined with alpine skiers from around the state to represent Team Wyoming at the Championships. This year’s meet was held at the Loveland Basin Ski Area in Colorado, where athletes competed in Giant Slalom (GS), the faster event with larger turns, and Slalom (SL) with short, powerful turns. The team competed against some of the top skiers in the United States.

Pinedale had a particularly strong showing, making up over a quarter of the selected athletes for Team Wyoming.

Team Wyoming had a very solid finish, coming in sixth out of nine teams. Many of these teams are from areas with better access to ski racing, much larger high schools, and more funding.

Notable results for Pinedale athletes were:

In Men's Slalom:
Garret Saunders was 18th fastest in one run.
Case Ingle finished the slalom in 27th place.
Dude McCartney skied to a 36th on his first run.
Grant Carter finished a very solid 39th.

In Women's Slalom:
Addison Davis finished 51st.
Ellie Tolson had two great runs going, but had to hike and finish the day at 53rd.

Men’s Giant Slalom:
Garrett Saunders skied to a 37th.
Grant Carter finished the day 55th.
Case Ingle was 62nd.
Dune McCartney was skiing a blistering place, but ended up crashing.

Women’s Giant Slalom:
Ellie Tolson took 51st.
Addison Davis came in 67th.
Roxy Melinkovich took 78th.

Coach Jeff Wohl from Pinedale was able to attend and help coach all the athletes of Team Wyoming. Jeff said "I’m extremely proud of how all these athletes skied against some incredibly tough competition. This fine group of athletes conducted themselves in a very professional, polite, and respectful manner, and had a lot of fun. The teams that we competed against this week are extremely strong, with athletes who are truly ranked at the top for all skiers of their age. Many of the skiers not only race high school, but also on the club circuit and come from programs with far greater resources than our Wyoming athletes. For us to show up and finish as well as we did is truly a great accomplishment."

"The Pinedale team continues to grow in depth. We have a very strong group of skiers coming up and, I feel, in a few years, we’ll be in a place to even be competitive at a race of this caliber.

We, as a team, will continue fundraising so we can bring athletes to events like this. Next year the western high school championships will be held in Northern Minnesota, on the shores of Lake Superior. We hope to have the funding to be able to bring a full team again next year.

We would like to thank all in the community who have come forward to support these fine athletes through this incredible ski season, and look forward to seeing what they can do in the future. We would like to add a special thank you to Kelly Cornell, who supported not only Pinedale, but all Team Wyoming athletes. Thank you Kelly!"

If you would like to support this team, please contact Jwohl@sub1.org,

SCUF requesting submissions for wildfire art (posted 3/17/2026)
Sublette County Unified Fire is requesting submissions for wildfire art for a display that will be showcased at the Pinedale Library in May. They are seeking photographs, paintings, drawings and more. Photo submissions must be printed and ready to display. Those selected will have their work hung in the Pinedale Library gallery during the month of May. The Wildfire Art Showcase will be held in the Lovatt Room on Friday, May 1st, 2026 from 5-9PM. For submissions and any questions, contact Josie Valette, 307-323-8838, josie.valette@sublettecountywy.gov.

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