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WORLAND – Absentee voting is underway in Washakie County and the deadline for registering to vote in the Aug. 21 primary election is approaching. Washakie County Clerk Mary Grace Strauch reports that there are currently 3,927 registered voters in the county. So far, 115 absentee ballots have been sent out and 42 have been returned. Strauch also reminds voters that registration is best done at the office of the clerk or city, as there is no verified way to register or vote online, despite many online organizations that offer the services. Voters...
WORLAND – Washakie County Commissioners approved the projected county budget and revenues for 2018-19 at their last July meeting, and reported on revenues for 2017-18. According to records provided by the Office of County Clerk, the county had a general account balance of $1,654,850 for 20170-18, and budgeted $1,701,200 for 2018-19, an increase of 2.80 percent. The county is reporting an anticipated general fund balance of $8,404,196 for 2018-19. The county collected total revenues for 2017-18 in the amount of $6,724,058.09, with a projected r...
WORLAND – A proposal by the South Worland Water Users Corporation to join the Washakie Rural Improvement and Service District was met with a vote to approve by the county commission on Tuesday, although the measure was left open Tuesday morning dependent on the City of Worland withdrawing a public complaint. During Tuesday night’s city council meeting, the council moved to withdraw the complaint contingent upon the two water entities approving an agreement protecting the city’s 21 customers. Washakie Rural and South Worland Water Users will...
WORLAND – According to documents provided by the Washakie County Assessor’s Office, valuations for the county are up in 2018, due to a positive return of oil and gas money generated in the county over the last year. The Board of County Commissioners is expected to levy the requisite taxes, based on the valuation figures, in early August. A mill levy is the number of dollars a taxpayer must pay for every $1,000 of assessed value on real property. To calculate the property tax, the assessed value of the property is multiplied by the mill rat...
TEN SLEEP – Thanks to a state grant, the town of Ten Sleep will undergo “place making” with new benches and public areas, it was announced during Monday’s town council meeting. Last month, Councilperson Constance Sweeney reported that the town had applied for the Placemaking Grant through the Wyoming Main Street Project, which now, will grant the town up to $2,500 for park benches and picnic tables. Sweeney will also be seeking dog sanitary stations for the town park and community center, providing free clean up bags for visitors. According to...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Fair Board released the final schedule for the 2018 fair on Monday, featuring four nights of live music, rodeo, pig wrestling and shooting events. The fair will feature opening-act performances from four local bands, along with headline bands Band of Drifters, Rattlesnake Ridge, and Arterial Drive. David Kosel & The Crue, will headline the Friday night show, after the annual rodeo. Opening acts include Tom Walker, Drones Over Yellowstone, Jarret Kostrba and Lacy Nelson. Admission for the fair is $5 for a day p...
WORLAND – Some quick, intense flooding was witnessed in Washakie County on Thursday, following a thunderstorm over the area, with the majority of the flooding in the Sand Creek area. Responding to the scene to provide road safety measures, Worland Volunteer Fire District Captain Brandon Yule shot photos of the flooding, while keeping travelers safe from crossing until the water receded. “There was four inches of hail on the road when I arrived and the roadside had been washed away,” said Yule. “The culverts about 10 miles outside of town were f...
TEN SLEEP – Fourth of July festivities kick off Wednesday in Ten Sleep with an Old West-inspired town parade, and a full day of rodeo activities, culminating with fireworks after dark. The Hyattville-Ten Sleep Pony Express will arrive with the mail on Second Street at 10 a.m., leading off the Independence Day parade, featuring Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame inductees, civic and church groups, political candidates and rodeo royalty, an appearance by Smokey Bear and free balloons and candy for the kids. There will be a craft show from 9 a.m. to 2 p...
