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Entrepreneur Ty Jenkins of Ten Sleep talked about finding a home in Wyoming and offered some tips to business owners during his keynote address at the Worland-Ten Sleep Chamber of Commerce awards banquet April 26. Jenkins said he and his wife, Debbie, built a company in 1991, but prior to that he began work for a credit union and then some consultants doing some auditing. He said he realized there had to be a better process to streamline things. "I sat down, I started typing a little bit of...
Several businesses and organizations were honored at the 2024 Worland-Ten Sleep Chamber of Commerce awards dinner Friday night at the Washakie Museum. After the board gets a list of worthy nominees, award recipients are voted on anonymously by board members - President Bill Fuchs, Vice President Linda Weeks, Secretary Caryn Ramirez, Treasurer Ken Westphal, Michael Short, Staci Brazell, Ann Brock and Hannah Skretteberg. Washakie Cinemas was honored as the New Business of the Year. The theater...
Nothing like a gathering of 200 people to remind one’s self of why they love living in a small town. Friday night about 200 people gathered at the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center for a dinner, auction and awards ceremony. The event tripled in attendance from its just over 60 who attended the last awards evening. That’s a testament to the board and Executive Director Ruth Dugger and her assistant Liz Bankert. After a delicious meal and entertainment the awards began. I was busy taking notes and capturing photos of the honorees but it was not...
Wyoming State Parks announced Monday the selection of Wyoming Hot Springs LLC as their partner for the future growth and development of concessions at Hot Springs State Park. The decision will impact two current business owners within the park, owners of the Star Plunge and owners of Hot Springs Hotel. “This marks the conclusion of our thorough and public RFP (request for proposals) process, and reaffirms our commitment to the values expressed by the community in the Hot Springs State Park master plan,” said Big Horn District Manager Brooks Jor...
There has been much written about the Daniel man Cody Roberts and his mistreatment and killing of a wolf earlier this month. Reports state he ran the wolf over with his snowmobile, taped the mouth shut (later putting a muzzle and shock collar on it) and took it home and then to a bar in Daniel. Then, finally, hours later, with the wolf slowly dying from injuries sustained from being run over, he took the wolf out and killed it. He was fined $250 for having a live wild animal. Because wolves are considered predators in much of Wyoming the killin...
The Worland City County received updates on two projects along Washakie Avenue during its meeting last Tuesday, April 2. The council approved having the mayor sign the agreement with Ardurra Engineers for the design phase of the Washakie Avenue reconstruction from Eighth to 15th. Per the agreement the scope of work as north of Sage Creek ditch, which serves as a wasteway for the Lower Hanover Canal. “This section of Washakie Avenue will require removing trees and brushes from the ditch, reshaping the cross section and possibly shifting some min...
A situation in which a city employee tried, in the words of City Attorney Kent Richins, “everything in their power to try to get rid of department heads and council members” has prompted some proposed changes to the city’s chain of command policy. The council has discussed chain of command briefly in other meetings and has gone over the chain of command during a work session. Last Tuesday they spent 20 minutes discussing language in the proposed changes. Two main concerns have been voiced by council members, not being allowed to talk to city...
In case you have not heard, Beyoncé has released a new album, a country album if you will, but many are calling foul on it being categorized as country. I am a huge country music fan, but I am overall a music fan and my thought when Beyoncé came out with her country album “Cowboy Carter” was if Dolly Parton can do a rock album then Beyoncé can do a country album. And, by the way, Dolly’s “Rockstar” album is a must listen for music fans. I am not a Beyoncé music fan but curiosity got the better of me so I gave it a listen. What I found is I li...
Did you save those solar eclipse glasses from 2017? You may want to grab them for Monday. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada, according to the NASA website. According to eclipse2024.org, the mid eclipse will be at 12:42 p.m. with the eclipse beginning at 11:35 a.m. Magnitude is at 58%, compared to the 2017 total eclipse that hit Wyoming and Worland was at a near total eclipse. Per NASA, “During a total solar eclipse, the moon completely blocks the sun while it pas...
Easter is on Sunday and while I was thinking of an Easter type column there is something else I just have to say first. Kudos to the Wyoming Legislature leadership, specifically Speak of the House Albert Sommers and Senate President Ogden Driskill for saying no to a special session. Many legislators, including our local legislators, are clamoring for a special session in light of recent vetoes by Governor Mark Gordon, specifically one on property tax and vetoing the bill that would have repealed gun free zones. First, special sessions should...
A big shout out to Kendra Ware and the Mental Fitness Fair Committee who put on a event on Saturday. There were great speakers covering a lot of topics, a wealth of information. There was a great crowd on hand to listen and learn. This was not a “fun” event but one for learning to help yourself and to help others who may struggle with mental fitness. (I like the phrase that Stan Flitner, one of the organizers of the Shell community fair that spiraled into the Worland fair. Mental fitness.) So often we get caught up in phrases like mental ill...
Judging by the number of people who attended, and the wealth of information dispensed. The Mental Fitness Fair in Worland Saturday, was, by all accounts, a success. A large crowd gathered at the Worland Community Center Saturday morning to listen to speakers about a variety of mental fitness topics, some people stayed for the entire event that ended about 3 p.m. some people came for morning portion, some for the afternoon. Each participant was given a card with a yellow feather and semicolon...
A few months ago, Mayor Jim Gill invited stakeholders to hear from organizers of the Shell mental health fair not knowing where it might lead. What it has led to is several interested persons, organizations and businesses working together for Washakie County’s own mental wellness fair this Saturday. The Mental Fitness Fair starts at 10 a.m. at the Worland Community Center. Committee chair Kendra Ware told the council March 5, “We all are just community members that want to help make a change. We want to be able to help end the stigma of men...
