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WORLAND – About a year ago Banner Health Washakie Medical Center held an open house to let the community see the major changes that were completed after a $24 million renovation project. Changes were made no only to the building itself but also to the equipment used; Banner Health investing in state-of-the-art medical equipment that can’t be found in many other rural critical access facilities. While the community was impressed, many were still skeptical and are to this day, Banner Health Washakie Medical Center CEO Jay said. What the com... Full story
WORLAND – When Banner Health Washakie Medical Center decided to change the hospital from the inside out they also decided to upgrade their services offered with the newest state-of-the-art technology and equipment. Banner Health Washakie Medical Center CEO Jay Stallings stated that one of the benefits of Banner Health partnering with the county is that the hospital can afford the newest and best equipment available. He stated that normally small rural hospitals cannot afford the expenses of such equipment. One of the first pieces of equipment t... Full story
WORLAND – After a long week of work and school, adults and children alike can experience a day of family fun at the 5th annual Oktobrewfest, sponsored by Main Street Thermopolis, Saturday from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. The event is held on Broadway between Fourth and Fifth street, which will be blocked off to traffic. According to Hot Springs County Chamber of Commerce Director Meri Ann Rush, event goers can find children’s activities, such as a bouncy house, life-sized checkerboard and participate in creating sidewalk art. If music is your thing...
WORLAND – The second annual Women’s CatchAFire event is Saturday from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the Worland Middle School Auditorium with the theme “Bringing Our Chaos to Christ.” Women’s CatchAFire event co-organizer Rebecca Scott stated that so many women lead stressful, chaotic lives with having to try to balance work and home and forget to give their burdens to Christ before they get overwhelmed. “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved,” Scott quoted from Psalm 55. She went on to...
WORLAND – For most people the final moments of a loved one’s life are the most traumatic, not only for the people still living but for the dying one as well. The Worland Threshold Choir will soon be able to make that moment easier for both sides. Sherryl Ferguson and her co-director Marcia Hill are working to make the transition between life and death easier right here in the Big Horn Basin. Ferguson said that her incentive to create a Threshold Choir in Worland came from a Facebook post. “I was taken with it. I was looking for a way to use my...
WORLAND – Worland resident Richard Morris Rush, who has been missing since Sept. 9, was found deceased around mid-morning Friday. Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness stated that it appears Rush was involved in an ATV crash. Foul play is not suspected. Family has been notified and no further details will be released at this time until an autopsy has been completed. Rush had been staying in his camper on the Big Horn Mountains at his hunting camp approximately two miles north of Big Trails a...
WORLAND – The Lovell Police Department has started an incentive program to reward Lovell children for performing outstanding acts of kindness, civic cooperation and demonstrating civic mindedness in their community. While the program is focused toward children it is open to all Lovell citizens. Lovell Police Officer Shantel Stahl stated that when a child does an act of kindness and police officers notice, the child will receive a wooden nickel that states that the child is an outstanding citizen. The child can later take that wooden nickel and...
TEN SLEEP – Monday evening in the Ten Sleep School cafeteria, before the monthly Ten Sleep School board meeting, the Ten Sleep School seniors were given a celebration for their outstanding results, with a score of 22.1 on last year's ACT testing. The state average was 19.5. Ten Sleep School Superintendent Jimmy Phelps congratulated the now seniors for their hard work and also their teachers before cutting the cake and handing out the slices. According to the information provided by the state and...
WORLAND – The Worland-Ten Sleep Chamber of Commerce board of directors has hired Washakie County native Cathy Orchard to be the new chamber director. Orchard started Aug. 13 and is filled with enthusiasm and ideas for making the county better for all. Orchard grew up on a ranch 27 miles south of Ten Sleep and went to a country school through seventh grade on her father's ranch. Upon growing up she married, moved away from the area and raised her family of seven children, mostly in Cody. Five y...
WORLAND – To honor those who died during the 9/11 terror attacks, the Washakie County Sheriff’s Office and the Worland Police Department are having a memorial service on their police radios. “It’s important that we do that because we need to remember what happened to those souls there in New York when they lost their lives and the people who continue to give up and sacrifice things for the fight against terrorism. We are going to do that at 09:59, that’s when the first tower fell so that’s when we are going to start,” Washakie County Sherif...
WORLAND – The third annual Harvest Fest celebration, sponsored by Worland business group FridayFest Merchants, is Saturday in Worland with a variety of events happened throughout the city. According to event coordinators Deb Larkins and Sara Bain, all along Big Horn Avenue starting at NAPA, Harvest Fest goers will find a variety of vendors with a diverse assortment of items for sale, from food goodies to handmade benches along both sides of the street with the farmers market nestled in the c...
TEN SLEEP – Michael Adams, the new K-12 music teacher for Ten Sleep School brings to the table not only 20 years of teaching experience but a plethora of music knowledge having performed in Austria, Germany and many places around the United States. Adams stated that during his first year of college at Northwest College in Powell, he had the chance to go to Germany and Austria with the audition choir and to play at University of Northern Colorado --Greeley of which they recorded a video and s...
TEN SLEEP – When Ten Sleep School's new 7 – 12 grade English teacher Kate Decker graduated high school she went into journalism but after having her daughter, Decker decided that the busy life of a newspaper reporter and editor wasn't conducive to family life, so she switched gears returning to college at Regis University in Denver, Colorado to earn her Master of Education degree. "When my daughter was 6 months old, I went back to school to be a teacher, which I find ironic now, because I am...
