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WORLAND – With spooky season upon us and bats, witches and ghouls in the air, it’s time to start celebrating Halloween. This year, with the spooky holiday falling on a Sunday, the celebrations will be happening all weekend long. Thermopolis kicks things off on this Thursday, (today) with Moonlight Madness in the streets of downtown Thermopolis. This starts with Mason tacos from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Masonic hall in Thermopolis. A costume contest sponsored by Dr. Vernon and Rachel Miller will begin at 6 p.m. on Broadway in front of town hal...
Superintendent Nicholas announces retirement By TOBIAS MOWERY Staff Reporter WORLAND – After serving Washakie County School District No. 1 for over a decade, Superintendent David Nicholas announced his resignation for retirement at Monday’s regular school board meeting. His resignation will become effective at the end of the school year, June 30, 2022. “From the bottom of my heart, I’d like to thank you for the job that you’ve let me serve these kids and this community but I have my good looking grandson who I’m going to go be with for a while...
By TOBIAS MOWERY Staff Reporter WORLAND – Despite having visited there multiple times, Worland High School (WHS) guidance counselor and AP United States history teacher Randy Durr has yet to tire of his trips to Washington, D.C. This includes the annual trips he takes his senior class on in which they tour national landmarks that they’ve previously only heard about. This year was Durr’s 14th time taking students on the Washington trip but 24th time going in general. After not being able to go in 2020 due to COVID-19, Durr said he felt fortu...
WORLAND – To help make themselves known around the area, Cowboy Skill Games officials took time during Tuesday, Oct. 19 Washakie County Commissioners meeting to speak with the board about who they are and what they do. Cowboy Skill Games defines itself on its website as “an organization that has recently become known for breathing new life into local bars, clubs, Veterans of Foreign Legions, American Legions and other fraternal organizations with compliant skill games distributes by Wyoming vending companies and powered by Pace-O-Matic.” Accor...
WORLAND – Washakie County Health Officer Dr. Amber Moss met with the Washakie County Commissioner board during their regular meeting Tuesday to discuss Washakie County updates regarding COVID-19. Moss spoke about the updated COVID numbers as well as recent hospitalizations and recent surges in other illnesses. “The current surge is on the downtrend,” she explained. Moss said, “A lot of people get sick at once. The total number of deaths is 29, two of those are from the recent surge,” she said, speaking in the morning. However, the Wyoming D...
WORLAND – Washakie County School Board District No. 2 met Oct. 11 and discussed updating quarantine procedures. The board voted to use the same procedure being used by schools in Basin and Lovell. According to Superintendent Jimmy Phelps, when a person in the school tests positive, they will contact trace as best as possible within the school and notify staff members and the parents of those students who meet the criterion for quarantining. “The parents and staff member meeting the criterion will make the decision as to whether or not they fee...
WORLAND —Washakie County recorded two deaths from COVID-19, according to the Wyoming Department of Health bringing the total to 29. One death was reported as an older adult man who died in September. He was hospitalized and was not known to have health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness. The second death was an adult Washakie County woman who died within the last week. She was hospitalized and was not known to have health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness, according to the Wyoming D...
WORLAND – Next Wednesday, Oct. 13, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter and motivational speaker Court McGee will be coming to Worland to share his story of addiction and recovery. McGee, through The McGee Project, travels the country sharing his story. According to the McGee Project website, “since 2015, The McGee Project has been on a mission to educate and inform, as well as save, young people from the disease of addiction. The McGee Project works to provide life-saving education to high school and university students regarding the...
WORLAND – Recently, the Washakie County Commissioners met Sept. 21 with organizations regarding Washakie County boat access for the proposal of the Bighorn River Blueway Trail. Organizations represented would include the Bureau of Land Management. This would include new land the commissioners recently discovered they owned on Tiedown Road/Lane 17 1/2. The commissioners said that, with this project they would create an access point for residents to begin floating down the Bighorn River and would create the opportunity for 4 1/2 miles of r...
WORLAND – The Washakie County School District No. 1s board meeting Monday night, awarded the bids for the pool remedy project. According to Business Manager Charlie Cauffman, discussion on the project started back in April after it was brought to the board’s attention that a differential settlement had occurred. A differential settlement commonly occurs after a type of non-uniform movement of the underlying soils. This can cause cracks in the foundation, exterior cladding and interior finishes. Additionally, with a pier and beam foundation sys...
WORLAND – Washakie County Commissioners met Tuesday morning to discuss several topics, including the architecture for the new ambulance service building. Previously, it was discussed that the county and Cody Regional Health were searching for a large enough building to house the ambulance service. The board previously considered options west of the train tracks. Currently, Cody Regional ambulance services reside in a rental on Robertson Avenue where they can stay and rest during their shifts. The commissioners have since created a p...
WORLAND – A strong 2021 farmers market season will come to a close this Saturday with the final Washakie Farmers Market in Worland from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. According to Mark Stiver, longtime vendor and committee member, this year's markets have had an increase in both attendants and vendors. He said with two new produce vendors, and anywhere between 15 and 21 vendors at each market, this year has shown improvement in attendance, and diversity of products. Vendors this year have sold baked g...
Recently, I moved back to Worland after having been in Billings for two years. Before that, I had lived here for as long as I can remember. My time in Billings rendered me with several jobs that I hated and dreaded going to every single day. What can I say? I'm not a people person and customer service makes me want to tear my hair out more than it does to the average person. Growing up I spent most of my time writing, reading, and drawing. It's what I do to this day. I placed in Young Authors...