Some scams you can see coming and they are easy to avoid other newer scams seem to be catching people off guard and one of those has been running rampant on some local Facebook pages. Amazon may be hiring but they are not hiring here in Worland for work-at-home jobs. According to scam-detector.com, “Watch out for a plethora of fake Amazon jobs from home that have been inundated the employment boards. There is no secret that, in general, the Amazon scams have been perpetrating the most, but this type of fraud (job scams, that is) has been m...
ALM Law and Rathod|Mohamedbhai, on behalf of Charles “Rees” Karn, Blaise Chivers-King, and Dylan Tolar, filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Wyoming Department of Family Services (“DFS”), the Wyoming Boys’ School, the Superintendent of the Wyoming Boys’ School Dale Weber, and nine Wyoming Boys’ School staff who they claim significantly harmed plaintiffs while they were in Wyoming’s care and custody. WYOMING BOYS’ SCHOOL Currently the Wyoming Boys’ School houses boys from 12 to 21 with Superintendent Dale Weber saying the average ages are 14...
I knew ahead of last Tuesday’s council meeting there would be a crowd, having received a bulk email about concerns over the proposed rate increases. I am always a bit nervous when there is a crowd at government meetings because you never know the atmosphere of the meeting, but I need not have worried about the Feb. 20 meeting, as the meeting was the epitome of great civil discourse. There was nearly standing room only, but there is not a lot of seating in the council chambers. Questions, comments from the audience were courteous, well thought o...
Three Worland water and wastewater operators were honored by the mayor and city council at the Feb. 20 meeting. Engineering representative Mike Donnell said they were unable to honor the three during Wyoming Professional Water and Wastewater Week, Feb. 5-11. Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon proclaimed Feb. 5-11, as the Wyoming Professional Water and Wastewater Operator Appreciation Week. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) joined him in honoring these essential professionals. Water...
Today, Thursday, Feb. 22, is President George Washington’s Birthday. It was observed on Monday, a federal holiday. Most people observed this as Presidents’ Day. The official holiday, however is George Washington’s Birthday and was intended to honor one of our founding fathers, a decorated general and our nation’s first president. I began this research into his birthday and the February federal holiday after a discussion in the office about what is this holiday really? Because, let’s be honest, there have been some presidents that we would rea...
Leading up to Super Bowl LVIII, I kept seeing posts and headlines on how no one was going to watch this year’s Super Bowl as no one wanted to see a rematch from four years ago. Well perhaps “no one” watched but many did, in fact, according to Poynter senior editor Tom Jones in his Tuesday newsletter, a record number watched this year’s Super Bowl. Early indication is 123.4 million viewers watched the game across all platforms, meaning CBS Television Network, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, Univision, CBS Sports and NFL digital properties, includi...
A Worland resident asked the Worland City Council for clarity on cleaning gutters and sidewalks and left frustrated with the lack of city storm drains. Betty Jo Jacks, who has a home-based business, The Place, in the 300 block of Thomas Street, said she has been verbally accosted by her neighbors for the past two years for trying to keep the gutter clear so her clients have a clear path to get to her home, free of ice and/or flooded water. “I would Like to have clarification on in-home business to have safe passage for clients. Perhaps I’m in t...
It’s that time of year when the Wyoming state legislators head to Cheyenne to conduct the state’s business and it is our job, as state citizens to pay attention and to give guidance to our local legislators on issues that are important to us and that will impact us. Too often we sit back and tell ourselves they are going to do what they want and that our opinion does not matter. Your opinion does matter. Does it mean that legislators will do exactly as you wish? No, but it means that you are letting your voice be heard, that you are inv...
The 2024 Governor's Capitol Art Exhibition opens in the Capitol Gallery at the Wyoming State Capitol on Friday, Feb. 9 with artwork from two area artists. The Governor's Capitol Art Exhibition is a biennial survey of contemporary Wyoming artists with work selected from an open call. The exhibition is organized by the Wyoming State Museum and Wyoming Arts Council. Artists in the exhibition will be honored at the public reception and awards ceremony on Feb. 16. Works receiving purchase awards,...
We were talking in the office about the show “Worst Cooks in America” and how some of the “cooks” did not know some of the basics, which brought to mind some of my first cooking experiences when I was a novice (not that I am an expert now but I know a lot more than I did in my teens). We had a small kitchen growing up so there was not a lot of room for mom to show us how to cook and she was not someone who used recipes a lot. She was a wonderful baker and known for her sugar cookies. She would give people her recipe and I would hear comment...
Last year in March I took my health fair results to my doctor. I figured things would have to change in my life based on my numbers. I was right. Numbers for liver, heart, cholesterol and A1C were all high, not surprising to me. We discussed all but the A1C first and came to the conclusion I could address all with diet and exercise. The A1C was 6.6, diabetic range. Her tone was serious so I knew it was nothing to mess around with. She asked if I wanted to deal with it through medicine or exercis...
The Northern Wyoming News won several awards over the weekend, which is exciting to our staff but should also be exciting to you, our readers. Your Northern Wyoming News, which was originally started as the weekly Worland Grit in 1905, then the daily Northern Wyoming Daily News in 1939 and back to a weekly as the Northern Wyoming News, in 2019, is striving every week to bring you a quality product filled with strong news, features, sports stories and opinion. This past weekend our peers in the industry judged us and found that to be true based...