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WORLAND — Worland residents Wanda and Dennis Richard, owners of property at 622 South Fifth, came before the council Tuesday night to discuss what they described as dilapidated apartments next door. Wanda Richard said they have talked to the ordinance officer and the city building official and finally talked to council member Mike Neufer who suggested they come before the council with their concerns. She said they have been trying since 2017 to get the neighbors to clean up the property. She said the building is falling apart with the only t...
WORLAND — Last week Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon announced the finalization of the first round of state budget cuts totaling more than $250 million, with an additional $80 million in cuts to maintenance of state buildings and those at the university and community colleges. The 10% cuts to state agencies, boards and commissions will have significant effects on Wyoming communities and citizens, as the cuts will impact important services that people depend on and will reduce general fund dollars that enter the private sector, according to a p...
WORLAND — As rough as last season’s sugar beet harvest season ended, with snow and freezing temperatures, Wyoming Sugar CEO Mike Greear is excited about this year’s crop. “We have a darn good crop out there,” Greear said, noting that the crop in Washakie County and Big Horn County looks good. He said the crop in Fremont County is good but not as good with farmers struggling with weather and water. Early harvest should begin next week with pre-piling on September 16 and regular harvest beginning Oct. 1. “I’ve been in charge for three years and i...
WORLAND - A public meeting has been scheduled for Sept. 9 concerning a 2021-22 project to reconstruct three bridges on WY433 near Worland. The 6:30 p.m. public meeting will be held at the Washakie County Fairgrounds. Citizens and area landowners/farmers/ranchers are invited to attend. The 2021-22 project will replace 3 bridges and reconstruct the roadway on West River Road between mileposts 4.14 and 5.5. "The project includes total reconstruction of the three bridges," said Wyoming Department...
We like to have fun in our newsroom and last Tuesday as we were beginning to digest election results and add up numbers from various precincts one of our reporters asked jokingly, “Are we using COVID math or regular math?” I emphatically said no, there would be no COVID math involved in election vote tallies. The reason? No one understands COVID math because COVID math is hard and confusing. Why you ask? The biggest reason is that every county, every state and every country seems to count differently. First there are the deaths. I don’t belie...
WORLAND — Write-in nominations have filled out the races for Worland City Council. Keith McDonald accepted a write-in nomination to challenge Jim Gill for mayor. The two faced off in 2016 with Gill winning 1,320 votes to 844 votes. According to Washakie County Clerk Mary Grace Strauch, there were five qualified write-in nominations for mayor with Karl Jay Hergert leading with nine write-in votes. Hergert was offered the nomination first but declined. Robert Nelsen received six write-in votes for mayor and also declined the nomination. M...
WORLAND - Several businesses and groups gathered nearly 20 years ago to enhance the South Worland Pond, just south of the airport and the Green Hills Golf Course, and now several city departments are working to keep the recreation area nice. Airport Manager Lynn Murdoch said the area was donated for recreational purposes. She said the pond is used year round for fishing with ice fishermen coming out in the winter. She said the pond is also used by the area schools for kayaking. No swimming or mo...
Worland, Ten Sleep and several area schools began in-school classes this week. Washakie County School District No. 1 postponed the start of East Side Elementary until today (Thursday) due to two staff members testing positive for COVID-19 at the start of the month. Across the state and across the country school districts have had to make tough decisions on whether to have classes online or in person or provide a hybrid. We congratulate our local schools for the choices that they made. They were not easy choices. In a time where things can...
WORLAND — All Worland municipal candidates will advance to the Nov. 3 general election based on unofficial results from Tuesday’s primary election. Mayor Jim Gill, seeking a second term, received 1,149 of the 1,213 total votes cast. There were 64 write-ins cast. A person needs only three write-in votes to be eligible. If there is an eligible candidate or candidates, the person with the most write-in votes will be offered the nomination to be on the general election ballot. If that person declines then the next write-in nominee would be off...
WORLAND — In person hearings and bench trials were slated to begin Tuesday for Worland Municipal Court following action by the city council Monday night. Discussion originated at the Aug. 4 meeting, continued at the Aug. 10 work session with further discussion and official motion on Monday, Aug. 17. Municipal Court Judge Marcy Argeris told the council Monday night that pending approval they would like to begin bench trials and order to show cause hearings starting Tuesday, using the council chambers as the courtroom. Usually municipal court is...
WORLAND - McGarvin & Taylor Real Estate found a new home in downtown Worland. They moved to their new location at 701 Big Horn Avenue from their previous location at 114 North Ninth. The move was spearheaded when former property owner of 701 Big Horn Avenue, George Sheaff of Sheaff Properties, came to Alison Taylor Sheesley of McGarvin & Taylor to discuss listing the property for sale. "George came in and wanted to sale it. He and I came down here to look at it and I said I might want to buy...
WORLAND — In a week, Worland and Washakie County has seen an increase of 33 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, Aug. 11. Four of the cases are reported as recovered by the Wyoming Department of Health, leaving 29 active. On July 29, Washakie County had 0 active cases, less than a week later there were nine cases and in two weeks 33 cases. According to Washakie County Public Health and the COVID incident management team, several of these cases are linked to adults aged 20-40 attending social events, bars and reunions. Others are b...
WORLAND - Dani Warner is a champion breeder and showman and the long-time 4-H and Chief Washakie FFA member won many accolades at the Washakie County Fair last month and is likely going to add to those awards at this week's Wyoming State Fair. Warner won the Champion Bred and Fed Award in both the Youth Swine Show and in the Youth Beef Show. Those entering that category must breed, feed and show their animals at the county fair shows. In the beef show, Warner also won grand champion showman in...
