Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND – The Washakie Hospital Foundation has been giving back to the community for many years, first helping the hospital with patient comfort, now giving monetary gifts to cancer patients and helping with mental health first aid and suicide prevention. According to the United Health Foundation’s 2017 America’s Health Ranking Annual Report, Wyoming is considered the worst state in the nation for suicide with 27.5 suicides per 100,000 people. “Cloud Peak counseling has two courses, they have a mental health first aid for adults and a mental...
WORLAND – For generations the Worland Rotary Club has had a tradition of hosting exchange students coming to Worland and Worland students going to other countries. But sadly, that may come to an end because of a lack of host families. “It’s been a great program but its drying up and not just here, across the country. It’s bigger in other countries than it is here. The U.S. is less apt to open their homes to people than in other countries it seems. Worland has gone up and beyond, we’ve had two [exchange students] for years and with the size...
WORLAND - The Worland Senior Citizens Center is sponsoring the second annual March for Meals event Saturday from 10 a.m. – noon on the bike path located at the junction of 15th Street and Washakie Avenue. The event will help sustain the senior lunch and home delivered meals programs provided by the Worland Senior Citizens Center. This year, participants are asked to meet at the beginning of the bike path at 10 a.m. and there will be no registration fee or registration required. T-shirts will be sold and donations appreciated. “The proceeds wil...
WORLAND – Winter appears to have finally given up its battle for supremacy and graciously admitted defeat to spring, much to the delight of man and beast. But as the weather warms and the snow disappears, many spring projects are unearthed. One spring project for many is getting rid of the dead grasses, leaves and debris from the year before, usually by fire, which can be dangerous if the proper precautions are not followed. Worland Fire Department Chief Chris Kocher stated that the bumper c...
TEN SLEEP –Ten Sleep School Board board members elected to continue with working on polishing and perfecting the concealed carry policy with a vote of four for the policy and one against. Ten Sleep School Board members: Chuck Powell, Jane Thurston, Tess Greet and Terill Mills stated at Monday’s board meeting that they were in favor of implementing a concealed carry policy even though the thought scares them to the core, because the safety of the student is the most important aspect. Board member Jared Lyman stated that he is leaning aga...
TEN SLEEP – During the Ten Sleep School Board meeting Monday evening, the board voted to accept Ten Sleep School principal Russell Budmayr’s resignation effective at the end of the 2017-2018 school year. Budmayr, who had a prior obligation, welcoming his granddaughter into the world, was unable to attend the meeting Monday night, stated Tuesday morning that he loves Ten Sleep, the school, students, staff and community but for personal reasons he needed to tender his resignation. Several community members and staff asked the board to not acc...
WORLAND – Wyoming Senate File 61, a bill which would allow hunters in Wyoming the choice to wear either fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink passed third reading in the House Friday on a 39-21 vote. Rep. Mike Greear (R-Worland) stated that the bill wasn’t very popular with quite a few people, including himself. He felt that it was an inappropriate bill to be discussing during a budget session. He stated that he didn’t know if fluorescent pink was as safe or safer than fluorescent orange but that if it gets more people interested in hunti...
WORLAND – Wyoming Senate File 61, a bill which would allow people hunting in Wyoming to wear either florescent orange or florescent pink passed through the Senate on Feb. 19. On Wednesday, according to Rep. Jamie Flitner, the bill was laid back one day on second reading in the House. It will be considered today on second reading. Flitner said Wednesday, “For me honestly, this bill is about safety and possible dollars injected into our retail sector.” LEGISLATOR COMMENTS During the Committee of the Whole [first reading] co-sponsor Rep. Flitn...
WORLAND – House Bill 108, a bill to recognize Wyoming’s first female to be elected and to hold the office of state superintendent of public instruction in Wyoming, Estelle Reel, has passed through the House and passed second reading in the Senate Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by 36 representatives and six senators will designate Jan. 7 as Estelle Reel Day if passed through the Senate. The bill states that, “The day shall be appropriately observed by state and local governments and may be observed in the public schools of the state and by organ...
WORLAND – Worland High School cheerleaders are heading to Casper Wednesday morning for the state cheerleading competition, with high hopes and a desire to place better than ever before with a routine choreographed by Worland High School assistant cheerleading coach Amy Worley. "I think we are starting to figure out what they are looking for; are you in synch, are you using the mat evenly, is your spacing looking good, timing; all that is the stuff they are looking for, not so much how fancy i...
WORLAND –Banner Washakie Medical Center in Worland has been recognized by the Chartis Center for Rural Health as being one of the 2018 top 100 critical access hospitals in the United States. “First of all I represent an outstanding group of people and I am very pleased that they have been recognized for the work that they do, for the facility we built, but most importantly for the critical care we provide this community. I’ve believed in them since the day I came here, I just knew how good they were and it’s fun for me to see the acknowl...
BASIN – During the South Big Horn County Hospital Board meeting Wednesday evening, the elephant in the room, the resignation of CEO John Adlesich, was officially accepted by the board unanimously, but left undiscussed leaving community members with many unanswered questions. The meeting began with an executive session, which lasted about two minutes. Immediately after the executive session the board voted on whether or not to accept Adlesich’s resignation. When the board went into their second executive session of the evening, most of the doz...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Library system, which consists of the Washakie County Library in Worland and the Ten Sleep Library in Ten Sleep, has completed the Wyoming Libraries Endowment Challenge, with a little help from Teton County. Karen Funk, Washakie County Library System Director said, “We appreciate the support of the people in Washakie County and those who care and have ties to our county that helped meet the challenge. Fundraisers were held, memorials were given, dedicated yearly donations were included, pocket change was dro...
