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WORLAND – Huge progress was made on the Hatchery Fire located about seven miles east of Ten Sleep upping the containment from 65 percent to 85-90 percent containment thanks to the courageous work of firefighters and a little help from Mother Nature. “In talking with some of the crew on the fire Wednesday night, they received some moisture on the incident. That helps a bit, but there is still some work to be done,” Washakie County Fire Warden Chris Kocher said. Wednesday evening and Thursday morning’s lightning storms with high winds confirm...
WORLAND – The Hatchery Fire’s containment remained the same Tuesday evening but is considered under control enough for the Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team to hand the torch over to local crews. “It’s better and more cost effective to have the Forest Service (USFS), the BLM (Bureau of Land Management), the state and local operations fight it,” Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team Black Information officer Brett Haberstick said. The Hatchery Fire containment remains the same and the acreage has grown. “The crews did a lot of good wor...
TEN SLEEP – Hours after the Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team Black assumed command of the Hatchery Fire, on Sunday, a firefighter town was created to house the 281 fire personnel, at the Ten Sleep Rodeo grounds. The firefighter town has everything that a firefighter might need from supplies to food to showers. Thanks to community members, rodeo management, Ten Sleep school administrators and many other entities the firefighters have a home-away-from-home at the rodeo grounds and administr...
TEN SLEEP – The Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team Black who assumed command of the Hatchery Fire located about seven miles east of Ten Sleep, held a public meeting Sunday evening to update resident on the fire, evacuations and road closures. "This fire started Friday afternoon and in fairly short order grew quickly, moving up the canyon and into the open," Washakie County Fire Warden Chris Kocher stated during the meeting which was in the Ten Sleep School gymnasium. "This fire is c...
WORLAND – Wyoming law enforcement officers put their life on the line for their community's safety every day and the recent tragedies across the nation have not changed that fact, or changed the dedication that they feel to protecting and serving their communities. Communities filled with people just like them, people who think, feel, laugh, cry and love. "Everybody works here and lives here, spends their money here. Most of the guys who are in law enforcement here live in town. We all pay t...
WORLAND – With the downturn in the economy, counties across the state have to cut their budgets, causing facilities that depend on county money to feel the burn and come up with plans on how to continue their services with less money. Washakie County is no different having cut their budget requests by $863,063. The Washakie County libraries in Worland and Ten Sleep received a $10,000 cut to their current barebones budget, but the director feels that they will be able to continue to offer the same services and keep the same hours. “We rec...
TEN SLEEP – Ten Sleep School Superintendent Jimmy Phelps reviewed the five district strategic goals and what had been done so far to achieve each goal, during Tuesday’s regular school board meeting. — “We will provide a safe, orderly and caring environment.” Phelps said, “We implemented quite a few things this year, especially in the area of providing a safe school. We put in new security doors in the hallways so we can shut those hallway doors. We put in new security locks on all the doors, so that we can lock down in case of emergency....
WORLAND – According to media reports parts of the country are expect to see temperatures as high as 110 degrees next week and most of the country will be under a heat wave. Community residents concerned with the prediction of most of the United States being under a heat wave next week can rest a little easier. The Big Horn Basin will be hot but the heat will not be record breaking. National Weather Service Riverton meteorologist Paul Skrbac said, “It will be definitely warm, starting Monday and Tuesday we will have highs of 97 Wednesday and...
WORLAND – The Worland Garden Club honored Jesse and Judy Charles with the July Yard of the Month award for their exquisitely decorated front and backyards that create a special place for wild song birds and people alike. The Charleses put a lot of effort into their front and backyards every year. “Every year is a challenge. We try something new and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. We have been trying to replace all the flowers with perennials so that we don’t have to plant each year and plant the gardens so that they flower from sp...
WORLAND - The Washakie Hospital Auxiliary is holding their 41st annual ice cream social and carnival Thursday evening from 5 – 8 p.m. at the Worland Community Center Complex. “It is in the back of the Worland Community Center complex because they are doing construction at the hospital and we don’t have any room on the lawn for it,” event lead Amy Reid said. The Washakie Hospital Auxiliary hasn’t changed much from the first ice cream social and carnival. “These ladies have been doing this event for 41 years, it’s all you can eat cake and ice cre...
WORLAND – People think of Wyoming and they think of cowboys and horses, seldom do they think of famous people. But Wyoming with its western charm has been the catalyst for many famous people. Michael and Kathleen Gear, archaeologists/ authors are two of those people. The couple came to Wyoming for their separate careers, fell in love with not only the rugged beauty of Wyoming but with each other. Michael and Kathleen Gear each came to Wyoming for different reasons. “I’m a fourth-generation Colorado kid that realized that through some mistake of...
WORLAND – As evening approaches on the Fourth of July many adults and children wait with excitement for the tradition fireworks display. But not everyone is filled with excitement: some people are filled with dread and apprehension, including combat veterans with PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). "Fireworks, in particular the real concussive, loud and bright fireworks that you sometimes see during the Fourth of July, they can be a source of pretty significant distress for some combat v...
WORLAND - Businesses and residents alike are gearing up for the upcoming festivities for the Fourth of July weekend in Ten Sleep which brings in large crowds of people from all over. "The Fourth of July brings in a lot of people, which supports all the businesses in the town. People enjoy the old fashion celebration. The rodeo, pony express, parades and the street dance," Big Horn Bar owner Debbie Evans said. Businesses prepare by ordering extra stock, being open additional hours and hiring more staff. Dirty Sally's for example is usually close...
