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WORLAND – This year, Worland High School has seven students attending the annual All-State Music Festival, put on by the Wyoming High School Activities Association (WHSAA). According to Worland High School choir teacher and assistant band director Connor Dennis, All-State is a gathering of music educators and music students from across the state of Wyoming. "Students audition in October and are scored anonymously," he said. "Based on their scores, they may be accepted to sing in the All-State H...
WORLAND – Frontier Tire in Worland celebrated the 30th anniversary in business earlier this month. Frontier Tire started in December 1991 by Jeff Dorr, his wife at the time, Dale Hovander. They purchased the Petty Tire store at 417 N 10th Street to begin their auto repair business. Dorr said, "Naming the shop was difficult. I had many different names in mind and settled with Frontier. I felt the name was fitting to Worland and the area. Dorr eventually bought out Hovander in 2001. Owning his own...
WORLAND – Recently, Worland fourth grade teacher Ashley Weaver applied for and was accepted for a unique opportunity with the Space Force. According to Weaver, she found out about the opportunity through her husband, Ten Sleep teacher Dane Weaver. In celebration of their second birthday, the Space Force was accepting applications from all 50 states to collaborate with them. Weaver applied for the opportunity and was chosen to work with Major Jonathan Hogan of Los Angeles, California. “At West Side we have been working on a lot of the eng...
WORLAND – At their most recent meeting, the Washakie Prevention Coalition discussed preparation for their Prevention night. Prevention Night will take place during home games for the varsity Warriors and Lady Warriors basketball games. Everyone is welcome to cheer on the Warriors teams while showing support for the youth being substance free. Each of the Washakie County School District No. 1 students will receive shirts to wear. Community members will also be asked to wear white to show their support. There will be halftime performances by t...
WORLAND – For over a century, Washakie County has been distributing a newspaper to its community. However, with over 100 years under their belt, it's only natural the paper would experience plenty of changes, adjustments and a couple of complete conversions. THE WORLAND GRIT The first issue of the Worland Grit was published Dec. 28, 1905. At the time, it was printed on a small hand press. The Worland Grit was first published on the west side of the Big Horn River in the old Worland Camp. Soon af... Full story
WORLAND – The Washakie County Emergency Management and Homeland Security has recently released a draft of the updated Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan that was made available for public review and comment. The plan, which updates the 2016 plan, assesses risks posed by natural and man-made hazards, identifies wants to reduce those risks, and allows each county to be eligible for mitigation grant funding from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). County planning teams, including representatives from all municipalities, updated the plan d...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners, in a presentation from Commissioner Aaron Anderson dedicated the Washakie County Library at 801 Big Horn Avenue, Suite 100, in memory of Jean Baily Healy. Worland resident Mike Healy, husband of Jean, was presented with a plaque at Saturday’s grand opening of Worland’s new library. The wording on the plaque is, “In loving memory of Jean Bailey Healy, an avid reader and writer, who believed that the advancement of literacy and the arts is vital to the community.” Healy donated more than $1 million t...
WORLAND – For the past couple of months, Washakie County School Board District No. 1 has been discussing their need to put together a committee for a concealed carry rule throughout the district. Discussions continued at Monday's regular board meeting. Led by Superintendent David Nicholas, this conversation was kicked off with a survey released last month by the school board. The survey, which is submitted anonymously, takes input from staff, parents, students and community members about how they feel about drafting a rule allowing employees to...
At the Washakie County School District No. 1 school board meeting on Oct. 25, a number of students and members of the community approached the board with a simple request: to start a Gay-Straight Alliance club, also known as a GSA. The board unanimously approved the club. Personally, I was ecstatic for these kids and their club. Growing up as part of the LGBT community, I didn’t have this kind of support. I didn’t know there was anyone else going through what I was until I met my friends, and even then it was difficult at times. When I had got... Full story
WORLAND – This is the season for giving and in Washakie County there are several giving opportunities in the area to fulfill your generous mood. For the entire month of December, Worland Middle School and West Side will be hosting a canned food drive. Non-perishable food items can be donated by anyone. All canned food items that are brought to will be donated to the food bank. There are giving opportunities for residents of all ages. The Washakie Ministerial Association (WMA) is again sponsoring the angel trees for children and the Christmas f...
WORLAND – Nearly five months after opening, the Washakie County Library will be hosting their official grand opening from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday. The open house will start with a Welcome from library director Karen Funk at 11 a.m. and a ribbon cutting Speakers include John Davis, Jamie Markus and Mike Healy. HISTORY The Worland library was first founded in 1909, only three years after the town had settled on the other side of the train tracks. The “library” had first started as a collection of books and magazines kept in the Bapti...
