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TEN SLEEP -The August sun beats down in the early afternoon during equestrian practice on a ranch just outside Ten Sleep. The ranch belongs to Carolyn Marcus' parents. Marcus is the coach of the seven member Washakie County Special Olympics team. The team is set to compete in Casper on Friday and Saturday at the first annual Summer Sports Classic sponsored by Special Olympics Wyoming. The team has been practicing once a week at the ranch since the end of June, and Tuesday was one of their final...
THERMOPOLIS-When "Sue" the Tyrannosaurus Rex was discovered in 1990 by Sue Hendrickson on a commercial fossil hunting trip near Faith, S.D., Peter Larson was with Hendrickson for what would become the discovery of a lifetime. Hendrickson had stumbled upon the largest fully intact Tyrannosaurus rex in history. Hendrickson was part of an excavation team lead by Larson, president of the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research. The team quickly went to work, purchasing the fossil for $5,000 bef...
WORLAND-With Washakie County Fair week in the rearview mirror, results from the Junior Livestock sale were released by the University of Wyoming Extension Office in Worland yesterday. "I think we have a very supportive community that is very generous to the youth of our community," said 4-H Youth Educator Amber Armajo. "The building was packed. We had lots of local people and people from out of town. Last year we sold 92 head and this year we sold 104. Our averages (prices) were up, or at least...
THERMOPOLIS - Roland Luehne has worked for the Star Plunge in Thermopolis for 40 years now, serving as the owner of the establishment for the past three years. Luehne recently submitted a proposal for the expansion of the local attraction to the state. "We get people from all over the world that come here year round," said Luehne. He added, "An expansion to the park would benefit the community as a whole. It will be good for Thermopolis and Hot Springs County. Everyone will benefit, from the oth...
Hot Springs County Pig Wrestling was Tuesday night in Thermopolis....
WORLAND-When the smoke cleared Thursday evening at the Washakie County Shooting Complex, the 4-H department had completed its fourth consecutive day of youth shooting sports. The last day of shooting sports featured a .22 rifle and .22 pistol competition. The 4-H shooting sports began on Monday, July 20, with the archery competition. "Archery is probably one of our fastest growing disciplines within Washakie County and the whole state. We're always happy to see all the kids," said Washakie...
WORLAND-The best way to describe the Bureau of Land Management's approach to fighting the spread of weeds is a collective effort. "It's a coordinated effort with everyone. We're all working together to achieve our goals," said Leslie Coleman, a natural resource specialist in invasive species and soils with the BLM Worland Field Office. "Oil and gas does a lot of bare ground treatment because they are protecting their resources from wildfire and accidents." Oil and Gas is one division in the BLM...
TEN SLEEP - The Wigwam Rearing Station, four miles east of Ten Sleep on U.S. Highway 16, produces 35,000 to 45,000 pounds of trout annually. With that kind of production on a yearly basis, the Wigwam Rearing Station, one of eight Wyoming Game and Fish fish hatcheries in the state, produces the third most fish of those eight hatcheries. According to Jeff Stafford, the Hatchery Superintendant, "We're the third largest production facility in the state most years. We raise 35,000 to 45,000 pounds...
ANTELOPE BUTTE SKI AREA - Executive Director of the Antelope Butte Foundation Jamie Schlectman witnessed last year's inaugural Summer Festival and she helped bring together this year's festival. "There's a marked improvement between this year's festival and last year's. We're hoping to bring in a headliner musical artist in the years to come," Schlectman said. The Antelope Butte Ski Area, 35 miles east of Greybull off of U.S. Highway 14, was filled with music and race enthusiasts this past...
TEN SLEEP — While the Washakie County School District No. 2 board of trustees in Ten Sleep continues to deliberate land acquisition, a request for design funding is moving forward. Wednesday marked the monthly Ten Sleep School board meeting, which immediately started with a closed session to discuss land acquisition for the new K-12 school. The board was faced with a deadline to come up with a priority list of land sites in order for the Joint Appropriations Committee to present that information in time for their funding appropriation m...
WORLAND — The Antelope Butte Foundation is holding a summer music festival to help benefit the re-opening of the ski area July 17-19. The three-day festival will have a plethora of live music Friday and Saturday along with running and biking races. On site camping will be available the duration of the weekend. There will also be food and beverage vendors with lots of games and contests the entire weekend. On Friday, the event will kick off with musical guest Shot in the Foot at 7:30 p.m. The biking and running races will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p...
uld possibly be delayed from its original construction schedule with a new deadline looming. On Friday, July 10 Washakie County School District No. 2 (Ten Sleep) Superintendent Jimmy Phelps received some information via a conference call with Dan Odasz, the vice president of Plan One Architects about a new deadline for the district. Phelps said Odasz informed him that the Wyoming Joint Appropriations Board has a deadline for land recommendations in the next few weeks in order to present that information at their funding appropriation meeting...
WORLAND- Working with the public is an absolute must for John Elliott, the supervisory rangeland management specialist for the Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office "That's key, we have to have those working relationships with our public in order to satisfy everybody," said Elliott. Elliott said he supervises seven range specialists working at the Worland Field Office. The BLM grazing department at the Worland Field Office primarily does work in four counties in the Big Horn Basin -...
Thermopolis - The Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous PRCA Rodeo took place in Thermopolis June 26-27. The results from the rodeo are as follows: Bray Huxtable of Douglas won the all-around cowboy, netting $851, taking fourth in the team roping contest and third in steer wrestling. Bareback riding: 1 (tie) Craig Wisehart and Weston Garrett, 75 points, $1,036 each. 3. Andy Mumm, 66 points, $592. 4. Jeffery Ziarski, 65, $296. Steer wrestling: 1. Tait Kvistad, 4.9 seconds, $1,111. 2. Payden McIntyre,...
WORLAND — Washakie County School District No. 2 has been in search of land for a new school and the Wyoming School Facilities Department explained this week that the K-12 facility in Ten Sleep is ranked in the top 10 in need of repairs. Wyoming School Facilities Department of Public Information Officer Anthony Hughes said, “The current building is ranked No. 7 on the School Facilities Needs Index, which identifies schools most in need of repair, renovation and replacement.” Hughes said, “This project is currently in the planning stage. The sta...
WORLAND — Authentic 1800s style chuck wagon cooking isn't just a thing of the past, especially at the Western Heritage Days, Chuck Wagon Cook-off in Stevenson, Montana. Worland residents Ray and Cindy Gullion, along with daughter Hiedi Hernandez, family friend Charlotte Brown, and granddaughter Iris Hernandez, took first place overall in the cook-off last weekend. The name of the team is "Quarter Circle H O." "We had a really fun time in Stevenson this year. The people there are really fun to c...