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  • Designs near completion for riverbank repair

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Jan 11, 2019

    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...

  • USDA Service Center closed during shutdown

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Jan 11, 2019

    WORLAND – The Washakie County United State Department of Agriculture Service Office, located in Worland and home to the Farm Service Agency, Rural Development, Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Washakie County Conservation District, remains closed due to a now 20-day government shutdown, although two of the agencies will remain open until Jan 19. While USDA and FSA employees have been furloughed during the shutdown, NRCS has funding through Jan. 19 and employees remain in their o...

  • New vendor law in effect in Worland

    Jan 11, 2019

    WORLAND — The new ordinance regarding temporary vendors in Worland is now in effect. The City of Worland passed Ordinance #846 for Temporary Vendors on third and final reading Dec. 18. The ordinance went into effect last Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. This ordinance prohibits door-to-door peddlers conducting business within the city limits unless allowed by certain exceptions and requires all temporary vendors to apply for a permit from the City of Worland. The definition of a Temporary Vendor, according to the ordinance, is “any individual or ent...

  • Afternoon Stroll

    Jan 11, 2019

  • Lady Warriors show progress in defeat to Green River

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jan 11, 2019

    WORLAND — The end result was the same for the Worland Lady Warriors Thursday night at Worland High School, the Lady Warriors in an interclass girls basketball matchup against the 4A Green River Lady Wolves, fell 64-39. But while Worland did fall to 0-6 on the season, they showed promising signs that their first win of the season isn’t far off. “We talked about our energy, effort and enthusiasm, those are three things we can control and it doesn’t matter who we’re playing. I thought we did a bet...

  • Jan 11, 2019

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  • Black ice delays delivery

    Jan 11, 2019

    THERMOPOLIS — Black ice conditions Thursday night delayed delivery of the Northern Wyoming Daily News to Thermopolis subscribers. The newspapers should be delivered by the U.S. Postal Service on Saturday. A complimentary online (PDF) issue is available to Thermopolis subscribers. Contact our office at 347-3241 or email [email protected]. If black ice advisories return Friday, that will delay delivery of Saturday’s issue. Attempts will be made to deliver the Daily News to vendors on Saturday....