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This Sunday marks the start of the observance of National Newspaper Week, where I traditionally like to try and educate the public about something regarding the role of the newspaper but this year I would like to talk about “off the record.” The phrase “off the record” is bantered about quite a lot anymore, usually in jest but occasionally people say will say it when covering a meeting or in the midst of an interview. There are a few things to know about “off the record.” The Poynter Report senior media writer Tom Jones said it best in def... Full story
WORLAND — In one year, the number of calls to the regional poison control center doubled from the five previous years on complications related to ivermectin. According to a health advisory on Aug. 26, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed with the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) that human exposures and adverse effects associated with ivermectin reported to poison control centers have increased in 2021 compared to the pre-pandemic baseline. These reports include increased use of veterinary p...
TEN SLEEP — A father and son from Sheridan County are facing multiple charges after an altercation with a citizen and a deputy last week. Cody James Veal (born in 1979) of Story and Niles Wesley Veal (born in 1951) of Sheridan appeared before Fifth Judicial District Circuit Court Judge Ed Luhm on Friday afternoon in Worland, each facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges from an incident that began the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 14 and ended in the early morning hours of Sept. 15. The incident began with a call for breach of peace at L...
WORLAND — The nearly 10% drop in population in Washakie County and the 13% drop within the City of Worland has strong financial and legislative implications. According to the Census Bureau, the 2020 census showed Washakie County declining in population by 848 residents, or 9.9%, dropping from 8,533 to 7,685. The majority of the loss, per the Census Bureau was a drop of 714 residents in Worland (13%), dropping from 5,487 in 2010 to 4,773 in 2020. Ten Sleep showed a decline of 14 residents (5.4%) for a population of 246. Worland C...
WORLAND — Shortages in manufacturing has created issues with two bids for the City of Worland. On Sept. 7 the council approved a bid for towable air compressor to be used for blowing out sprinkler systems among other projects. The city received two bids and awarded the bid to Titan Machinery out of Gillettte. At Tuesday night’s council meeting, City Attorney Kent Richins said due to shortages the company was unable to fulfill the bid. He said Public Works Superintendent Nick Kruger approached the second bidder Tractor & Equipment out of Bil...
TEN SLEEP — The Ten Sleep school board interviewed two potential candidates to fill the vacancy left last month by Megan Truman. After interviews the board unanimously approved a motion to appoint Bill Murphy to the vacant seat. Superintendent Jimmy Phelps, in an interview Tuesday, said Murphy was sworn in following the appointment and took part in the rest of the meeting. In his letter of interest to the board, Murphy wrote, “Growing up in and graduating from Ten Sleep gave me a great sense of pride and ownership in this community. In the sub...
Little did I know when I was writing my 9/11 memories last week and I mentioned that it scared me that people were willing to give up freedoms in the name of safety that a few days later President Joe Biden would again enact safety as a way of taking away more freedoms. In his address he stated, “This is not about freedom or personal choice. It’s about protecting yourself and those around you — the people you work with, the people you care about, the people you love.” You will see memes quoting him as saying “This is not about freedom b...
WORLAND — The Washakie County Fair Board is seeking residents’ opinions on the dates for next year’s fair, as well as entertainment and times for livestock shows. A survey, through SurveyMonkey is being developed but people can also contact the fair board through its website at washakiecountyfair.com. The Wyoming State Fair will be the week of Aug. 15. The county fair if they use the same schedule as this year would run July 25-29, likely putting it a week ahead of Big Horn and Hot Springs county fairs and there would be a two week break befor...
WORLAND — When the Pfizer BioNTechSE COVID-19 vaccine gained full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month, the announcement said the vaccine would now be marketed as COMIRNATY®. The change in the name has created confusion with some questioning the difference between the vaccine granted full approval and the one granted emergency use authorization. One protester at Monday’s “Freedom of Choice” protest in Worland specifically asked if Wyoming had the “approved” vaccine. Washakie County Public Health Nurse Manager Aman...
WORLAND - The Crown Cork & Seal Worland plant recently completed a two-year partnership with the Crown Corporate Environmental Health and Safety Department and is the only plant in North America to complete the health and safety partnership. According to Plant EHS Manager and Quality Manager Tyler Lockard, "Our plant has recently achieved a very high award within our company (EHS World Class Partnership). Crown Worland is the first beverage plant in North America to ever complete this...
WORLAND - Worland resident Dolores Arps, known as Dee to her friends will turn 104 years young on Monday, Sept. 6 or maybe Tuesday, Sept. 7. She was born in Dodge, Nebraska, on Sept. 6, 1917, at least that is when she has always celebrated her birthday. However, Dee explains that her birth certificate actually lists Sept. 7, 1917, as her official birth date. "So the government requires me to say the 7th, that has caused me a lot of frustration," Dee said. She said the "little country doctor"...
WORLAND - For the second time in five years, the Washakie County Senior Citizens Center doing business as Worland Senior Center and Worland Van-Go Public Transportation has been honored by the Wyoming Department of Transportation as the Transit Agency of the Year. The award was presented at a conference in June. Executive Director Wendy Fredricks said, "We are ecstatic" at being honored. The center was nominated by WYDOT staff and wrote, "Wendy Fredricks has always had great communication with...
