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WORLAND – With a heavy heart, Lowell and Punkie Peterson are retiring and closing the Worland True Value Hardware store located at 413 Big Horn Avenue. "As the town keeps shrinking it gets to having fewer and fewer customers. For years there were just two of us in town and now there are five that carry hardware. So the pie has gotten split in more pieces. You know that was the hardest part (closing) because we've really tried to sell it (the store) and we really did not want to see Worland l...
WORLAND – Janet's Boutique which originally started as The Hazel Shop in a very small building with minimal retail space has come a long way in the 30 years that Janet Snyder has owned it. "I bought the store from a lady in August of 1986, who had had it for, at that point and time, over 10 years and she bought it from another lady that had had it, gosh I don't know how long and a lady before that from Greybull is the one who started it, at that time it was named The Hazel Shop," Snyder stated....
WORLAND – Worland High School students Chris Nicholas and Jaycee Page worked hard to earn a chair in the Wyoming All-State Choir. After receiving that honor they learned that they had been chosen to join the "best of the best" for the National Association for Music Education's (NAFME) All-National Choir. The students will be performing as part of the choir during the NAFME 2016 National In-Service Conference in Grapevine, Texas, Nov. 13. According to Worland High School vocal music director C...
WORLAND – The Gorgeous Gals Gala, put on by the Business and Professional Women, is Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Worland Community Center Complex. The gala is an Octoberfest-themed dinner and super-secret-heroes-themed show to benefit local men and women with cancer. The Gorgeous Gals began as group of breast cancer survivors. “The Gorgeous Gals started out 22 years ago and we were all breast cancer survivors. Now we’ve opened that up to any female cancer survivor is a gorgeous gal. Our whole purpose is to show people that there is laughter after...
WORLAND – Wyoming based organization, Hunting with Heroes along with VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) 2281 in Thermopolis is sponsoring a hunt on public and private lands for disabled veterans Saturday. According to huntingwithheroes.org, “We’re a non-profit organization that helps disabled veterans get out and enjoy the outdoors through hosted deer, antelope and elk hunting programs. The primary goal of our hunting program is to give something back to those who served our country and sacrificed to help keep us all safe.” “This is just a fantast...
UPDATE 9-23-16 -- Due to inclement weather the work day has been postponed until next Saturday, Oct. 1. WORLAND - The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office invites volunteers to join them at Castle Gardens Recreation Area Saturday for a day of community work and barbecue to celebrate National Public Lands Day. This is the BLM's 70th anniversary as an agency and 40th anniversary of their guiding policy which is FLPMA (Federal Land Policy Land Management Act) the BLM's guiding document....
TEN SLEEP – During the Ten Sleep School Board’s monthly meeting Monday night Ten Sleep School Principal Russell Budmayr reported to the board the Aspire testing results. “We are all familiar with the juniors taking the ACT test, well our freshmen and sophomores take the Aspire test and its part of the ACT. (Grades) three through eight takes our PAWS test, that’s our state test. Ninth and 10th graders take the Aspire and our 11th graders take the ACT,” Budmayr explained. Budmayr was very pleased with the ninth-grade Aspire scores. “I’ll be...
TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep School Board voted unanimously Monday to add the Northern Wyoming Daily News as their second newspaper of record in answer to a Wyoming governmental claim filed by the Daily News. The claim filed with the school district in late August was in regard to the legality of changing their newspaper of record to the Ten Sleep Tribute. An official newspaper designation signifies to the public that legal advertisements will be published in that newspaper. “A couple months ago you approved the Ten Sleep Tribute as your new...
WORLAND – The Worland Garden Club awarded Terry Livingston with the September Garden of the month award for her cat friendly backyard that contains an unusual twist. Livingston has brightly colored, giant flowers painted on her shed. "When Jackson (Hendrickson) was in town I was intrigued by the paintings he was doing around town and I wanted something that would be an extension of the flowers in my backyard," Livingston said. "I was worried that the neighbors would be upset but they like t...
WORLAND – The first annual Harvest Fest kicks off with the Sugar Ball at the Worland Community Center Complex this evening. Community residents 21 and over will be able to dance the night away to music by Rattlesnake Ridge from 7 p.m. – midnight free of charge, with the doors opening at 6 p.m. “The Sugar Ball has to do with Wyoming Sugar and they are basically throwing a dance for all the growers and people that participate with Wyoming Sugar but the whole public is invited to it. It’s free of charge. They are trying something new for this ye...
WORLAND – Community residents are invited to a public meeting at Hillcrest Park, located on the east edge of Worland on N. Hillcrest Drive, this evening from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. to discuss options for new playground equipment. "This is a chance for the public to come out and share their thoughts," Worland Public Works Superintendent Brian Burky said. Community residents will be shown pictures of four different playsets. "I have four suggested new playgrounds and the city has money in the bud...
TEN SLEEP – Ten Sleep School officials are pleased to learn from data obtained from the Wyoming Department of Education that Ten Sleep High School ranked No. 1 in the state in science, with a score of 22.5, for the 2015-2016 ACT testing. “We are tickled to death. It shows the hard work put in by the kids and the teacher. We hope to remain consistent over the years on being toward the top. It’s hard to always be No. 1 but we sure like to be on the upper end of things,” Ten Sleep School Principal Russ Budmayr stated. According to edu.wyo...
