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WORLAND – Families and residents came out to Hillcrest Park on Thursday evening to look at four options for possible playset designs. Visitors enjoyed cookies and discussed the options for playground equipment with Worland Public Works Superintendent Brian Burky. Burky said overall they had more than 60 people attend the public meeting and he got feedback on things he wasn't even expecting, which was great. "The most popular elements were the zip line, climbers and people really liked the i...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners opened five sealed bid packets for crushed gravel at Dry Farm Pit. Out of the five bids, the commissioners, at their meeting Tuesday, accepted a bid from Hout Fencing of Wyoming in the amount of $67,900 contingent of receiving bond approval from the county attorney. Hout Fencing submitted a quote to the commissioner for 10,000 cubic yards (including mobilization, supplies, labor) for $6.79 a cubic yard for a total amount of $67,900. The work consists of 5,000 cubic yards of one-inch crushed gravel a...
WORLAND – A concerned citizen expressed his frustrations on the Worland City Council on Chapter 24 – Zoning at the scheduled meeting Tuesday evening. Jake Brown, of Worland, expressed concerns over fencing and diagram regulations. Brown said he appreciates the council alleviating residents with the resolution regarding fencing, but he doesn’t know why he needs to do so much to put a deck on his house. He said the front deck doesn’t go past the north or south part of house, but he now has to draw a diagram of his whole property. In order t...
WORLAND – Challenge your kids to remain “screen free” for a couple of hours every day next week with Public Health’s “Screen Free Week.” Washakie County Public Health is challenging families with children aged 3 to eighth grade to remain screen free from the week of Sept. 12 – 16 from 4 – 8 p.m. Washakie County Public Health Nurse Manager Amanda Heinemeyer, RN, BSN, said they are starting the event because, “Being screen free is a fun way to reduce our dependence on digital entertainment, including television, video games, smartphones, tablets...
WORLAND – A liquor license transfer is scheduled at the Worland City Council meeting for Tuesday evening. The transfer will be for the Rock Bottom Bar & Grill on Big Horn Avenue to The Warehouse located on 401 N. Railway, and owner Jim Schneider said the bar is set to open on Sept. 8. The Rock Bottom Bar and Grill went up for auction in June and Schneider said he hopes to sell it after the transfer is complete. – Other business includes the third reading of Ordinance No. 836 which repeals Chapter 12 – Health and Sanitation of the Worland City...
WORLAND – Public comment is being taken for the Washakie County Annex of the draft for the Regional Hazardous Mitigation Plan. The regional plan includes Washakie, Park, Hot Springs and Big Horn counties, and needs to be updated every five years. According to the plan, “This County Annex builds upon previous versions of the Washakie County Hazard Mitigation Plan completed in 2007 and 2011.” The plan’s goal is to minimize the impacts of floods, dam failures, wildfires, hazardous materials incidents, and other hazards by assessing risks posed b...
WORLAND – Worland High School started a voluntary ACT preparation program three years ago in an effort to improve ACT scores. The program is paying off and Worland High School Principal Kevin Smith said, “Over the past five years we’ve improved as a district with our ACT scores.” The ACT exam is a state mandated test used for college admission that tests students in math, English, reading and science. There is also a composite score for the four subjects. Across the State of Wyoming, more than 5,800 students took the ACT exam and at Worland Hig...
WORLAND – A Worland Middle School student received a flag from a local U.S. Army National Guard solider on the first day of school. During an assembly on Aug. 18 eighth grader Macy Trombley was presented with the encased flag from U.S Army National Guard solider Mitchell Aagard from Worland. Last school year Trombley took it upon herself to write to the 33 servicemen in Mitchell’s unit after learning Worland Middle School paraeducator Pam Aagard son was deployed in Afghanistan. Pam said she told students she liked to write to her son as oft...
WORLAND – Sixty to 70 gallons of diesel fuel spilled on N. Highway 20 Monday afternoon after a two-vehicle collision. The collision between a Wyoming Department of Transportation truck and Teton Petroleum Transport, LLC semi-truck happened around 12:40 p.m. between mile marker 173 and 174 north of Worland after the semi-truck with two empty tanker trailers was traveling southbound and slowing at the right hand turn into Devon Energy, Wyoming Highway Patrolman Lt. Karl Germain said. Germain said the driver of WYDOT dump truck following behind t...
WORLAND – A special exemption for in-home childcare was approved at the Worland Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission meeting Thursday afternoon. Krystal Re said, “I went through all the hoops,” and while the state gave her a maximum occupancy of 10, she will only take up to six because of insurance purposes. Re said she decided to open a daycare so she can stay home with her newborn son and plans to have the daycare open, “until my little guy goes to preschool.” The motion for the special exemption was passed unanimously. Other bus...
WORLAND – A 13-year-old Worland Middle School student built a prosthetic hand using a 3-D printer. Eighth-grade student Hyrum Rich spent his summer taking enriched courses in computer technology and robotics, though it wasn't mandatory. Rich said, "The main reason I went to summer school is because we got a new 3-D printer," and shared his family moved from Spokane, Wash., last year right after he and other students raised enough money to buy a 3-D printer to start projects. "They sent me a pres...
WORLAND – A write-in candidate for a Ward 3 city council seat gains ballot access after accepting the official nomination. City Clerk Tracy Glanz confirmed Michael Neufer filed for the council seat position on Tuesday morning. Neufer received enough write-in votes to appear on the general election ballot for a Ward 3 four-year term after the canvassing board verified he had enough votes last Thursday. Previously, Marcus Sanchez of Ward 3 was running unopposed. Now, he and Neufer will face off in the general election in November. Michael N...