District No. 1 seeks input on next year’s school calendar By TOBIAS MOWERY Staff Reporter WORLAND – After multiple discussions about changing the calendar for the 2022-2023 Washakie County School Board District No. 1 school year, the school board has put a survey online for parents and faculty to vote on which calendar they prefer. They decided to do this after many complaints about this year’s calendar. The survey first has district patrons look at five different calendar drafts to decide which one is the best. Upon deciding, you can follo...
WORLAND – Following on the heels of the Pioneer Square Lighting Ceremony last weekend, this weekend features a plethora of Christmas activities around town. FESTIVAL OF TREES RETURNS FRIDAY Activities kick off on Friday with the return of the Pinnacle Bank Festival of Trees. The doors open at 5 p.m. and the auction starts at 6 p.m. at the main gym at the Worland Community Center Complex There are 37 businesses signed up for this year’s event. The auction raises funds for various non-profit organizations in Washakie County. Last year’s event...
WORLAND – Several local businesses are ready to kick start the holiday shopping season this weekend With this past year being exceptionally difficult for most local businesses, they've found a way to turn it around and stay open thanks to support from the community. Larsen's Bicycle Shop owner Lisa Weamer said she's building back the bicycle inventory after last year. According to Weamer, last year's demand was much higher than normal and they spent the summer with few mountain bikes. H...
WORLAND – Last year the town rallied together to help decorate main street from head to toe with Christmas decorations. This year is proving no different. Last year, Worland resident Brittany Tidemann started a new tradition in town called “It’s a Hallmark Christmas.” The tradition involves businesses and citizens of Worland rallying together to help make Worland look like a town out of a Christmas Hallmark movie. Businesses are asked to decorate for Christmas. However, if they are unable to, they can put their business up for adoption and ind...
For as far back as I can remember while growing up, every year my family would watch the Charlie Brown holiday specials that aired on ABC. Watching The Peanuts was one of the rare instances we could all stand to be in the same room together for more than 10 minutes. The special that always stuck with me, however was the episode of "This is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers." In this episode, the Peanuts gang boards the Mayflower in 1620 and is on their way to America. The ship, of... Full story
TEN SLEEP – After the Washakie County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees hiring Arete Design Group out of Sheridan at a special meeting Oct. 25 to design the new school, the company came to town last week to visit with staff, students and community members. The company has teamed up with Fielding International for the design phase, which has been funded by the Wyoming Legislature.The board formed committees to represent various components of the design – student services, support services, secondary classrooms, elementary classrooms, ath...
WORLAND – An emergency use authorization treatment for COVID-19 proved beneficial for one local resident. When the COVID-19 pandemic first began in the spring of 2020, no specific treatment for the virus existed. Since then, however, the Food and Drug Association (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to several monoclonal antibody therapies as treatments for COVID-19. Monoclonal antibodies (MAB) are laboratory made proteins that mimic the immune system’s ability to fight off harmful pathogens such as viruses. According to Dr. Ed...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners unanimously approved the final plat for the Red Vista Village subdivision during the regular meeting Tuesday, Nov. 16. According to Washakie County Planner David Anderson, Red Vista Village is a 19-lot subdivision located one mile west of Ten Sleep in lot two of Monkey Face Subdivision. There are lots from 2,100 to 2,200 square feet and the subdivision is served by a central water and sewer system. Cole and Carol Smith of Red Vista Village had submitted a final plat and a development agreement for r...
WORLAND – During their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, Oct. 26, Washakie Medical Center Hospital Board discussed COVID-19 case numbers and Banner Health’s vaccine mandate, which was effective Nov. 1 Banner Health, which owns and operates 30 acute-care hospitals around the country, including four in Wyoming, announced on July 20 a change to its employee vaccination program. The change requires Banner Health staff to have received the COVID-19 vaccination by Nov. 1. As of Tuesday, Oct. 26, Banner had hired a new employee. They had 93% (13...
WORLAND – For years, Gay-Straight Alliance clubs (GSAs) have been a role in middle schools and high schools to serve as safe spaces for LGBTQ youth. However, in recent years they have evolved from that into vehicles for deep social change related to racial, gender and educational justice. During the Washakie County School District No. 1 School Board meeting Monday, Oct. 25, a group of students accompanied by Worland High School teacher and sponsor Christy Vickers approached the school board with a request to start a GSA at Worland High S...
WORLAND – On average, 20 people are physically abused by intimate partners every minute. This equates to more than 10 million abuse victims annually. The Worland Crisis Prevention and Response Center (CPRC), an organization that has been around for 40 years, provides services to victims of domestic violence, as well as human trafficking, elder abuse and child abuse. According to the CPRC Director Karina Rice, last fiscal year (July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021) the CPRC served 67 adults and 33 c...