WORLAND – Diesel Pickup Specialists (DPS) of Worland, has expanded into a new location, and will celebrate today with a grand reopening and events. Now located at a larger, new facility at 1082 N. 10th St., DPS primarily specializes in diesel mechanics, but also works on custom cars and diesel drag racers. At 5 p.m., the company will celebrate their new location with an open house, cookout and car show, open to the public. On Saturday, DPS will host their fifth-annual NHRDA sanctioned Dyno and D...
TEN SLEEP — On June 28, 1943, a B-17 Flying Fortress departed Pendleton Army Air Base in Pendleton, Oregon, to meet up with the rest of the 383rd Bomber Group, 541st Bomber Squadron in Nebraska, before departing for the war in Europe. The plane never arrived, and after an extensive search of three states, the Army Air Corps gave up all attempts to find the missing plane and crew. Then, in 1945, cowboys Berl Bader and Albert Kirkpatrick were riding through the Cloud Peak area when they spotted a shiny object on a nearby mountain face. Riding u...
TEN SLEEP – At a special meeting of the Ten Sleep Town Council on Monday, the town addressed a handful of subjects, including paying bills for June, voting to join a tax resolution voter drive, and approving the operating budget for 2018-19. The council approved Ordinance 212, authorizing the budget, which totals $11,869,02.12. General fund receipts total $264,008.26; licenses total $5,300; intergovernmental revenue totals $206,884; water fund receipts total $106,700; sewer fund receipts total $344,806.96. One-cent sales tax funding to the t...
WORLAND – A Worland man will face up to eight years behind bars for his role in the heroin-related death of a Worland man in September of 2016, after being sentenced in Fifth Judicial District Court on Wednesday. Earlier in May Joseph A. Leyva, 29, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for supplying Robert C. Kulze, 30, with a fatal dose of heroin Sept. 2, 2016. The plea agreement was struck ahead of a scheduled May 14 jury trial. Leyva set a factual basis during his change of plea hearing, in front of District Court Judge Robert E. S...
TEN SLEEP – The veritable center of town and only remaining, original two-story building in Ten Sleep, the Ten Sleep Mercantile building has served as a variety of businesses, and remains a standard after 115 years. Built in 1903 by Bonanza mill owner H.G. Church, the building features 3,500 square feet of pine flooring, pressed tin ceilings from St. Louis Tin Works, display windows and recessed doors and transom windows. Church built the building as a wedding present for his daughter, who p...
LANDER - Ninth Judicial District Court Judge Norman E. Young has denied a motion for partial summary judgement filed on behalf of the plaintiff, in the case Campbell versus Tri-County Telephone Association. The lawsuit, filed in December 2016 by a former board member of TCT, claims that the original, 2014 sale of the telecommunications company was undervalued and defrauded approximately 825 members of the Tri-County Telephone Cooperative. On Jan. 29, attorneys for the plaintiff argued that the sale of TCT violated Wyoming Statute 17-20-1106,...
WORLAND – A Sunday night theft of a pickup truck resulted in damage to Pepsi property and multiple charges for a Worland man, who attempted to elude police on foot, following the crash. Trae M. Thackston, 18 of Worland, made an initial appearance in Fifth Judicial District Circuit Court on Monday, on five charges including driving under the influence, reckless driving, property destruction, interference with a peace officer and motor vehicle theft greater than $1,000. According to court documents, at approximately 10:39 p.m., a Worland P...
TEN SLEEP – Washakie County Emergency Management Director Jeff Schweighart and officials from the National Weather Service office in Riverton evaluated tornado damage to parts of Washakie County this week, in advance of a report to be issued on the event by the NWS. On June 1, an F2 Class tornado, with winds reaching 120-130 miles per hour touched down in the Billy Creek Area, south of Ten Sleep, and moved east toward the Dull Knife Reservoir in eastern Washakie and western Johnson counties. At best estimate, the touch-down damaged or d...
WORLAND – Visitors to the 2018 Washakie County Fair will be treated to live music every night of the four-day event, with final bands announced on Tuesday. During a special meeting in March, the Washakie County Fair Board, after hearing from a Montana-based music promoter, unanimously approved a proposal to pay $10,400 for four nights of music, totaling 20 hours, during the 2018 county fair. After meeting with music promoter and musician Daniel Kosel, the board decided to listen to his offer t...