TEN SLEEP – When Levi Collins, who was working as the interim assistant principal in Ogden, Utah, learned that he was hired to be the new principal for Ten Sleep School he and his wife Savanah were excited about coming home and getting back to their roots. Collins and his wife were born and raised in Wyoming and wanted to return back to their roots after spending a period of time away from everything they knew and loved to strengthen their relationship. "I was born and raised in Wyoming [...
WORLAND – Ten Sleep residents Kurt and Alanna Steinke opened a karate studio, teaching Hapkido (karate), in Worland at 228 N. 10th street with several different lessons for persons four through adult. They will also be offering karate lessons in Ten Sleep for children ages 4 - 12 at the Ten Sleep Senior Center on Wednesdays after their official grand opening Sept. 8. Kurt Steinke stated that karate is good for your health and not only provides physical fitness but has the added benefit of l...
WORLAND – Tuesday is primary election day in Wyoming and the only county official seats with a challenger in Washakie County are the two seats available for Washakie County commissioners. Washakie County commissioners and Republicans Fred Frandson and Terry Wolf have a challenger this year, Christapher Godfrey. • Fred Frandson, born and raised in Wyoming, moved to Worland in 1991 with his wife Lorie and three children after six years in the United States Marine Corps. He resides south of Worland and he and his wife started Frandson Safety Inc...
WORLAND – The Denver Jake fire, 16 miles southwest of Worland, was 60 percent contained Thursday morning according to Bureau of Land Management public affairs specialist Cindy Wertz. Wertz stated that the fire has mapped out at 7,100 acres, is burning in difficult terrain of mostly sagebrush and grasses and was probably started by lightning. At the peak, the fire was being fought by 110 firefighters, 12 engines, two bulldozers, three water tenders, four single engine air tankers and two helicopters, Wertz said. Wertz said that crews on W...
TEN SLEEP – School safety starts with early intervention. That was the message Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness conveyed Monday evening during the Ten Sleep school board meeting. “What we are hearing and seeing from going to some school safety stuff and happening around the country is early intervention. Early intervention, if you see or hear something, say something. There is going to be a state program with that coming out in September,” Rakness said. “The overwhelming issue is the safety of the school here, the students, your faculty...
TEN SLEEP – During the Ten Sleep school board meeting Monday evening Ten Sleep School Superintendent Jimmy Phelps proposed the building of a vocational building on the northern half of the lots the school purchased in 2017. Phelps explained to the board that just because the building of the new school has been put on hold, building the vocational building could still occur and he would like to approach architects to come to the board with their proposals. He explained that the school has around $1 million in the depreciation reserve account w...
TEN SLEEP – The final draft of a policy that would allow Ten Sleep School district to arm staff members was presented to the board Monday. The board tabled action until a full board was in attendance. Monday evening during the August Ten Sleep School Board meeting, board members heard from Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness and Ten Sleep School Attorney Scott Kolpitcke about the firearm policy, which would allow certain staff members to conceal carry during school, before first reading. Ten Sleep School Superintendent Jimmy Phelps sent t...
WORLAND – A controlled burn, which appeared to be out, was reignited by high winds Sunday evening, causing a complete loss of the home of Larry Costalez on U.S. Highway 20 north of Worland. No injuries were caused by the fire. "They were doing some property clean up on that property, burning some leaves and piles of stuff. He'd been watching it for several hours, went to have dinner and thought it was taken care of and out and when that high wind came out last night, it blew it everywhere. Start...
WORLAND – Lifetime Worland resident Donna Swing turns 90 years young Saturday and plans to celebrate her birthday with friends and family at the Worland Senior Citizens Center. "I have a birthday party coming up this Saturday at the senior center. My kids will all be there and my grandkids that don't have something else to do will be there," Swing said. Donna Swing is the youngest child of Harold and Escher Pickett and was born on Aug. 11, 1928, on her father's birthday. She was born upstairs in...
WORLAND – A lot of people think that when they take EMT (emergency medical technician) basic training like Washakie County Ambulance Service is offering this fall, that it will only help them if they are interested in the medical profession. What they don't know is that there are many careers in the world where EMT basic training is a stepping stone to career advancement. Washakie County Ambulance Service Director Luke Sypherd stated that EMT basic training is a great stepping stone for not o...
WORLAND – Over the weekend, starting Thursday evening, seven different fires kept fire personnel from Big Horn County, Washakie County and Bureau of Land Management busy. According to BLM Fire Management Officer Rich Zimmerlee the cause of all seven fires is under investigation. The first fire reported was Thursday evening at 9:18 p.m. on Wyoming Highway 31, about 10 miles west of Hyattville. The fire burned through 15 acres before being contained Thursday evening around 9:34 p.m. and was considered controlled by noon Friday. Minutes after t...
WORLAND – Rachel Drake was able to have the experience of a lifetime going to Finland for two weeks in July, thanks to the University of Wyoming 4-H exchange program, an exchange program that a lot of people don’t know about but has been offered for many years. “I would recommend other people to do the exchange program. It was incredible, we got so many once-in-a-lifetime experiences, that some people just dream of doing,” Drake said. Drake learned in March that she was selected to participate in the program after filling out an application and...