Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND – It has been over 50 years since Worland native and Vietnam veteran Alva R. Krogman, better known as Ray, disappeared over Laos, and in about a month, he will return to Worland for his final resting place. A member of the 504th Tactical Air Support Squadron, First Lieutenant Krogman was on a visual reconnaissance mission over Savannakhet Province, Laos on January 17, 1967. According to a May 1988 article in the Northern Wyoming Daily News by Don Hall, Krogman's job was to fly with a...
WORLAND – There are two extra helpers at the University of Wyoming Extension Office this summer. AmeriCorps volunteer Landen Doyle and intern Dani Warner will be helping with 4-H activities, with the intent to broaden community outreach and offer mentorship to younger 4-H members. University Extension 4-H Educator Amber Armajo noted that the summer internship has been around for 10 years, but this is the first time 4-H has had an AmeriCorps volunteer. "Landen has really been helping us with m...
WORLAND – Culturefest will be held in the back field of the Worland Community Center Complex June 19 from 9am-5pm. After a year off due to COVID, organizer Sheryl Ley, WCCC marketing director, anticipates that the community will be ready for entertainment. “People are excited this year because they’ve been cooped up since last summer, they are ready to get out and do things,” Ley said. The event will kick off with a 9am Welcome and National Anthem performed by Kurt and Alana Steinke. All day events such as the Dunk Booth provided by Search...
WORLAND -On May 15, Washakie County Search and Rescue held its annual awards banquet catered by Chubby Cheeks BBQ to honor their Officer and Member of the Year. Members voted Neal Lockard Officer of the Year, and brothers Caleb, Ephraim, and Jed Risch of Ten Sleep were selected as Co-Members of the Year by a group of six officers. This season's presentation also recognized Commander Dave Michel's 30 years of service. Michel started as a member, and then progressed to officer, sergeant and now co...
Hello, as this is the first issue of Northern Wyoming News I have ever contributed to, I would like to offer a short introduction of who I am and what I hope to bring to our readers. My family and I are from Greybull, and I spent a lot of my time as a teenager contributing to the Greybull Standard, mostly pictures and short articles about the goings-on of Greybull High School, from which I graduated in 2019, and Greybull Rec Center events. I was the yearbook geek and will be eternally grateful to my advisor for convincing me that there are... Full story
WORLAND - Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) is expanding its reach outside of the Big Horn Basin thanks to the hard work of Dan and Nancy Frederick alongside hundreds of local volunteers. The group plans to kick off in Fremont County with a volunteer build in Lander on June 19, intending to craft bed frames and supply mattresses, sheets and pillows to children in the Riverton-Hudson-Lander area. According to their website, shpbeds.org, the SHP program was started by Luke Mickelson of Twin Falls, Ida...