TEN SLEEP – Ten Sleep resident Steve Criner has a job that many boys and girls can only dream of. He makes his living hunting, with his own hunting show "Dog Soldier" on the Sportsman Channel. "Years and years ago, I was at my grandparents' house and we saw this news story. They were talking about a prairie dog problem in Colorado and how farmers were paying people to come in and shoot them and I told my grandma that I was going to make my living shooting prairie dogs. So I've always wanted t...
WORLAND – Bruce Miller celebrates his 21st year in education as the new principal for Worland West Side Elementary School. "Becoming principal is a welcome change. It's pretty exciting, there's a lot of energy here," Miller said. "It reminds me of why I got into the business in the first place. Watching the kids grow and the pure joy of learning," he added. Miller was born and raised in Worland and after graduating from Worland High School he attended Montana State University Billings. "I w...
WORLAND – East Side Elementary School in Worland welcomes Ken Dietz as their new principal. Dietz, his wife Melissa and four children are excited to make Worland their new home. "It (Worland) appears to be a community that people enjoy being in. It's a safe town. We really enjoy as a family, the level of safety that our kids have in terms of just being able to go out and ride their bikes and not have to worry about anything. I really think our police department does a great job of that. I notice...
WORLAND – Filing for the combined seven school board positions open in Washakie County School District No. 1 and Washakie County School District No. 2 is slow with only two people having filed at this time. Of the three four-year terms open for the Washakie County School District No. 2, currently held by members Terril Mills, Dan Rice and Chuck Powell, only Dan Rice has filed. Tessia Greet was appointed in February 2015, replacing Becky Cooper who resigned in the middle of her four-year term. Anyone interested in filling this seat will fill o...
WORLAND – Banner Health Washakie Medical Center's Diagnostic Manager over Lab and Imaging Marty Hinkel received Technologist of the Year from the American Medical Technologists (AMT) Aug. 10. The award is given to only one technologist in the country and quite an honor. "I was excited and very honored to receive this award They only give one technologist of the year award in the nation. One person out of like 70,000 members," Hinkel said. The criteria for being nominated for the award is e...
WORLAND – The U.S Forest Service and the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) have issued fire restrictions due to the hot, dry, windy summer which has turned the Big Horn Basin into a tinderbox. Little things that people wouldn’t normally consider to be dangerous can and will start a fire, a fire that will spread quickly with the abundant dry fuel around. US Forest Service Public Affairs Specialist Susie Douglas stated in a press release tips for avoiding creating fires during this high fire risk time. — Avoid driving in tall grass. Hot exhau...
WORLAND – Citing a violation of state statute on the legal definition of a newspaper, the Northern Wyoming Daily News has requested that the Ten Sleep school board reverse its decision designating the Ten Sleep Tribute as its official newspaper. During the July Ten Sleep School Board meeting a motion to change the newspaper of record from the Northern Wyoming Daily News to the Ten Sleep Tribute was brought to the table, discussed and approved. An official newspaper designation signifies to the public that legal advertisements will be p...
WORLAND - Worland resident and World War II veteran Frank Walling turns 95 years young today and will be celebrating with friends and family from as far away as Oregon and as close from town. “My nephew, niece and friends from Oregon will be here for my birthday,” Walling said. “Quite a few people should be here,” he added. Walling was born in Walsh, Colo., and moved to Pocahontas, Tenn., at the age of 1. At 11 his mother remarried and he moved to Casa Grande, Ariz. One of his fondest memories is of his stepfather on his 11th birthday in Odes...
THERMOPOLIS – During the Big Horn Basin Folk Festival Saturday and Sunday there will be a special event, the first Wyoming Story Telling Circle. The Storytelling Circle will be open in the big tent in Hot Springs State Park in Thermopolis from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. both days. “This year we have a very special event, the first Wyoming ‘Storytelling Circle.’ Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of art and one of the first to which we as children are exposed. Before the internet, television and radio, people told stories around campfires, on porches...
THERMOPOLIS – The second annual Big Horn Basin Folk Festival being held in the Hot Springs State Park in Thermopolis this weekend promises a weekend of family, fun and learning. “The Big Horn Folk Festival is a celebration of Wyoming. It celebrates who we are, where we live and what we do. What is special about Wyoming is we still work with our hands, it’s part of our heritage and even today’s culture. Our artisans range from those who raise fiber animals and process their own fiber to those who work in forged metal, woodturners and furnitu...
THERMOPOLIS – Hot Springs County 4-H member Reilly Russell and her 5-year-old orange tiger cat, Zombie Kitty, won best of show Wednesday during the Hot Springs County Fair in Thermopolis in the fairgrounds multi-purpose building. Showing a cat is much different than showing a dog. The cat is not lead around or expected to show their obedience. Instead the cat is presented to the judge by the handler and inspected for health and are compared to the cats breed standard. "The first thing that you d...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Fair kicked off Monday morning with the 4-H dog show. Four Washakie County 4-H members showed their dogs through a variety of challenges shaped to highlight the students' training and showmanship skills. From sitting and staying, on and off leash, to heeling to for one dog jumping obstacles, the dogs and their handlers showed great skill. Despite the many distractions the members were able to keep their dogs focused for the long sit and the long down events. Even G...
WORLAND – The Hatchery Fire, located about seven miles east of Ten Sleep, is 100 percent contained. According to Inciweb the fire reached 100 percent containment on July 30. While the fire is considered 100 percent contained there are some climbing restrictions in place. “The climbing walls / areas south / down from the switch back areas are still closed to climbing,” Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness said. While roads and some climbing areas are open, people are still advised to pay attention to falling debris. “All climbers and travele...