On a sunny spring day in early March, thousands of Western Slope sheep line up in a corral unknowingly waiting for their annual haircut. Herders gently prod the animals to follow one another up a ramp ...

Jake, the sheep shearing crew boss, called me on Saturday evening, hoping to arrive at my barn on Monday morning. I already had a big day of commitments on Monday so we settled on Tuesday morning ...

BUHL • With sweat dripping from his permanently tanned nose, Chase Cantrell leaned against the shearing shed. “I did 266 sheep on my best day,” said Cantrell, 25, of Buhl, who has been shearing sheep ...

BUHL, Idaho (AP) — With sweat dripping from his permanently tanned nose, Chase Cantrell leaned against the shearing shed. "I did 266 sheep on my best day," said Cantrell, 25, of Buhl, who has been ...

Katie McRose, the founder of the traveling animal shearing business Right Choice Shearing, remembers the first time she posted a TikTok video showing off her work. It was back in March of this year, ...

FAIRPOINT - He isn't an imposing figure, but with clippers in hand, Loren Opstedahl has turned sheep shearing into a 21-year career of championship seasons. Opstedahl, 37, began the 2009 shearing ...

One of the biggest benefits to spending one’s life in a rural setting is that when schedules begin to feel out of control and the days fill up too fast, there is always the option to let go of the ...