WORLAND – Worland High School’s drama duet of Daniel Igleheart and Sariah Durrant placed in the top seven for duets at the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday evening. Worland High School drama coach Rick Dorn is proud of the duo’s achievement. “I’m very proud of them. They worked on this piece all year and they never stopped trying to perfect it,” he said. Wednesday evening the duo was called back for a second look, for the judges to decide if they would perform in the showcase. “At this point they are the only Wyoming...
WORLAND – A Ten Sleep child was recently bitten by a rattlesnake causing community residents to urge others to learn about rattlesnake awareness and avoidance. “A young girl from Ten Sleep was bitten by a rattlesnake Monday. She was life-flighted to Billings and is in stable condition in the ICU (intensive care unit),” Ten Sleep resident Sam Funk said. The snakes are out and when it’s hot they try to find cool shaded places, so people need to watch themselves and their children. Climbers need to be aware as well, he added. All snakes, includi...
WORLAND – The Washakie Hospital Badlands Poker Run Saturday generated a good turnout and a large sum of money for the Washakie Hospital Foundation cancer fund. "We had between 45-50 participants and I'm still tallying the amount we made but I think that it was around $3,800 - $4,000. I still have to calculate it," Washakie Hospital Badlands Poker Run organizer Keith Van Brunt said. Van Brunt said this is the fourth Badlands Poker Run with Relay for Life being the benefactor the three previous y...
WORLAND – Law enforcement officers, public health nurses and Injury Prevention Resources members from Fremont, Hot Springs and Washakie counties united together Saturday in Shopko's parking lot to provide safety checks on children's car seats and booster seats. Car seats and booster seats were checked to make sure that they were installed properly, weren't expired or recalled and hadn't been in a crash. Cars seats and booster seats that were found to be expired, recalled or previously in a c...
THERMOPOLIS - The Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation was formed in 1993 to promote the arts through education in the community but since its founding has done much more for the community than just promote the arts. In the process of promoting the arts, the foundation has promoted community and economic development by bringing people from all over to Thermopolis. “We have always recognized the arts as economic development. We have more galleries downtown than we did five years ago and musicians everywhere,” past chairman of Hot Springs Gre...
WORLAND – On Saturday, people in the community have the chance to explore the area, meet new people and play poker for a cause by participating in the Badlands Poker Run which will be donating proceeds to the Washakie Hospital Foundation. The Washakie Hospital Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, established 1994 with a cancer fund portion developed in 2014. Washakie Hospital Badlands Poker Run organizer Keith Van Brunt said this is the fourth Badlands Poker Run with Relay for Life being the benefactor the three previous years. He said, ...
TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep School Board approved the purchase of a new bus, set the hot lunch prices, scheduled the annual budget hearing and approved the 2016-2017 student handbook during their June meeting Monday evening. “We have received approval from the Transportation Department for 100 percent reimbursement of a new bus. We are asking permission to purchase a 2017 Bluebird Vision 42-passenger. The new bus is to replace the short bus. We have had a lot of mechanical problems with that old bus. This one will be put into service and we wil...
WORLAND – Four wildfires were ignited by lightning strikes on public land near Ten Sleep over the weekend. The largest fire is 225 acres and in a rough location making it difficult to fight for fire crews. "The largest is the 225-acre Salt Center Fire, approximately nine miles north of town and southeast of Renner Reservoir. The Salt Center Fire was started by lightning on Friday evening and has been burning primarily in juniper in steep, rugged terrain. There isn't good engine access so crews a...
WORLAND – The Wyoming Joint Appropriations Committee will be meeting with Governor Matt Mead to discuss the governor’s proposed 8 percent cuts June 21 and 22. According to a press release, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead is set to present state agency budget cuts to state law makers later this month in Cheyenne. Mead announced in April that falling state energy revenues would require all state agencies to cut their spending below the $3 billion general funds budget that lawmakers worked out earlier this year. Mead will brief the Legislature’s Joint...
WORLAND – A medium-sized, black and white, adult female dog that recently had puppies was found bound and weighed down in the Highland Canal near the corner of Road 13 and Lane 17 in Worland about 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. “It (dog) was about six tenths of a mile north on the canal off of Lane 17,” Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness said. Charles Getzfreid first found the dog as he was helping another canal rider that morning and after finding the dog he got his wife Jamie to help him get her out of the canal. “My husband was pulling...
WORLAND – The Worland Garden Club honored Matt and Melissa Decker with the June Garden of the Month award for their tremendous efforts creating a beautiful and picture worthy yard. The Deckers have lived in their home on Culbertson Avenue for 14 years and decided to redo the whole front yard last summer. "We added new grass and a new sprinkler system. We put in new sidewalks and rock work. We built a new deck, planters and mailbox along with adding bushes, plants and what I call Christmas t...
WORLAND – The 15th annual CultureFest in the back field of the Worland Community Center Complex (WCCC) on Saturday will have a little bit of something for everyone, no matter how young or old. The all-day community celebration will feature entertainment, food and craft vendors, a petting zoo, dunking booth and many more activities that will make for a fun-filled day for the entire family. “This really is a community event. We are doing it for the community,” WCCC special events manager Sheryl Ley said. The first CultureFest was in 2001 and h...