WORLAND - Washakie County 4-H member Aubrie Carlisle completed her third year in 4-H at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas last month and for the third straight year won a top prize with her static archery exhibit. Carlisle said she joined 4-H because she enjoys being around kids who have the same interests as she does, but also because it has allowed her to meet new people, meeting youth of all ages and different communities. For three years she has been involved in archery, last year she also...
WORLAND - Veile Mortuary celebrates 100 years in business in Worland and Washakie County this year, with three generations of the Veile Family and one new owner taking the company into the future. David Veile said his grandfather Fred Veile, who immigrated to the United States from Denmark, came to Worland from Potlatch, Idaho, in 1913. He said his grandfather was a lumber estimator and was sent by the lumber mill in Potlatch to work for the Cardell Ridge Lumber Company. Fred Veile brought his f...
THERMOPOLIS - In 1945 Max E. Mortimore purchased the local Eastman Mortuary in Thermopolis, and now 76 years later, the Mortimore Family continues to run and operate the only funeral home in Hot Springs County. Ellen Mortimore said the funeral home's records, including Eastman's records go back as far as 1918. She said the Mortimores purchased the mortuary for $18,000. The Eastman Mortuary, and for six years the Mortimore Family Funeral Home were located where the Thermopolis Independent Record...
WORLAND — Bryant Funeral Home of Worland is celebrating 26 years in business this year and they have seen several changes in the past few years. Bryant Funeral Home was founded by Mike and Yvonne Bryant in October 1995 at its current location, 1320 Big Horn Avenue. While Mike was born and raised in Worland, he served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in California and after returning to Worland he wed Yvonne Sova in Utah, where Mike earned a degree in business at t...
It has been 16 months since the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak as a global pandemic. We have come a long way but there is still a long way to go but I fear this country is at a crossroads. Let me start by stating I believe in freedom, I believe in personal choice. While I do not support mandating vaccines or the wearing of face masks, I do understand why some businesses and schools (Albany County in Wyoming) are making those decisions. They want to try to make sure people who enter their business... Full story
WORLAND — The Worland Support The Troops program managed by the American Legion Post 44 is changing direction slightly due to fewer area troops being deployed overseas. American Legion Adjutant Don Hall said last week in an interview that Support the Troops started in April 2003 with four Legion members sitting around discussing the war in Afghanistan and how to support the troops. He said he, the late Todd White, Jim Bailey and Herm Emmett were remembering how those who served in the Vietnam War did “not get much in the way of care pac...
WORLAND - In just its fourth year of competition and second at the Pepsi Wyoming BBQ State Championship & Bluegrass Festival American Heroes BBQ out of Glenrock took home the grand prize this year. American Heroes is owned by Brad and Devonie Mueller but their children Austin and Bailey are learning the craft as both competed in the Kids Q with Bailey winning the event and Austin taking fifth. American Heroes won the overall award with 694.8 total points, 170.83 in chicken, 174.84 in pork ribs,...
WORLAND — There is excitement this year from the cooks to the judges for the 17th Pepsi Wyoming BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival at the Washakie County Fairgrounds Friday and Saturday. Committee chairman Dave Paxton said, “There is a lot of interest this year. We’ve had tons of people wanting to know if we were doing it. We have 32 teams, that’s one away from being completely full.” The teams will compete in a Kansas City BBQ Society sanctioned cook competition with four meats — chicken, pork, brisket and ribs. Those teams that want c...
Recently a reader came into the office to purchase an ad and asked that it be placed on page 2. We told her we would try and accommodate the request and her reply was that she did not read anything passed page 2, which I found unfortunate as there is a lot of news on the other 18 pages in the Northern Wyoming News. Now if you are reading this you are one who at least reads to page 4 and we here at the Northern Wyoming News appreciate that. Every week — beyond page 2 – we have the church schedules for churches in Worland, Ten Sleep, The... Full story
WORLAND - Every other Wednesday was, Work-It-Wednesday, this summer with West Side students gather to harvest produce from the school garden established just prior to the end of the school year in May. Andrea Cooley, West Side teacher and project coordinator said she has had a different group of students gather nearly every week. They have planted tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, pumpkins, strawberries, lettuce, peas, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, pickling and cutting cucumbers, radishes, banana...
WORLAND - Dirt and infrastructure issues caused Big Horn Cooperative Marketing Association to close down their convenience store sooner and longer than anticipated while the new Travel Center is constructed. Big Horn Cooperative Marketing Director Chris Gross said Monday was the official close date for the old convenience store on the west end of Worland off of U.S. Highway 20. Initially, he said, they had hoped the store would be "out of service" four to seven days before the new store opened...
It has been a busy summer and I know you are all wondering how the cats are doing since last I wrote there was still some disgruntlement, mainly between the two males. Chuck had refused to eat with Tigger and Fluffy, mainly because they would push him out of the way. I felt sorry for him and started feeding him separately at the back door. But then came the ants all over the cat food and into the doorway. Enough was enough. Chuck needed to learn to eat with the other cats so I would take his food out the back door and make him follow me to the... Full story
WORLAND — The 9-11 commemorative service committee has finalized plans for the service at 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 11, in Pioneer Square. The service, 9-11 20 Years: We Will Never Forget, will begin at 10 a.m. with a welcome by Master of Ceremonies Commissioner Chairman Fred Frandson. There will be a moment of silence while flags at city hall, the courthouse and the park are lowered to half-staff. Worland Fire Department personnel will lower the flag at city hall; law enforcement will lower the flag at the courthouse and Cody Regional a...