WORLAND - Former U.S. House of Representative and current U.S. Senate candidate Cynthia Lummis made a few stops in Washakie County Saturday, including speaking at the organizational meeting for the Washakie County Teenage Republicans Saturday night. "We wanted to come and meet with them and encourage their efforts," Lummis said. "It's worth coming to meet with teenagers who have an interest in government and the political campaigns that are going on in 2020." She said teenagers who begin...
WORLAND - U.S. Senate Republican candidate Mark Armstrong of Centennial describes himself as a different kind of politician, not wanting to make the millions of dollars that career politicians do and limiting himself to two terms. Armstrong, in a stop in Worland on a northern Wyoming tour late last week said he understands that a Senator gains $1.6 million in additional wealth every year in office, through campaign donations and lobbying. "I won't do it. The people need to be represented, not...
WORLAND - U.S. House of Representatives Democratic candidate Carl Beach stopped in Washakie County last Tuesday on a trip around northern Wyoming. He said he had an event in Thermopolis scheduled and he reached out to his Worland campaign volunteer Phyllis Roseberry about hosting a small event at Pioneer Square. He then went to Ten Sleep, Gillette and Sheridan last week. Beach is one of three Democratic candidates for Wyoming's lone U.S. House seat. The other two are from Fort Washakie and South...
WORLAND – After a brief discussion to introduce the topic at Tuesday night’s regular meeting, the Worland City Council will discuss at Monday’s work session what types of hearings to allow for municipal court and if city hall is the best location for those hearings. City Attorney Kent Richins said he prefers to follow the rules of the Wyoming Supreme Court, although the municipal court does not fall under their guidance. The state court has ruled to postpone most hearings until October. “We have certain cases that have constitutional issues...
WORLAND - Five nurses from Banner Health Washakie Medical Center volunteered to take shifts in Arizona at the Banner Del E Webb Medical Center in Phoenix to help treat hospitalized patients. Brianna Kilpatrick, Brittany McCormack, Brieanna Nothe were the first three to go earlier last month. Following after their stint were nurses Kaeli Campbell and Montana Smith. Campbell sat down with the Northern Wyoming News recently to discuss her experience in what has been a COVID-19 hot spot in the...
WORLAND - Katie, 17, and Ellianna, 14, Baumstarck, both started in 4-H when they were 9 years old, and have been actively showing at the Washakie County Fair. The siblings have enjoyed some sibling rivalry the past five years and this year enjoyed one final rival year in the sheep show with Katie Baumstarck stating she likely will take a break from sheep during the next 4-H season. Katie said she got involved in 4-H in part because of her older siblings, Cody and Emily, and because it seemed...
Judging is hard, but at times tasty Since moving to Worland in 2015 I have covered the Rhubarb Rhevival all but one year, and I do not know what I was thinking that one year when I assigned it to someone else because I love rhubarb. This year I was asked to be a judge and I thought it would be fun and then I forgot I hate judging. In talking to my fellow judge, Jay Richard, I figured out my issue with judging – being decisive. There are many things in my life in which I can make firm d...
Two weeks ago I said goodbye to an old friend, Peggy Sue. That's what I named my red Toyota Corolla that my husband Alan and I purchased on a Memorial Day weekend in 2004. She was brand new when we bought her but she didn't have the bells and whistles - no power windows or door locks, no cruise control (yes that proved to be an issue over the years) but she took me down a lot of fun roads. On July 17 I sold her to a son of a friend and while I was sad to say goodbye to my old friend, I couldn't...
WORLAND - Guardian Flight emergency flight nurse Keith Van Brunt has been recognized for his work with the Navajo Nation during the COVID-19 pandemic and nominated by a friend for a trip to Africa. Van Brunt said Guardian Flight needed more crews to help in the Navajo Nation and they requested crews. Van Brunt said two Worland crews and one Cody crew went from Wyoming, each serving a week. Although there were crews in the area serving in New Mexico, Van Brunt said with Guardian Flight there was...
WORLAND – The Monster Truck Insanity Tour by Live A Little Productions returns to the Washakie County Fair this Saturday for a two-hour event. Live A Little Productions CEO Skyler Neibaur said the last time they brought the Monster Truck show to the fair was in 2016. Live A Little Productions also brought the tractor pulls to the fair in previous years. “We have a great relationship with the fair board. We did the tractor pulls for year. We’re the go to people for motor sports. We absolutely love to do it,” Neibaur said. He added that the Was...
WORLAND - Worland High School ag science and business teacher Grace Godfrey was honored earlier this summer as the Wyoming Vocational Ag Teachers Association Teacher of the Year. As a state award winner, Godfrey is eligible for the National Association of Agriculture Educators Teacher of the Year which should be announced next month. Godfrey said this is the first time being honored by her peers in Wyoming, having been honored in Indiana before coming to Worland. She said she has been nominated...
WORLAND — Political campaigning in city parks came under scrutiny at Tuesday night’s Worland City Council meeting. City Attorney Kent Richins said there was a political event at Pioneer Square earlier in the evening. Clerk/Treasurer Tracy Glanz spoke to the organizers and told them by state statute campaign information could not be posted in city parks. She and Richins said the group became argumentative and told Glanz that the city needed to have their own campaign guidelines. Richins said state statute prohibits campaign information bei...