WORLAND – In the midst of the turmoil surrounding South Big Horn County Hospital (SBHCH), its board of trustees and community uproar South Big Horn County Hospital CEO John Adlesich has tendered his resignation. SBHCH Board member Margie Triplett stated that she received an email on Friday, Feb. 23, confirming that Adlesich gave the board his 60-day notice of resignation with no explanation as to why. She also stated that she is unsure about what is going to happen since his resignation has n...
TEN SLEEP – Ten Sleep High School senior Lee Whitlock has been chosen to have his ceramic art work, a teapot, exhibited March 14-16 in the National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. "It's a humbling thing. I was hoping that I would get something in, but wasn't expecting it; I wouldn't have been disappointed if I didn't," Whitlock said. "It was one of my assignments; to make a pour pitcher or a teapot. It was my first one and it just ended up working out. Everything just came t...
WORLAND - Eula Jene Willard turned 90 Monday celebrating the event with her many friends and family at the Worland Senior Citizens Center. On Feb. 19, 1928, Eugene Leonard and Cliffy Belle Evans welcomed their youngest child Eula Jene Willard to the family joining two brothers and a sister. She was born in Worland in the house on the corner of 15th and Howell and lived there until she married her husband Hugh Willard Jr. who had been her classmate for many years and beau for about a year. "When...
WORLAND – Ranchers, farmers, veterinarians and curious community members gathered Thursday to learn what brucellosis abortus is, how it is transmitted, the types of animals, both wild and domesticated, who are affected by it, the danger to humans and what is being done to keep it under control and to hopefully eradicate it. University of Wyoming veterinarian and brucellosis expert Bruce Hoar explained during a WESTI (Wyoming Extension's Strategically and Technologically Informative) Ag Days, p...
WORLAND – Agriculture producers in the area learned about alternative crops that could be grown in the area, utilizing much of the same equipment that farmers and ranchers currently own. During a workshop Thursday morning at WESTI (Wyoming Extension’s Strategically and Technologically Informative) Ag Days in the Worland Community Center Complex ag producers also discussed alternative livestock. University of Wyoming Extension Educator Caitlin Youngquist of Washakie County explained to attendees that the Big Horn Basin has several adv...
WORLAND – Tuesday evening the future of the “Gift of the Waters” pageant was discussed at a town meeting held in the Thermopolis Big Horn Federal meeting room. Twenty-two people attended and no conclusion was reached as to the fate of the pageant. “Gift of the Waters” pageant committee treasurer Barb Vietti stated that in the past the pageant has had a lot of support from the community with volunteers and donations but the last couple years that support has dwindled drastically. Last year if the committee hadn’t had a little money on reserve...
TEN SLEEP – Public and task force members spoke out Monday regarding allowing Ten Sleep School staff members to possess firearms. Monday evening during the February Ten Sleep School Board meeting, the board heard from gun policy task force members, school attorney Scott Kolpitcke, Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness and community members about the proposed firearm policy. The policy was created by a task force consisting of parents, community members and school employees in accordance with Wyoming Statute 21-3-132 giving the board of t...
WORLAND – Saturday, the Worland Fire Department welcomed a Discovery Science freelance reporter and cameraman from the United Kingdom to do a feature about the sulfur fire just north of Worland that occurred in July 2017. Local firefighters who participated in the filming were Worland Fire Department Chief Chris Kocher, Captain Brandon Yule, Angie McClain, Caitlin Youngquist and Bruce Nielson. Yule took a video of the fire, which occurred at around 10:38 p.m. on, July 7, 2017 while the fire c...
TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep School Board is seeking public input on its proposed firearms policy. The public is encouraged to attend the board’s regular meeting Monday at 7 p.m. and give their opinion about the proposed firearm policy. The firearm policy was created by a panel consisting of about 10 people from the community, the school and parents in accordance with Wyoming Statute 21-3-132 giving the board of trustees the option to adopt rules and regulations allowing employees to possess firearms on campus. “We are hoping that we will have...
TEN SLEEP – Central Michigan Chippewas football star and motivational speaker Brian Pruitt spoke to Ten Sleep School students Wednesday in two different assemblies about the importance of making good choices. He spoke to the elementary students in the morning and the middle/high school students in the afternoon. "Momma's first law is good choice, good day. Bad choice, bad day," Pruitt stated at both assemblies. He added that too many bad choices can create a bad life and making enough good c...
WORLAND – When Punxsutawney Phil, the official groundhog, predicted six more weeks of winter on Groundhog Day most people were not happy with his prediction. Some people even expressed their anger on social media by posting groundhog recipes. But Punxsutawney Phil may have known more than meets the eye, at least for the upcoming week where snow, rain, plummeting temperatures and more snow is predicted through Monday. According to National Weather Service intern meteorologist Brandy Bourque, the Big Horn Basin can expect snow, rain, colder t...
TEN SLEEP – Former high school and college football star turned motivational speaker Brian Pruitt is visiting Ten Sleep School Wednesday to speak with students, staff and community members during two assemblies Wednesday. Pruitt will speak to elementary students at 9:45 a.m. and middle and high school students at 12:30. “His main topics are dreaming big, respect, bullying, academic success, school pride and making the right choices. [Superintendent Jimmy] Phelps has seen him before and then I got to sit and do an interview with him on the pho...