WORLAND – To boost recycling efforts in Washakie County, a group of community leaders took the initiative and ordered a dozen, portable recycling bins for area events, to be used by anyone that would like to help the recycling effort. Working collectively, the Washakie County Conservation District and city of Worland purchased the bins (six for aluminum cans and six for plastic bottles) at a cost of $130 each. The bins, available for county, Worland and Ten Sleep events, are 48 gallons each, and hold 50-55 gallon bags. All materials c...
TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep Town Council swore-in three members on Tuesday night, to continue their roles on the council, during the town’s regular June meeting. After a special election in Ten Sleep on May 8, Ten Sleep Council members Constance Sweeney and Ernie Beckley will return for four-year terms on the council, while Amy Truman will retain her seat for two years. All candidates ran unopposed. In council business, Worland Fire Protection District Chief Chris Kocher addressed the council and requested that the town sign the annual ope...
THERMOPOLIS – Engineers from the Wyoming Department of Transportation hosted a public meeting for Thermopolis residents on Thursday to outline an upcoming road project that will effectively replace 2.6 miles of U. S. Highway 20 / 789 through the town in 2020. The project, slated to open for bids in fall 2019, will include federal Americans with Disabilities Act compliance improvements to 16 intersections, thermal plastic school crossing road markings, and improved drainage. WYDOT spokesman Cody Beers noted that the agency will work with the S...
WORLAND – Filing for state and local offices ends today, for a variety of offices on the primary ballot, scheduled for voting on Aug. 21. Applicants for state offices must register through the Office of the Secretary of State, while county positions will register with the county clerk. City and municipal positions will register with the city or town clerk. As of Thursday, there were only two filing for Worland City offices, with Gary Gerber in Ward 1 and Christy Schneider in Ward 2 filing to hold the council seats to which they were a...
WORLAND — Washakie County’s Wyoming Public Lands Initiative (WPLI) Advisory Committee met Tuesday at the Washakie County Fairgrounds to finalize a year-long consensus process, effectively agreeing on three recommendations to determine best-use for county wilderness study areas (WSA). After Tuesday’s meeting, which included a unanimous decision to reject a recent Wilderness Society-sponsored proposal, members of the working group generally agreed to present the public their recommendations for the county’s WSAs. A public comment period will fo...
TEN SLEEP – An abundance of overnight rain on Sunday caused at least three creeks in the Big Horn Basin to flood their banks, and emergency crews to be mobilized. In Ten Sleep, the Tensleep Creek crested overnight Sunday, after a flood warning was issued for the weekend due to high mountain rain. Law enforcement and county emergency services were called to the scene of at least one Ten Sleep property in jeopardy of flooding, and water was diverted using sand bags provided by the county. As of Tuesday, Tensleep Creek had receded to normal levels...
TEN SLEEP - The National Weather Service in Riverton has issued a flood warning for Northern Washakie County in central Wyoming due to rain and snowmelt. A gauge along Ten Sleep Creek near the town of Ten Sleep was at 4.4 feet at 2 a.m. Thursday. Flood stage is 4.5 feet. The creek will likely fluctuate around 4.5 feet through today. At 2:06 a.m. Thursday, local law enforcement reported flooding in local campgrounds and in low lying areas along Ten Sleep Creek. Water levels were also approaching the base of the Highway 16 bridge at Ten Sleep....
WORLAND – Filing for state and local offices began last Thursday and runs through June 1, for a variety of offices on the primary ballot, scheduled for voting on August 21. Applicants for state offices must register through the Office of the Secretary of State, while county positions will register with the county clerk. City and municipal positions will register with the city or town clerk. As of Wednesday, there was only one filing for Worland City offices, with Gary Gerber filing to hold his Ward 1 council seat (a two-year term), while the c...