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WORLAND – A representative of the U.S Department of Transportation responded to the early indication that Worland will not receive essential air service. Public Affairs Specialist Caitlin Harvey with the U.S. Department of Transportation said in an email, “Worland was not left off the list for EAS proposals, per se.” During Tuesday’s council meeting Worland Mayor Dave Duffy reported on a meeting he had with two Aeronautics Division employees from the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT). He reported that the WYDOT employees told hi...
WORLAND – Green Hills Golf Course concerns were addressed to the City of Worland Council at their scheduled meeting Tuesday night. An estimated 13 golfing community members addressed trail fees, defining terms and the overall condition of the golf course under the new management of Go Play Golf, LLC and its new manager Gary Shampeny. Worland Mayor Dave Duffy opened the public concerns with addressing the golfing community’s concerns, and read a letter from Shampeny addressing the community’s concerns along with some resolutions. A major conce...
WORLAND – The Worland High School Science Olympiad team placed in seven categories this past Saturday at the Wyoming State Science Olympiad at Casper College. The Wyoming State Science Olympiad is a day-long event dedicated to promoting interest in and improvement at the level of science education throughout the state of Wyoming, according to the Casper College website. The event "has been attended by Worland High School for the past five or six years," Worland High School Science teacher K...
WORLAND – A City of Worland council member brought up the idea of incorporating a dog park in an existing park for the community and their hounds to enjoy at the March 15 Worland City Council meeting. Council member Lisa Fernandez, Ward 1, asked if it would be possible to put a dog park by the community garden in Newell Sargent Park. Newell Sargent Park is located at 8th and Washakie and has served the community as a recreational outlet for many years. At the meeting, Superintendent of Public W...
WORLAND – Thirty teachers within their non-continuing contracts had contracts renewed at the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees for the 2016 – 2017 school year meeting Monday night. “A non-continuing contract is someone who is not on their fourth year of teaching … on the fourth year they [a teacher] will automatically have another year of employment unless they are terminated,” Superintendent David Nicholas said. Meaning, “anyone in the first, second or third year have to be renewed by the school board,” Nicholas said...
WORLAND – Something lies beneath our surface that has a far greater value and impact than the trivial commodities above it: oil. The "black gold" of the Midwest has served generations of families as a trade craft, but in recent years, jobs have been drying up as the prices of oil has been decreasing. Oil by the barrel continued its downward spiral of prices since the decline began in June 2014. Then, oil peaked at the price of $105 a barrel, and as of March 23, the price of oil is at $40 a b...
WORLAND – A Riverton man appeared in the Wyoming Fifth Judicial District Court in Worland Wednesday afternoon and pleaded guilty to two charges from a 2014 crash that resulted in one death. As a result, Rick Lee Capellen was sentenced to 17 years in the Wyoming State Penitentiary for the Sept. 22, 2014, crash that resulted in the death of Karen Davis of Worland. Capellen will serve 10-12 years for an involuntary manslaughter charge and four to five years for a possession methamphetamine charge. Washakie County and Prosecuting Attorney John P...
WORLAND – The first Washakie County Jackalope Jump held at the Worland Aquatic Center on Saturday March 19 raised nearly $8,500 for the Wyoming Special Olympics. The event, organized by Yvonne Bryant, was the first of many and had 47 participants despite the less than appealing weather conditions with a high of 44 degrees and the icy waters. In the beginning, Bryant said she was told a community the size of Worland could only raise $2,500, and Worland exceeded all expectations. "For our first y...
WORLAND – A partnership between Worland High School and Worland Preschool School allows high school students to become teachers three times a week. The family and consumer sciences class, taught by Brenda Trippel, is a two-semester elective course that starts with high school students learning child development and guidance from pregnancy to age 6. The course's second semester is when the high school students become teachers and teach Worland Preschool students from the World of Children p...
WORLAND – Volunteer and Business of the Year were honored after an evening of dining and entertainment at the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Worland during the Worland-Ten Sleep Chamber Banquet. Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Wendy Sweeny said of the Volunteer of the Year (before announcing the winner), this person recognizes when there is a need to get things done, and how to bring together people of all walks of life to get things done for the common good. Sweeny honored Meg Stark as the 2016 V...
WORLAND – Members of the Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission (BAPC), the mayor, local business owners and the city’s building inspector met Thursday at noon to discuss and strategize for the city’s pending interview to become an affiliate of the Wyoming Main Street Program. In attendance were Terry Sutherland, BAPC and of Pet Barn; Landis Benson, BAPC and of Hake Realty, Garrett Immesoete, BAPC chairman; Mike Bies, BAPC and the Vice President of Historic Preservation Board; Worland Mayor Dave Duffy; Nick Kruger, Building Inspe...
WORLAND – Banner Health will provide $1 million in hospital equipment so Washakie Medical Center can redirect funds to finish building construction. The hospital was previously $1 million over budget, and the decision comes as “opportunity to finish project the way it we want to,” CEO of Washakie Medical Center Jay Stallings said. “This is a county project. Banner cannot fund money into a physical campus in any way, but Banner has decided to fund equipment,” Stallings said. The funding of equipment will allow the county’s funds to be focused...
WORLAND – Two proposals were heard at Worland City Council’s work session Monday night and one was accepted Tuesday night by Worland City Council. The two companies that came to Worland and presented their proposals were KD Golf Management out of Greybull and Go Play Golf LLC from Billings. The proposal accepted by the city council was from Gary Schampeny of Go Play Golf LLC. Schampeny from Go Play Golf has management experience with golf course management in Billings, Mont., and also takes care of turf on several different golf courses in Wyo...