WORLAND – The Washakie County School District No. 1 heard from a group of students interested in creating a high school rodeo club sport to receive excused absences for more competition opportunities. Worland High School student Bailey Gibbons addressed the board and proposed starting a rodeo club sport to get absences excused. Gibbons said an established rodeo club sport would be recognized by Wyoming High School Rodeo Association in affiliation with National High School Rodeo Association, and getting absences to compete more would help s...
WORLAND – Area locals prevailed in this year's 12th annual Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championship and Bluegrass Festival, and this year's first-time organizer reflected on the event. "I think it went very well. I was happy with all (of the 26) teams that showed up and the judges. Everything went as smooth as I could have asked for," Dave Paxton said. Wyoming natives took home big prizes and Paxton said, "For the first time in the history of our event we had a Wyoming team that won grand champion w...
WORLAND – On Tuesday, voters narrowed the Worland mayoral candidate list from five to two. Jim Gill and Keith McDonald will face off in the Nov. 8 general election to see who will serve Worland the next four years as mayor. This week, the Daily News sat down with the finalists to get to know them on a more personal, rather than political level. Jim Gill Jim Gill likes working with people. Whether it’s from his 30 years as an Extension educator, working at his own business or being a city council member. “I like working with people. I like...
WORLAND – This year’s 12th annual Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championship and Bluegrass Festival kicks off today and Saturday and the event promises music, kid’s events, free admission and lots of barbecue. Dave Paxton, who’s been involved with the festival for three years, said this is his first year as organizer of the event. “It is kind of an unfortunate event (how I became this year’s organizer), but I started working with Dale Wagner last year and learning the things he was doing because he wanted to get into the cooking aspect of the barbecu...
WORLAND – The Worland City Council passed Resolution No. 2016 – 4 to quickly alleviate residents dealing with the survey requirement as part of Chapter 24 of Worland City Code. City Attorney Kent Richins said the approval of a resolution would allow for waivers. He said the bulk of the work was done by the planning board, and Nick Kruger. “I put a resolution together to make their ideas happen,” Richins said. Richins said Chapter 24 said, “It’s created an unintended consequence and shouldn’t be required in every circumstance. The ordinance mak...
WORLAND – Jim Gill and Keith McDonald will move on to the general election in November after voters in Worland picked Gill 569 and McDonald 376 in an unofficial vote count. Worland voters narrowed down Gill and McDonald as their top two mayoral candidates from competitors Jerry Alexander, who received 149 votes, Kreg Lombard, who received 140 votes and Jody Thibodeaux, who received 53 votes. Gill said he feels honored to be one of the two chosen to move forward in the general election and he’s ready to get more active in the second leg of his...
WORLAND – The 16th annual Nowoodstock music festival starts today and continues through Sunday. Pat O’Brien, the organizer of the annual Nowoodstock, said the three-day event is going to have incredible musical lineup including the Grammy-nominated Blinddog Smokin’, who will play Friday and Saturday night. O’Brien said, “They are an eight-piece blues showband, and they were nominated for a Grammy in 2014. They have played with some of blues icons like Carl Weathersby, Bobby Rush and Dr. John, just to name a few.” “The bands are going to be i...
WORLAND – U.S. House of Representative candidate Paul Paad wants to get the people's voice into the people's House. Paad, the only U.S. House candidate that attended the Worland Business & Professional Women's organization meet the candidate event Tuesday night, said, "I have gotten into this race because I look at the Congress ... and see very little getting accomplished ... I'd like to get ... the people's voice into the people's house." Paad, who is one of nine candidates seeking the R...
WORLAND – Filing starts today for seven board positions for Washakie County School District No. 1 and Washakie County School District No. 2. Board members Susan Scheuerman, Julie Hann and David Tommerup all have expiring terms and the four-year board positions are open for election for District No. 1. Scheuerman was elected on the board in November 1996. Hann was elected on the board in November 2008. Tommerup was elected on the board in November 2004. There are three four-year terms open on the Washakie County School District No. 2 board, c...
WORLAND – The high winds around the Big Horn Basin this past weekend are common for the summer storm months. Meteorologist-In-Charge Chris Jones said, “A lot of it depends on our atmospheric conditions and how much moisture is available.” Jones said winds peaked at the Worland Municipal Airport at 4:20 p.m. at 52 miles per hour on Sunday and South Big Horn County Airport (Greybull) at 55 miles per hour. Jones said the winds are common for the summer months and usually winds are between the 40 – 50 mile-per-hour mark and as far as damage,...
WORLAND – Seven bands from across the state competed for the coveted first-place prize of $1,000 at Worland's first Battle of the Bands. The winners were Day by Day, a band of five made up from Greybull and Powell. Band members Adrian Melin, Jordan Jackson, Jess Bakken and brothers Oscar Garay and Julius Cesar Garay said it felt great to win. Julius said they plan to use the money for their upcoming tour and to get started on recording and get a demo out. In addition to winning Battle of the B...
WORLAND – Residents’ concerns over Worland City Code Chapter 7 building code and Worland City Code Chapter 24 surveying for fencing were heard at Worland City Council meeting on Tuesday night. City Building Inspector Nick Kruger presented the council with a PowerPoint about Chapter 7 and 24 changes now creating financial heartache and trouble for residents. Several city residents were present and expressed concerns over needing a survey to build fences because of the cost to get land surveyed. Kruger said he got a quote for a survey and it cos...
WORLAND – The first quarter of work has already begun at the Worland Aquatic Center (WAC) construction, and the second quarter for demolition starts today. “By the end of this week all of the exterior brick demolition will be completed and we are going back to starting tomorrow installing the new membrane. Up on the roof (work) is being done a quarter at a time. They’re reinstalling the first quarter, starting demolition on the second quarter of it,” Washakie County School District No. 1 Business Manager Jack Stott said. In the meantim...