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WORLAND – Filing for state and local offices began last Thursday and runs through next Friday, June 1, 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 Monday, there were no filings for Worland City offices, while the county had nine filings, all from incumbents. County Clerk Mary Grace S...
TEN SLEEP – A Basin man is facing multiple charges, including evading law enforcement, after a trespassing call in Ten Sleep resulted in an arrest on Monday. At approximately 8 p.m. on Sunday, Washakie County Sheriff deputies responded to a trespassing call at the parsonage building behind the Mountain View Church. While no suspect was found, deputies did find and take control of a backpack containing drug paraphernalia and other items, according to a court affidavit. On Monday morning, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Sheriff Steve Rakness r...
WORLAND – The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a final accident report for a December 2016 airplane crash that killed a Thermopolis man and injured his passenger, both employees with the United States Department of Agriculture. The USDA issued a statement following the crash, identifying the pilot as Grant Ewing Belden, 34, of Thermopolis, an APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) wildlife specialist with the agency since 2007. Belden, a graduate from Hot Springs County High School and the University of Wyoming w...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commission met for their mid-May meeting on Tuesday, and voted to maintain current salaries for elected county officials, citing overall state budget woes as a reason to not consider raises at this time. According to Wyoming statute, the board of county commissioners of each county shall meet not later than June 1, every four years, for the purpose of setting salaries. The salaries shall not be changed during the term of each official for whom a salary is determined. In other business, the commission opened bids f...
WORLAND – Filing for state and local offices begins Thursday and runs through June 1, 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. A $25 filing fee applies to all offices, and those filing for office must be a Wyoming resident and registered voter. Due to state law, those seeking partisan o...
WORLAND – After a week of warm weather, area creeks and rivers have experienced a noticeable rise, as snow at higher elevations begins to melt. At the same time, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Riverton reports that while precipitation is above average, snowmelt streamflow volumes are expected near normal. According to a recent flood threat assessment compiled by the state, the snow-to-water equivalent is down to 115 percent of normal this year, as compared to 139 percent a year ago. According to a Thursday r...
TEN SLEEP – Ten Sleep voters chose to re-elect all three council members who were up for vote on Tuesday. 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. The primary election for other municipalities and for county, state and federal offices is Aug. 21....
WORLAND – County, town and city officials and first responders from Washakie and Big Horn counties met on Monday to review flood planning and threats for 2018, and heard from Office of Homeland Security Director Guy Cameron and Deputy Director Larry Marjerus on emergency management going forward. After a heavy flood-event year in 2017, which saw major flooding in both Worland and Manderson, and elevated flooding in Basin, Homeland Security officials, including Washakie County Coordinator Jeff Schweighart and Big Horn County Coordinator LaRae D...
WORLAND- The Washakie County Commission hosted a sales tax meeting on Tuesday, to help determine the best use for a general one-cent sales tax for seven county entities made eligible for the funding. Representatives from the seven tax-entitled entities, the City of Worland, the Town of Ten Sleep, the Worland and Ten Sleep senior centers, the Worland Community Center, Crisis Prevention and Response Center and Worland Fire Protection District No. 1, discussed how to move forward, and decided on a final percentage breakdown for the funds, to be...
WORLAND – Washakie County Commissioners heard concerns from the county Maintenance Department, after damages to the Lighthouse facility, due to a violent episode from an out-of-county patient in April. The seven-bed Lighthouse center run by Cloud Peak Counseling, houses almost 70 patients per year, per average, from Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park, Fremont and Washakie counties. A 2017 expansion brought more room the facility, with a social detox and high risk area, at a total cost of $97,000. Currently, under Title 25, patients entering the L...
THERMOPOLIS – Two attempted murder suspects and one unidentified accomplice made an appearance in Hot Springs County this week, as law enforcement arrested two of the men on Monday, while one remains at large, possibly in the local area. The Riverton Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service and Fremont County Sheriff’s Office arrested Cody Breeden, 24 of Abilene, Kansas, on Monday at 5:20 p.m. in the Riverton Walmart parking lot, according to the Riverton Police Department’s social media. Cody and Jeremy Breeden, 28 also of Abilene, are wanted...
WORLAND – The former manager of the now-closed Firenze restaurant and club in Worland was sentenced Wednesday on one felony charge of theft, and will serve five years on probation in lieu of 3-5 years in the state penitentiary, for missing revenue totaling up to $191,526.05 over a three-year period. Martinez also agreed to restitution in the amount of $68,000. Lance Carlo Martinez was arrested in May 2017 on four charges of theft, and after a plea bargain this year, had charges reduced to one count of theft over $1,000. On May 26, 2017, C...
WORLAND – Designated the state fish in 1987, the Yellowstone cutthroat trout, a native to Wyoming before settlement and once abundant, is scheduled to be reintroduced to the Absaroka, Beartooth and Big Horn Mountains, but ahead of the measure, Game and Fish officials have been taking public input from interested anglers and outdoors enthusiasts. Starting in February in Worland, a group of wildlife officials led by Cody Regional Fisheries Supervisor Sam Hochhalter met with a half dozen residents to take recommendations before holding similar m...
