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WORLAND — As 2022 gets underway, Worland Mayor Jim Gill said he wants the focus for himself, the council and the city on growing Worland. In his first year as mayor, Gill started the Grow Worland Initiative, looking at ways to grow the community and in an interview Monday he said he can see some of that growth occurring in the area around North Fourth Street. Unique Precisions, a manufacturing company from California relocated to Worland and has spent months renovating the old Coors building into its tool manufacturing business. The Ten S...
WORLAND — A new president of the council was elected and a new event approved during the first Worland City Council meeting of 2022. With each new year comes election of council officers. William Worley was elected as president of the council and Wendy Fredricks was elected as acting president of the council. The council gave approval for a Celebration of Life event planned for Jan. 22 by the Knights of Columbus. Three members of the organization were in attendance at Tuesday night’s meeting. They said this would be the first Celebration of Lif...
Well the new year came on Saturday with really barely a whisper but there is a lot in store for us this year. The City of Worland will be appealing the 2020 census figures. This could have potential impact on future funding if they are successful. This is a story to watch. There are several construction projects in the works right now that are expected to be completed this year — Sunlight Federal Credit Union, Unique Precisions, Pit Stop Travel Center and Big Horn Cooperative Travel Center. All of these will be great additions to the c... Full story
Elon Musk got Time’s 2021 Person of the Year and I’m not having it I’m on Twitter the other night and I saw a tweet from Stephen King stating, “I admire Elon Musk, but the real People of the Year are the doctors, nurses, first responders, and scientists who have worked so gallantly — there is no other word — to fight this deadly, constantly transforming virus.” I had to go back and reread this. Elon Musk got Person of the Year? The space guy who named his kid a random jumble of letters and symbols? That guy? I looked it up, just to be sure King... Full story
THERMOPOLIS - A number of missing persons from the Big Horn Basin are listed on the new Wyoming Missing Persons database. John Daily Hammond, age 65, has been missing since Nov. 5, 2021. Hammond is a resident of Hot Springs County and was last seen on November 5, 2021, in Carbon County in the Miracle Mile (Sage Creek) area between Seminoe and Pathfinder Reservoirs. According to the Wyoming Missing Persons database, he is a white male, approximately 5-10, 195 pounds, with hazel eyes, and brown...
WORLAND — Two of Worland’s newest residents, born last fall, are facing heart surgeries in 2022. Julie and Dan Atkinson welcomed daughter Emma on Oct. 9, born at Children’s Hospital in Denver. Emma was born with a serious heart condition known as DORV (double outlet right ventricle), according to childrenshospital.org, DORV “is a rare congenital heart defect where the pulmonary artery and the aorta — the heart’s two major arteries — both connect to the right ventricle.” In addition to the heart defect, Emma was also born with a rare condition c...
JACKSON - As a gaggle of grad students milled about, probing, prodding and drawing blood from three bighorn sheep, Aly Courtemanch was keeping her eyes peeled for something in particular. Plump ewes. "That one looks really good," the Wyoming Game and Fish biologist said, pointing to one. But, making her way down the line just below the Bridger-Teton National Forest's Curtis Canyon, she found a better contender. "That one looks very, very good," she said. "Really nice and healthy." But as the...
Daniel Weber, 72, of Worland, Wyoming passed away December 30, 2021. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, January 10 at the Veile Mortuary Colonial Chapel at 10:30am.... Full story
Margie Fisher, 94, passed away in Durango, CO January 4, 2022. A viewing will be held at the Veile Mortuary Colonial Chapel, 301 S. 8th Street, from 5-8 pm on Wednesday, January 12.... Full story
Frances Marlene Reust, 82, passed away at home surrounded by her loving husband, children and grandchildren on Thursday, December 30, 2021. Frances was born to Ralph Eleston and Pansy Florine (Davidson) Williams in Peru, Indiana on March 29, 1939. She was the second born of 4 children. In her youth, Frances loved to read, spend time with her siblings, work in the garage with her dad and going hunting and fishing. Growing up, Frances was a natural born caretaker. She enjoyed working in... Full story
Michael Dan Loveless, 67, passed away in his home on Dec. 24, 2021. He was born in Provo, Utah, on Nov. 15, 1954. Cremation has taken place and a private family service will be held in Orem, Utah next spring.... Full story
GILLETTE — Louise Carter-King resigned as the mayor the City of Gillette Thursday night, two days after apologizing for old text messages that surfaced this week that included off-color and denigrating language about City Council members and other Campbell County officials. "It is with a heavy heart that I announce my resignation as the Mayor of the City of Gillette," Carter-King said in a press release Thursday night. "I want to thank (City Council) and the many outstanding staff members who I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the yea... Full story
Kirt Dee Cozzens was born March 25th, 1962, in Provo, Utah. He was the oldest son born to R. Dee Cozzens, Jr., and Julaine Johnson Cozzens. The family soon moved to Billings, Montana, where they would welcome Kirt's brothers, Chris, Todd, and Tyler into the family. From Billings, the family moved to Lovell where these four little boys would soon become big bothers to their little sister, Tiffany. The family lived in the Lovell, Cody and Powell, Wyoming area for several years. Kirt received his... Full story
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