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WORLAND — Washakie County School School District No. 1 Board members approved placing outboard cameras on the district’s school buses at its Wednesday meeting. The decisions is the result of legislation passed during the 2014 Wyoming legislative session. The legislation was in response to a Fremont County girl who was struck and killed by a passing motorist while getting off a school bus, Wyoming Department of Education Communications Director Kari Eakins said. Eakins said that the cameras will help authorities prosecute those who pass sto...
WORLAND - By the time Worland firefighters arrived on the scene, the garage located at 1310 B Lane 12 had already collapsed. Worland Fire Department firefighters responded to a report of a structure fire at the location at 5:11 p.m. Tuesday. Firefighters were on the scene at 5:20 p.m. According to Worland Fire Chief Chris Kocher, the cause of the fire has not been determined and is under investigation. The building was a garage that sat about 20 feet away from a residence located adjacent to...
WORLAND — A response has been filed in connection with a wrongful death lawsuit filed last month. Cheyenne-based attorney, George E. Powers, issued an answer on behalf of Worland physician, Dr. Edward Zimmerman. The response is regarding a wrongful death lawsuit which was filed last month in connection to the death of Worland teacher Kevin R. Anderson. The original suit alleges that Zimmerman caused Anderson’s death by causing him to overdose on hydromorphone, a pain management medication. The suit further alleges that Zimmerman failed to rec...
WORLAND — Those wishing to shoot off some fireworks will have a place to do just that with the help multiple agencies. Those looking to shoot off fireworks will have just the place to do it from July 3 – 5. According to a Bureau of Land Management press release, the gravel pit just north of Worland near the shooting complex will provide just the opportunity. Officials from the BLM, Worland Fire Protection District, Worland Police Department and Washakie County Sheriff’s Office will be on hand in case things get out-of-hand. The Worland Fire...
WORLAND — Maybe he just wanted to escape his relatives. A man was found safe Sunday after disappearing from a family reunion earlier the same day, according to a Washakie County Sheriff’s Office press release. It is not known why “Brady Smith,” 27, disappeared from the reunion. According to the release, Smith disappeared from a family reunion Sunday afternoon at the Perry Kaufman Farm near Big Trails. The release states that at 6:24 p.m. Sunday, Washakie County Sheriff’s Deputies and the Washakie County Search and Rescue (SAR) Squad responded t...
WORLAND – Summer has arrived in the Big Horn Basin, and the just the right band to listen to on a hot summer night will be in the basin this weekend-and they're bringing a Big Horn Basin native with them. Missoula, Montana's Local Yokel - a sort of Americana, bluegrass band with influences ranging from Paul Simon to classic blue grass - will play three sets this weekend in Worland, Thermopolis and Ten Sleep. The band sports Worland native Ethan Ryan on guitar and vocals, Dave Wilbert on the b...
WORLAND — A Worland man pleaded not guilty in the Wyoming Fifth Judicial District Court in Worland Wednesday to a felony strangulation of a household member charge. Erik T. Lindgren of Worland is facing up to five years in prison, a fine of $5,000 or both if found guilty. According to an affidavit of probable cause, on the night of April 25, the victim heard her daughter from a previous relationship crying and found Lindgren yelling at her. Before the victim could reach her child, Lindgren grabbed the victim by her throat with both hands and f...
WORLAND - A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Banner Health, an emergency room doctor and a nurse at Washakie Medical Center in the Fifth Wyoming Judicial District Court in Worland Tuesday in connection with the death of a Worland man in July 2013. Banner Health Public Relations Director Sara Quale said that Banner Health does not comment on pending litigation. Washakie Medical Center CEO Jay Stallings could not be reached for comment. Dr. Edward Zimmerman is named as a defendant in the...
WORLAND — A Washakie County man was arraigned in the Wyoming Fifth Judicial District Court in Worland Wednesday morning in connection with the shooting death of another Washakie County man. Anthony David Haire, 31, entered a not guilty plea in district court before Judge Robert Skar. Haire is charged with one count of manslaughter and one count of reckless endangerment. According to an affidavit of probable cause, Haire fatally shot Jamye Don SoRelle, 58, on the night of April 13 near their trailers on shared property located at 1459 U.S. 20 S...
Worland Middle School and Worland High School students will see a change in the district’s policy on illicit drug use after the school board approved the changes on the third reading at Monday’s meeting. Students who participate in extracurricular activities will be subject to random testing for illicit substances beginning the 2015 – 2016 school year. The policy is in response to self-reporting surveys which indicate Worland High School and Middle School students are using illicit substances including heroin. More than 30 percent of Worland Hi...
WORLAND – City of Worland crews are generally advised not to leave trash in the middle of the street -unless it is on fire. At around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, Washakie County Dispatch received a report that the garbage in a city garbage truck had caught fire. By the time Washakie Ambulance, the Worland Police Department and Worland Fire Department arrived on the scene, the debris was in the street smoldering. Worland Fire Chief Chris Kocher said that's exactly what city crews are trained to do....
WORLAND – Students attending Worland High School may find it a little harder to become a valedictorian or salutatorian beginning with the Class of 2017. That’s because the Washakie County School Dist. No. 1 Board of Trustees endorsed a policy Monday night to add weight advanced classes on the 4.0 grade point average scale. Worland High School Principal Kevin Smith said he hopes the policy will encourage students to take more rigorous classes. Currently, students who take easier classes can become valedictorians despite competing against the...
WORLAND – Washakie County School Dist. No. 1 upped its attendance standards at its monthly meeting Monday night. Through the end of the 2014 – 2015 school year, students at Worland High School who miss more than 10 classes must complete a term paper assigned by Principal Kevin Smith in order to receive credit. However, students were receiving up to 30 absences in particular classes and still getting credit for them, according to Smith. Smith said he hopes the new policy, which will eliminate the potential for receiving credit after recording an...