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WORLAND – Every year, usually in the month of January, the State of Wyoming conducts the statewide point in time homelessness count to help anyone homeless get out of their situation and receive federal grant funds to be distributed across the state to organizations providing homelessness services. The official point in time count is from sundown yesterday evening to sun up this morning. According to a press release from the Wyoming Department of Family Services, “This means being out on the street or at a Homeless camp, living out of a veh...
WORLAND – The seventh annual men’s CatchAFire event is Friday evening in the Worland Middle School auditorium from 5:30 – 9 p.m. and Saturday, for those desiring a deeper walk with the Lord, from 8 – 9 a.m. at the Worland First Southern Baptist Church located at 821 S 15th Street in Worland. The event is open to all men age 16 and above. The vision for the men’s CatchAFire event came from event co-coordinator James Scott when he was helping with a women’s conference several years ago. The idea of bringing men together to bond with each other, t...
WORLAND – The Special Olympics area 1 games are Friday at Meadowlark Ski Area with athletes from Cody, Lander, Riverton, Sheridan, Thermopolis and Washakie County competing. Washakie County Special Olympics coordinator/director Yvonne Bryant stated that Washakie County will have 10 athletes competing Friday. She added that this year Washakie County athletes will compete in two new competitions, cross-country skiing and snowboarding. Washakie County athletes usually only compete in snowshoe racing and alpine skiing. Bryant stated in an e...
WORLAND – A new federal law requiring hospitals to post their prices doesn’t mean that consumers will actually pay the listed price. Section 2718(e) of the Public Health Service Act, which was enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act requires all hospitals in the United States to make public, as of January 1, the prices of services offered. But the public price advertised to the public may or may not be the price paid by consumers. According to a statement from Banner Health, who manages Washakie Medical Center in Worland, “It is impor...
WORLAND - Doing taxes this year could cause many taxpayers a lot of frustration and is estimated to take about 20 percent longer than in previous years because of the changes in tax laws. While many people take their taxes to an accountant, others decide to bite the bullet and do their own taxes to save a few bucks. This year it might not be worth saving a few bucks with all the changes to the tax laws. At first the new tax laws appear to have simplified the process but according to Worland’s SBW and Associates CPA (Certified Public Accountant)...
TEN SLEEP – New Ten Sleep school board members Mona Sindelar and Megan Truman said they feel that being a school board member is a serious responsibility and a way to give back to the community. Sindelar said, "I understand that I represent the community and I believe in that. I believe in doing what they [community] want done. I believe in the kids having the best education they can have and so that's kind of my deal." She added, "I have been in education all of my life, I care about kids. I c...
TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep School Board decided to opt-out of the TCT West Class action lawsuit Monday evening with a vote of four for opting out and one against. Board member Terill Mills voted against it. Ten Sleep School Superintendent Jimmy Phelps broached the subject to the board in favor of not opting-out feeling that there was no down side to staying part of the class action lawsuit. “I think all of you are aware that there is a lawsuit concerning the amount of money that people received in 2015 when TCT West sold the co-op [Tri-County Te...
TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep School Board adopted their concealed carry rule with a vote of four to one Monday evening, after much discussion with community members, Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness and Ten Sleep School attorney Scott Kolpitcke. Before making a decision the board and community members heard from Kolpitcke about Wyoming Senate File No. SF0075 and the impact the bill could have on the school’s concealed carry rule. He stated that as SF0075 is written at the moment it wouldn’t impact the rule but that as the bill goes throu...
WORLAND – Cody resident Richard Perkins, founder of the Lauralynn Project, is planning on visiting Worland the first week of March to give bicycles to area children who can’t afford to buy one. “We are trying for March 2 and right now I am in the process of trying to get a spot in Worland to set up,” Perkins said. The Lauralynn Project was created two years ago after a woman in Cody, Lauralynn had her only form of transportation to and from work, her bicycle, stolen. Perkins said he saw her post on Facebook about having her bike stolen and off...
WORLAND – A surprise ice storm Thursday evening, which caused roads to become virtual ice skating rinks along with heavy fog Friday, is responsible for a number of incidents Friday. At 6:05 a.m. an accident near 406 West River Road was reported. The number of vehicles and number of injuries were unavailable. At 7:19 a.m. on Wyoming Highway 433 it was reported that a semi hit a power pole. Information if there were any injuries was unavailable. At 9:56 a.m. at 837 U.S. Highway 16 it was reported that a semi slid into a yard and into the b...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Conservation District expects to have final designs of the riverbank stabilization project completed by the end of this month. In April 2018, the Washakie County Conservation District was approved for federal funding from the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s [NRCS] Emergency Watershed Protection Program to fix a 1,200 foot section of the Big Horn River riverbank behind the Big Horn Co-op and Paxton Automotive, south of Worland. According to the Washakie County Conservation District, in some places alo...
WORLAND – The Worland Fire Department had a busy 2018 running to 186 calls involving fire, hazardous material response and/or car accidents. Worland Fire Department Chief Chris Kocher stated that the Terek Fire was probably the most notable fire fought in 2018, but that there was something even more notable. "The cooperation that all the fire agencies in the area as well as entities that came in to help, that's probably one of the most notable things about 2018. We plan for it and we plan for i...