WORLAND – The financial status and possible holidays off were discussed at Tuesday night’s Joint Powers Board for the Worland Aquatic Center. In attendance were board members Mandy Horath, Carolyn Bies, Jack Stott and Chuck Russell, and WAC manager David Villa. Villa jokingly started off saying there is money in the account, but membership at the Worland Aquatic Center has fluctuated over the past year. Currently, the Worland Aquatic Center has 105 memberships and last year membership enrollment was at 110. Villa said “It’s the flow of things,...
WORLAND – A traveling theater is in Worland and is already on day four of a weeklong production that will end with two showings of the production "Peter and Wendy" on Saturday. "Peter and Wendy" will show two times on Saturday March 12: one show at 3 p.m. and another at 5:30 p.m. Eighty-six students ranging from ages 5 to 15 auditioned for the Missoula Children's Theatre with directors Chelsey Campbell and Ariana Mai Lucius. Sixty-four students were picked four of whom will be assistant d...
WORLAND – The City of Worland Planning Commission met Monday night for their scheduled meeting to discuss and review a sketch plan for a resubdivision. The sketch plan up for discussion and review was for the re-subdivision of lots owned by the Sugar Beet Hilltop Estates Homeowners Association for Russell Nomura and Todd Rhodes. Previously, Rhodes and Nomura were in court in 2011 and reached a settlement agreement over lot ownership, and as ordered by court those lots needed to be re-plotted for the subdivision. “The resubdivision get rids of t...
WORLAND – A land transfer from Sunrise Community Resources Inc. to Gottsche Rehabilitation Center will eventually be used to provide services for people with traumatic brain injuries. The three acres of land on South 23rd Street was transferred on Nov. 23 from Sunrise Community Resources Inc. to Gottsche Rehabilitation Center. Sunrise is a nonprofit corporation out of Worland with the mission of providing a facility dedicated to assisting adults with acquired brain injuries, Sunrise board member and psychologist Dr. Bob Bayuk said. Sunrise c...
WORLAND – Word of mouth, bits of information and tips received from asking around has helped one City of Worland employee begin what has now turned into a group effort to show patriotic pride in Worland for the upcoming summer holidays. Nick Kruger is the City of Worland Building Inspector, and approximately three weeks ago, he began a quest for the flags that used to line Big Horn Avenue on the lights in the main downtown corridors during Memorial Day. "Four or five years ago was the last t...
WORLAND – The City of Worland Building Inspector proposed the early stages of possible revisions to a portion of the Worland City Code. Nick Kruger, Building and Permit Technician, gave a short presentation to council on some proposed language and efficiency related revisions at Tuesday’s scheduled City Council meeting to the existing Chapter 7 – Contracting & Licensing of Worland City Code. He said the chapter is in desperate need of an update, and the municipality of Worland was “one of the most restrictive in the state of Wyoming...
WORLAND – Today is the first day of the 34th annual “Worlando Beach Classic” Forensics Tournament where 21 schools will compete for the first-place title. The 21 schools that will compete in the two-day tournament include: Cody, Douglas, Evanston, Glenrock, Green River, Greybull, Hot Springs County, Jackson Hole, Kelly Walsh, Kemmerer, Lander Valley, Lovell, Natrona County, Newcastle, Powell, Rawlins, Riverside, Riverton, Saratoga Middle/ Star Valley and Wright Junior and Senior. The tournament is annually held at schools around the state...
WORLAND - One of two unrelated fires destroyed a home Sunday evening on Thorson Road. The fires were extinguished Sunday afternoon and evening by the Worland Fire Department. Worland Fire Chief Chris Kocher said the department was paged out a little after 9 p.m. and by the time they got there the fire was completely engulfed. "The trailer home was lost," Kocher said. The property was owned by Tanner Allen, and the tenants were Elijah and Ethan Bowen. According to a GoFundMe page created by...
WORLAND — With tax season in full swing, several Worland residents have called the Washakie County Law Enforcement Center making complaints of a fraudulent Internal Revenue Service phone scam. The fraudulent callers claim to be with the IRS and make accusations of a file or lawsuit against residents, and have the same message: pay money or get arrested by local law enforcement. Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness said these claims are completely false. “The IRS does not call you on the phone to tell you that. They’re going to corre...
WORLAND – Updates were discussed and given on the Washakie Medical Center construction at the Thursday night’s Board of Trustees meeting. Brad McCaslin, project manager for the hospital construction, said the construction is going very well despite the fact that they had a pause last month while waiting for a permit to be finalized with the Wyoming Healthcare Licensing and Surveys. The permit in question was for exterior wall and crawl space infrastructure, and it was approved Feb. 8, McCaslin said. “The wait set construction back two weeks and...
WORLAND – Approval was granted to look into a potential annuity for the cash flow issue at the Worland Aquatic Center at Monday night’s Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees meeting. The Worland Aquatic Center Joint Powers Board (WACJPB) has previously met twice and Duane Whitlock, a member of both said the discussions at the meetings have included approving New York Life Annuity for a long term strategy. City of Worland councilwoman and WACPB member Mandy Horath said the New York Life Annuity would be used to build hig...
WORLAND – A well-attended presentation at Saturday morning’s WESTI Ag Days was the session on vermicomposting. Turning trash into treasure is what Mae Smith; Northwest Area Rangeland Resources Educator at University of Wyoming Extension calls it. Vermicomposting is using worms to create a nutritious soil for planting and growing vegetables, Smith said, adding that the purpose of composting is to break matter down and use as soil. Smith said “black gold” composting is easy and all you need is a container, newspaper bedding, water, worms and you...