Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Welcome to a new decade and new year, 2020. Look inside for a look back at 2019. Also inside for a print subscribers are inserts from Blair's, Bomgaars, Arbys and MASA Seminars flier. Did you know that the first iPad came out in April of 2010?...
A new year and a new decade began yesterday. In this issue we take a look back at 2019 and it was a year of changes, especially in the business world here in Worland. We had a number of businesses that were shuttered, most notably Reese & Ray’s IGA (although the liquor store is still open) and Shopko. We don’t know what the future holds this year or this decade for the building that housed the grocery store but we do know the Shopko building on 20th Street will not be empty for much longer as Lee and Gerry Kennedy have purchased the bui... Full story
WORLAND - Worland Ward 1 Council member Gary Gerber, 68, was remembered last week as a knowledgeable city employee and council member and a caring Worland resident. Gerber, who retired just a few months shy of 45 years with the City of Worland in 2016, served on the council since 2017. He passed away at Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody from metastatic lymphoma, on Dec. 25, 2019. Mayor Jim Gill said Gary was "so well thought of, a wonderful asset to the city as a worker and then deciding he would...
WORLAND – Schools in Worland will be using a new Raptor security system as a preventative measure to ensure whoever is entering the building is safe to be with children starting this Monday, Jan. 6. The new security system will scan a driver's license from visitors wanting to enter the building, to make sure that the person entering the building is safe to be with students. This system will only be in place at the schools within the district, and not at offices for the district such as the c...
WORLAND — In looking back at 2019 and ahead to 2020, Worland Mayor Jim Gill said the main focus for the city will continue to be street improvements. In 2019, the city completed a double gutters, curb and gutter, sidewalks and miscellaneous street and concrete upgrades project in a few areas around the city, including Sixth Street. They also completed their fourth GSB 88 project in the city. GSB 88 (a Modified Sealer Binder emulsion) is an environmentally friendly restorative sealer for pavements that are in fair to good condition. The project...
WORLAND – The Bighorn Basin Outdoor Recreation Collaborative (BBORC) is a volunteer group that has come together over the last year to understand what they can do as a group to make the Bighorn Basin area a tourist destination for activities rather than just a quick stop on a drive or fly over destination. According to co-chair Kristi Robison and the organization’s manual, the mission statement for the organization is “to promote, enhance, and develop sustainable outdoor recreation that encou...
Looking up into the large willow tree at city hall full of frost looks as if the frost is raining down Friday morning.... Full story
Coal tax losses in Lincoln County top $1.2 million AFTON (WNE) — Lincoln County Treasurer Jerry Greenfield released a report at the end of the year summarizing the first losses associated with the shutdown of the coal power plant in Kemmerer. “Financially, this has caused a loss in coal sales in the amount of 1.2 million tons per year, resulting in a loss of sales tax revenue totaling $1,260,000 to the cities, towns, county and state,” the report said. In a report released to the Lincoln Commission and sent to the Governor’s office, Treasur... Full story
Thermopolis resident, Allan Thomas Baird, 78, passed away January 1, 2020 at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper. Born August 20, 1941 in Worland, Wyoming, he was one of four children of Thomas and Edna (Rankine) Baird. In 1964 he married Pat McGarvin in Golden, Colorado. The couple raised four daughters. They ranched on Gooseberry and Cottonwood Creeks for over 60 years. Pat died in 2004. Allan was a 4-H leader and served on the South Thermopolis Water Board. He enjoyed leatherwork, reading an... Full story
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