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WORLAND — Worland’s two real estate owners and brokers said after a hot housing market in 2021, 2022 is starting slowly due to lack of inventory in the area. Both Nikki Donahue of Real Living Hake Realty and Alison Taylor-Sheesley of McGarvin & Taylor Real Estate said January is typically a slow month. Donahue noted that January in 2021 was an anomaly as it was busy, primarily with closings of sales started in December. “This year we are behind but it is still steady. The lack of inventory makes it hard though,” Donahue said. Taylor-Sheesley sa...
UPDATE: The link provides a map to latest Big Horn Basin/Region 8 districts https://greenwoodmap.com/redistrict/map#zcr=8.99135113118804/-12142376.985875707/5486464.430790961/0&lyrs=topoesri,reion8_20220202,counties WORLAND — The Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee voted last Thursday, Jan. 22, to go with a redistricting plan to add two new House Districts and one new Senate District in the state, a plan that benefits the Big Horn Basin. While the plan proposed adding one House district in Laramie County and o...
WORLAND — The Worland City Council voted Tuesday night to put the lot at 1429 Coburn out for bid again. The council had sought bids last year with a minimum $25,000 bid and did not receive a qualified bid. City Attorney Kent Richins told the council that the city is low on homes and perhaps someone would be interested in building a home on the lot. Council member Scott Schaeffer said, “I think it is a good idea. It’s the perfect time.” Richins also suggested that the city increase the minimum to $30,000 instead of $25,000. A motion to adverti...
WORLAND — Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees heard for the first time a proposed policy regarding political campaigns and activities for students and staff. During the regular board meeting Monday night, Superintendent David Nicholas told the board that he wanted to read the policy to the board so they were aware of it and then he would bring it back to the board for first reading at the February meeting. He said the policy used some information from the Wyoming School Board Association policy and one from Powell. The d...
WORLAND - About 50 people gathered at the first Celebration of Life rally and March for Life in Worland. Nationally a March for Life has been held every year since 1974, one year after the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision of Roe vs. Wade, which legalized abortion. According to the March for Life website, "The March for Life began in Washington, D.C. as a small demonstration in direct response to the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. Taking place every year since 1974,...
My Fitbit tells me I got three and a half hours of sleep Monday night and about the same on Sunday night, far short of the eight hours everyone says we need. I prefer at least five hours of sleep but sometimes it just does not work out. However, when I get less than five hours a night it is hard sometimes for the brain to stay focused for a full day so this week you get a lot of random thoughts. The first is I am not sure how my Fitbit can tell when I’m sleeping and not just cat napping on the couch, but it seems to know. I got the Fitbit f... Full story
WORLAND - When Washakie County Extension Administrative Assistant Janet Benson announced her retirement the search began for a replacement and it ended with a newcomer to the county, Carrie Abbe. While she grew up in Oregon, Abbe is familiar with Wyoming, having come to visit her daughter Hannah Agar. She also visited Wyoming with her husband Clint, who works for the Agars. Carrie Abbe began duties on Jan. 3. She and her husband Clint and daughter Aimee moved to Washakie County from Oregon in...
WORLAND - Blair's Market in Worland officially moves to its third-generation ownership this week with the change in ownership to Sha and Brandon Yule as SBY Plus Inc. Blair's Market was started in 1980 when Blair and Norene Foulger purchased Max's Supermarket in Powell. In an interview in 2018, Kent Foulger, Blair's son, said the organization first involved his dad, mom and sister. He joined the organization in 1981 and his twin brother Brent joined in 1982. In 1987, Blair's Market purchased...
WORLAND — The Worland City Council voted unanimously to appeal the 2020 census figures, even discussing the option of a mid-decade count. Mayor Jim Gill outlined his case before the council, noting that he personally does not feel Worland’s population dipped below 5,000. Worland’s population per the 2010 census was 5,487. The population in 2020 was at 4,773, a drop of 714 or 13%. “I think we have great data to defend our position but we need official action,” Gill said. City engineering representative Mike Donnell looked at wastewate...
WORLAND - Connor Hendrick Nowak, son of Brian and Kylie Nowak of Worland is the first baby born in 2022 at Worland's hospital, Washakie Medical Center. Connor was born at 1:28 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 at WMC. He weighed 5 pounds 9 ounces and measured 19 inches. He joins an older sister, Juniper, 7, at home. The Nowaks have been married 13 years and while they knew Connor would be a January baby, with a due date of Jan. 23, they did not conceive of the idea that he would be the first baby of...
WORLAND - U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) expressed frustration with the President Joe Biden Administration but said he is willing to work with Biden on key issues for Wyoming and will fight against issues that hurt Wyoming. In an interview prior to Barrasso speaking to the Worland Kiwanis and Rotary club members Tuesday at the Worland Community Center Complex, Barrasso said he felt Biden would be easier to work with than he has been but added that Biden has changed since he was a U.S....
WORLAND — Fans requested a large concert for the Washakie County Fair and the board listened as they received word at Monday night’s meeting that they had secured booking the Academy of Country Music’s Best New Group 1993, Confederate Railroad. Confederate Railroad will perform Saturday night, July 30 on the regular bandstand at the fairgrounds. Tickets will be for sale online starting next month. According to their bio as listed on the band’s website, “Confederate Railroad first rolled onto the national country music scene in the early 90s...
