Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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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 - Re-elected county officials will be sworn-in today, at an 8 a.m. ceremony at the Washakie County Courthouse, before the county commission holds the first monthly meeting of 2019. County commissioners Fred Frandson and Terry Wolf, County Attorney John Worrall, County Treasurer Doris Kern, County Assessor Kathy Treanor, District Court Clerk Suzann Whitlock, Sheriff Steve Rakness, Coroner Jeff Lapp and County Clerk Mary Grace Strauch will be sworn-in by Judge Bobbi Overfield. The county commission will convene at 9 a.m., and include...
CASPER — Over the next 40 days, members of the Wyoming Legislature will consider between 400 and 500 bills. Some of those bills will have been talked about, poked and prodded for months, originating in committees comprised of seasoned lawmakers with serious policy chops and the institutional knowledge to understand how to dress a piece of legislation — as the popular saying goes — to get it ready for “prime time.” Other pieces of legislation might be partisan-driven, or of dubious legal merit, and may have no hope for passage. Others might attr...
WORLAND - Defense and 3-pointers helped power the Worland Warriors to an 83-57 victory over the 4A Cody Broncs Saturday at Worland High School. The interclass boys basketball matchup between the former 3A rivals had its fair share of excitement and after a slow start, the Warriors kept their foot on the pedal until the final seconds. "Our starting five play really, really well together. The trick has been trying to get them on the floor for most of the game. There have been a lot of times,...
Mark Mills Whitlock, 61-year-old lifetime Worland resident passed away suddenly on January 3, 2019 at the Washakie Medical Center in Worland. Mark was born in Worland on May 10, 1957, the third of five children born to Eugene Anderson and Charlotte (Mills) Whitlock. He was welcomed home by brothers, Craig and Wayne and prepared the way for Boyd and baby sister LaRae. He would often joke that he gained his love for reading because he was born in the reading room of the Washakie County Library (fo...