TEN SLEEP – The Washakie County Commission hosted a special public hearing on Tuesday to address changes at the Ten Sleep Public Library, following a major renovation and addition. "It's really good to see the changes and addition to the library, and I think it's a great thing for the community," said County Commissioner Aaron Anderson, a Ten Sleep resident. Along with Commissioners Terry Wolf and Fred Frandson, Anderson was joined by library staff and board members, and representatives from W...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commission met on Tuesday and heard a variety of reports from county agencies, most notably regarding a water project on the Lower Nowood. In the wake of the Town of Ten Sleep formally rejecting a proposal to supply water to the Lower Nowood Improvement Service District (LNISD) in 2015, the Wyoming Water Development Commission agreed to appropriate $1,696,600 in eligible funds, in the form of a grant, to provide the LNISD with water from a state-drilled well. In late 2015, Ten Sleep Mayor Jack Haggerty i...
WORLAND – Representatives from the Wyoming State Parks Outdoor Recreation Office hosted a meeting in Worland on Saturday, bringing community leaders and state agency professionals together to evaluate outdoor recreation opportunities in the Big Horn Basin. As indicated by Domenic Bravo, administrator for State Parks, who lead the meeting, the meetings will begin in the Big Horn Basin, due to the nature of the terrain and many outdoor opportunities the area provides. “We are really trying to get ideas from Wyoming communities on priorities tha...
TEN SLEEP – The Washakie County Commission will hold a special public hearing on Tuesday to address changes at the Ten Sleep Public Library, following a major renovation and addition. The meeting will be held at the Ten Sleep Public Library at 6 p.m., and is open to public comment and input. “We want to give people a chance to see how the money was utilized and make sure it was spent properly and hear their concerns,” said Commission Chairman Terry Wolf. On Oct. 17, 2017, the county commission voted to award the project contract to Fox General...
WORLAND – A new species of bug has arrived in Washakie County, and has multiplied to the point that state entomologists and pest control specialists have taken notice. Originating in Asia, where they feed on the elm family of trees, the elm seed bug was first noticed in Idaho in 2012. “Jarrod Glanz [with Washakie County Weed and Pest] notified me of a sudden, significant elm seed bug population around March, and we identified it fairly quickly,” said University of Wyoming Assistant Extension Entomologist Scott Schell. “They probably hitchhi...
WORLAND – Representatives from the Wyoming State Parks Outdoor Recreation Office will be in Worland on Saturday, to host residents and community leaders for a meeting devoted to expanding outdoor recreation opportunities in the Big Horn Basin. “The idea is to start a conversation about outdoor recreation opportunities in the Basin, and see if we can create some collaborative efforts to expand some of those opportunities,” said Deputy Administrator for Wyoming State Parks Nick Neylon. Neylon noted that commissioners from Washakie, Big Horn...
WORLAND - The Washakie County Commission hosted a review of the results of a recent tax survey on Tuesday, to help determine the best use for the general purpose one-cent sales tax for 10 county entities eligible for the funding. In total, 349 complete surveys were returned, with an additional 35 disqualified as being incomplete. Representatives from the 10 entities seeking the tax, the City of Worland, the Town of Ten Sleep, the Worland and Ten Sleep senior centers, the Worland Community...
WORLAND- The Washakie County Commission will host the last of a set of special tax meetings on Tuesday, to review the results of a recent voter tax survey, to determine the best use for a general one-cent sales tax. The meeting will be held in the commission chambers in the County Courthouse at 4:30 p.m., and is open to the general public. As of Friday, the commission had received 319 completed surveys, as reported by Commission Chairman Terry Wolf. Wolf also indicated that the online survey will remain open until Monday morning, in an effort...
THERMOPOLIS – The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Directors held a public listening session on Tuesday in Thermopolis, to inform the public on the process and progress toward the expansion of the 60-year old hospital facility. Hosted by HSCMH CEO Margie Molitor, the meeting featured a concise timeline of the hospital planning stages, and a presentation from architect Dan Odasz of Plan 1, for the estimated 90 people in attendance at the County Annex building. Molitor explained that...
WORLAND – Three Worland residents are being held on $30,000 bond after a drug bust last week resulted in several felony charges of child endangerment and possession or delivery of methamphetamine. Mirra Garcia, Azia Martinez and Clayton L. McCreery had an initial court appearance on Friday in Fifth Judicial District Circuit Court in Worland, after a March 21 arrest following a lengthy investigation by the Joint Drug Task Force. According to court affidavits, on March 21 the Joint Drug Task Force negotiated a controlled buy of a quantity of m...
BUFFALO – According to a report by The Council for the Big Horn Range (CBHR), and recently submitted to Washakie County Commission Chairman Terry Wolf, the CBHR discovered in late February that the position of Powder River District Ranger for the Bighorn National Forest was not going to be filled except by a four-month detail, then many of its functions will be transferred and shared by the Medicine Wheel and Tongue District rangers. Currently, the Buffalo Ranger District office will remain open, though, reportedly, some staff may be d...
WORLAND – Wyoming Fifth Judicial District Court Judge Robert E. Skar sentenced a Worland man to five years supervised probation on Wednesday, ending a nearly year-long ordeal related to a stalking case first filed in March 2017. Joshua Vidlock, 35, was accused of violating a domestic violence protection order by engaging in a course of harassing conduct including text messages, filing false reports, and entering the residence of the petitioner on two separate occasions, his ex-wife Charlene Sherman. During the original jury trial in October, i...