WORLAND — After hearing a presentation for Dan Bilka, coordinator of the Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Coalition, the Washakie County Commissioners sent a letter of support for the project. In the letter, the commissioners wanted to “express our strong support for a major investment in rail transportation infrastructure. We hereby provide full support and formally request the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Deputy Administrator Amit Bose create a FRA Working group focused on the Gre...
Our family at the Pomeroy household grew by one more on Dec. 23, 2021, as we adopted a 6-month Australian shepherd mix male puppy from New Hope Humane Society. This brings our total fur children at our home to six – three cats and three dogs. Adopting Roscoe did not come easily but it was, as some would say and what I believe to be, a “Godwink” moment. Roscoe was pet of the week on Dec. 16. I figured he would be adopted right away. It was Christmas time, he was totally adorable. Now I see the pets of the week every week and joke about adopt... Full story
WORLAND - A project started nearly 18 years ago came to fruition at Christmas time for local author Diana Pickerel. Pickerel, who moved to Worland in 1979, has resided in Worland since then, except for six years when she lived in Lovell to take care of her mother Evelyn Wittick. Her first book, "My Caring Home," is about the Wittick family and how they overcome a tragic accident. She did note she did fabricate the name of the person who dies in the accident. According to the synopsis on the...
WORLAND — As 2022 gets underway, Worland Mayor Jim Gill said he wants the focus for himself, the council and the city on growing Worland. In his first year as mayor, Gill started the Grow Worland Initiative, looking at ways to grow the community and in an interview Monday he said he can see some of that growth occurring in the area around North Fourth Street. Unique Precisions, a manufacturing company from California relocated to Worland and has spent months renovating the old Coors building into its tool manufacturing business. The Ten S...
WORLAND — A new president of the council was elected and a new event approved during the first Worland City Council meeting of 2022. With each new year comes election of council officers. William Worley was elected as president of the council and Wendy Fredricks was elected as acting president of the council. The council gave approval for a Celebration of Life event planned for Jan. 22 by the Knights of Columbus. Three members of the organization were in attendance at Tuesday night’s meeting. They said this would be the first Celebration of Lif...
Well the new year came on Saturday with really barely a whisper but there is a lot in store for us this year. The City of Worland will be appealing the 2020 census figures. This could have potential impact on future funding if they are successful. This is a story to watch. There are several construction projects in the works right now that are expected to be completed this year — Sunlight Federal Credit Union, Unique Precisions, Pit Stop Travel Center and Big Horn Cooperative Travel Center. All of these will be great additions to the c... Full story
THERMOPOLIS - A number of missing persons from the Big Horn Basin are listed on the new Wyoming Missing Persons database. John Daily Hammond, age 65, has been missing since Nov. 5, 2021. Hammond is a resident of Hot Springs County and was last seen on November 5, 2021, in Carbon County in the Miracle Mile (Sage Creek) area between Seminoe and Pathfinder Reservoirs. According to the Wyoming Missing Persons database, he is a white male, approximately 5-10, 195 pounds, with hazel eyes, and brown...
WORLAND — Two of Worland’s newest residents, born last fall, are facing heart surgeries in 2022. Julie and Dan Atkinson welcomed daughter Emma on Oct. 9, born at Children’s Hospital in Denver. Emma was born with a serious heart condition known as DORV (double outlet right ventricle), according to childrenshospital.org, DORV “is a rare congenital heart defect where the pulmonary artery and the aorta — the heart’s two major arteries — both connect to the right ventricle.” In addition to the heart defect, Emma was also born with a rare condition c...
WORLAND — There are several bills that the Washakie County Conservation District will be following when the 2022 Wyoming Legislature convenes its budget session in February. During a meeting with legislators and county officials earlier this month, the WCCD Board discussed four bills of interest. House Bill 005, a Joint Agricultural Committee bill, would “require notice to federal land management agencies of the costs of wild horse grazing on state lands; authorize enforcement by writ of mandamus for removal of wild horses from nonfederal lan...
If 2020 was the year of the pandemic then 2021 was the year of the comeback, at least here in Washakie County and the surrounding area. I know what you are thinking – what comeback. You are thinking we are still dealing with COVID-19, vaccines and vaccine mandates (with the Supreme Court to hear a case next week). But let us take a look at 2021 and you will see what I mean. Both Worland and Ten Sleep schools finished the 2020-21 school year in person. There were actual proms and regular graduation ceremonies. The start of this year came with n... Full story
WORLAND — In addressing a point in question from Cody Regional Health, the Washakie County Commissioners reviewed both the agreements with Cody Regional Health for a ground ambulance and the membership agreement for air medical evacuation with Guardian Flight. At the regular commissioner meeting on Dec. 21, Chairman Fred Frandson said they received a point in question from Cody Regional Hospital (CRH) that they had an understanding that Guardian Flight/AirMedCare was bringing in a ground ambulance to transfer patients from the hospital to t...
WORLAND – Frontier Tire in Worland celebrated the 30th anniversary in business earlier this month. Frontier Tire started in December 1991 by Jeff Dorr, his wife at the time, Dale Hovander. They purchased the Petty Tire store at 417 N 10th Street to begin their auto repair business. Dorr said, "Naming the shop was difficult. I had many different names in mind and settled with Frontier. I felt the name was fitting to Worland and the area. Dorr eventually bought out Hovander in 2001. Owning his own...
