Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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As the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to expand around the globe, including more than 100 confirmed or suspected cases across the United States, many folks in the Big Horn Basin are concerned that it might eventually reach here. As of Tuesday, there are no Wyoming cases. The Wyoming Department of Health's website suggests that the risk to Wyoming residents remains low, but "it is becoming increasingly likely that COVID-19 will spread to our state." According to...
The Washakie County Hospital Board of Trustees opened their regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 26, with Vice Chair Dean Carrell introducing new board member Bryony Volin. Following this, Mary Jo Hake presented a history of the Washakie Hospital Foundation and described its mission and current activities. The Foundation was established in 1993. Its mission is to engage charitable resources that support and strengthen our hospital and the community and thus enhance the quality of life in the Big Horn Basin. Early fundraising efforts by Ruth Bower and...
TEN SLEEP – With Ten Sleep’s current mayor declining to run for re-election this May, no mayoral hopeful has yet filed the necessary papers to become a candidate. “Not as of today,” said Ten Sleep town clerk/treasurer Lori Hughes on Tuesday. Two seats on the Ten Sleep Town Council will also be contested in the town’s May 5 municipal election. One person has filed candidacy papers for one of the open seats. Current councilpersons Charles Holmes and Amy Truman are up for re-election, but it is remains unclear whether either of them will run....
Wheat varieties that were first farmed as far back as 10,000 years ago are making a strong comeback in Wyoming. Caitlin Youngquist and Carrie Eberle of the University of Wyoming Extension described a University of Wyoming agricultural research project concerned with "first grains" at WESTI Ag Days in Worland, Feb. 12. The Wyoming First Grains Project is growing three early grains – emmer, spelt and einkorn – on five farms and three research stations in several different parts of the state. The...
The Washakie County Commissioners met Tuesday to discuss a range of issues Tuesday at the courthouse in Worland. After an update from Keith Bower on the state of roads and bridges, the commissioners considered the problem of several electronic locks on doors in the Washakie County Courthouse that no longer function properly. Kami Neighbors of Washakie County Homeland Security and Chris Hazen of the Washakie County Sheriff’s Office presented the commissioners with an estimate to replace these locks with an updated electronic system, which w...
TEN SLEEP – Ten Sleep’s monthly recycling drive needs help. Each month for the past several years, a volunteer group in Ten Sleep has loaded up a trailer of that town’s plastics, paperboard, food cans, old newspapers and magazines, and driven it from the Ten Sleep Transfer Station to a recycling center in Buffalo. As with most volunteer operations, the number of folks who can help may run low with the passage of time. Right now, Ten Sleep has an urgent need for volunteers, according to organizer Megan Truman. Recycling in Ten Sleep takes place...
THERMOPOLIS — The future of two key concession contracts at Hot Springs State Park remains unclear. Last November, Wyoming State Parks issued Requests for Proposals to operate Days Inn and Star Plunge for a minimum five-year period, and perform close to $3 million of critical deferred maintenance at these facilities. The work would need to be done by the end of 2022. Wyoming State Parks’ estimate of what it will cost to bring Days Inn’s critical deferred maintenance up to date comes to almost $1.3 million. For Star Plunge it is nearly $1.4...