WORLAND – The holidays are over and the new year has begun, causing many people to make new year’s resolutions. Worland Senior Citizens Center is offering a weight-loss challenge starting today through April 10 to help all, not just seniors, who are interested in getting healthier with monetary incentives to lose weight and refrain from gaining extra weight. The initial weigh-in is today and requires a $10 start-up fee, although Worland Senior Citizens Center activities coordinator Tammy Kunz stated that as long as you get signed up by the end...
WORLAND – A shop fire Friday evening damaged the shop and farm equipment. The fire at 567 Washakie 10, owned by Clark Brothers PTN, originated from material packed around the motor of a feed truck igniting after the truck was moved from one location to another and parked in the shop for the evening. According to Worland Fire Department Chief Chris Kocher, the fire department received a call at approximately 7:30 p.m. Friday evening about a farm shop fire. Kocher stated that the fire was k...
WORLAND – In December the Worland Senior Citizens Center started a new service, serving breakfast every Thursday morning from 7:30 – 9 a.m. as a way to bring in new clientele and increase their numbers to maintain funding. "We get granted so much money and for each meal we serve we get a percentage of that funding, so at the end of the year if we haven't served enough meals to collect all of our state and federal funds, we just don't get it, so if our numbers drop and the next year we need tha...
WORLAND – With the holidays almost over and many people are putting their decorations away and looking forward to spring and warm weather. But what do you do with the half dead tree that was leaving needles all through the house? You put it outside for the Washakie County Conservation District to pick up and turn into mulch. The Washakie County Conservation District is picking up Christmas trees this weekend for free, whether you live in city limits or outside city limits this weekend. On Jan. 5 in Worland, within city limits, Christmas trees n...
THERMOPOLIS – It is a common belief that there are no honest politicians and that they say whatever they need to say to get elected, even if what they are saying goes against what they really believe and plan to do. So believing that a pastor can be a politician is a stretch, too hard for many to believe. But when Nathan Winters, associate pastor for the First Baptist Church in Thermopolis, decided to run for the position of Wyoming House Representative for House District 28 in 2013 he didn’t see where there would be a conflict of int...
THERMOPOLIS – Most people cannot fathom what it is like to be a Wyoming House Representative, unless they have been one. Nathan Winters, Republican from Thermopolis, decided, in 2018, to step-down from serving for the last six years, as House Representative for House District 28 to run for state auditor. This month he agreed to take the community on the journey of walking a mile in a Wyoming legislator’s shoes. “First of all, to be in the legislature is a real honor. I believe that to be a Wyoming citizen and an American citizen and to enjoy...
WORLAND – Richard (Dick) McKamey, instrumental in the purchase of the Wyoming Sugar factory for the growers from Imperial in 2002, retired from Wyoming Sugar Tuesday. "It was an honor to serve. I did a good job, I am confident in that, found good replacements for myself and other things, and I am confident that those people and the employees and the growers will do well," McKamey said. He added that as a leader he feels that he replaced himself with people that were as good if not better than h...
TEN SLEEP – Ten Sleep resident and student Cachelynn Forshee is living the dream that many girls her age have, to be a ballerina and perform in a major production. This weekend she will be participating in the Rocky Mountain School of Arts 21st annual “Nutcracker” production this in Cody. There will be two performances this weekend at the Wynona Thompson Auditorium in Cody, on Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Forshee stated that she was really excited and that being a ballerina is one of her favorite things to do. “I love playing...
TEN SLEEP – Driving around looking at Christmas lights is a favorite past time for many people and families during the Christmas season. Saturday, Ten Sleep will be bringing the lights to the community with their annual Parade of Lights sponsored by the Ten Sleep-Hyattville Lions Club. The parade starts at 6:30 p.m. The number of entries is uncertain at this time but event organizer Becky Cooper stated that she believes there will be at least a dozen floats adorned with lights and music. The parade will run from Cottonwood Street, which is n...
TEN SLEEP – Surveys taken during parent-teacher conferences showed parents were generally pleased with what the district is doing. During the Ten Sleep School Board December meeting Monday evening, Ten Sleep School Principal Levi Collins shared with the results of the surveys taken during the conferences on Oct. 25. “During our parent teacher conference we handed out a multiple question survey to our parents and the reason that we gave out this survey was because we wanted to find out how parents felt the school was serving their children and...
TEN SLEEP – At their regular school board meeting Monday evening, Ten Sleep School board members heard from concerned residents about the proposed building of a new vocational building across from the school on the west side. Ten Sleep resident Amy Truman, whose residence is one of the four residences which will either be behind the proposed building or beside it, voiced her support of the building but also a few concerns about problems the building could cause. “I will start off by saying that I am in support of an industrial/ag shop as it...
WORLAND – In 1988 the residents of Worland experienced an once-in-a-lifetime event that rarely, if ever occurs in rural Wyoming, a national figure taking the time to not only visit but to sit down and enjoy a meal alongside community members. Then Vice President George H. W. Bush visited Worland on January 26, 1988, served a chili lunch at the Elks Club and spoke to attendees. “The thing that impressed us was, he came to a small rural community,” Worland resident Fran Scranton said. “It is nice to say that this great president, who was very qui...
WORLAND –The National Weather Service honored Hot Springs County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Meri Ann Rush as a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador of Excellence for central and western Wyoming Tuesday evening, just before the Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting. "I didn't do anything extraordinary, I feel. I was just doing what they train you to do," Rush said. According to the National Weather Service, "The Weather-Ready Nation (WRN) Ambassador is an initiative of the U.S. D...