Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND – The Washakie County Coalition and Worland's Police Department came together to discuss current drug trends with parents of Worland and Ten Sleep's fifth through 12th-graders. Monday night, WPD gathered parents and members of community at the Worland Middle School auditorium for presentations by Chief Gabe Elliott and Captain Zack Newton. DRUGS Newton spent his presentation highlighting the biggest drug encounters the force was witnessing as recently, and went over signs and symptoms o...
TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep School Board decided to opt-out of the TCT West Class action lawsuit Monday evening with a vote of four for opting out and one against. Board member Terill Mills voted against it. Ten Sleep School Superintendent Jimmy Phelps broached the subject to the board in favor of not opting-out feeling that there was no down side to staying part of the class action lawsuit. “I think all of you are aware that there is a lawsuit concerning the amount of money that people received in 2015 when TCT West sold the co-op [Tri-County Te...
TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep School Board adopted their concealed carry rule with a vote of four to one Monday evening, after much discussion with community members, Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness and Ten Sleep School attorney Scott Kolpitcke. Before making a decision the board and community members heard from Kolpitcke about Wyoming Senate File No. SF0075 and the impact the bill could have on the school’s concealed carry rule. He stated that as SF0075 is written at the moment it wouldn’t impact the rule but that as the bill goes throu...
WORLAND – With the nationwide government shutdown entering week four, the Bureau of Land Management offices in Worland remain shuttered since Dec. 22, with none of the usual notices of services from the public information office, and all employees furloughed until further notice. While local and state BLM representatives are unable to comment, and media requests to the Department of the Interior have gone unanswered, the agency has instead directed all inquires to a government contingency fact sheet on the BLM website (which advises it will n...
WORLAND - The Wyoming boys swimming season has reached the midseason point and with the conference and state meets quickly approaching, the next few weeks are going to be crucial to the Worland Warriors success in the pool and on the diving board. "If you can swim close to your best time at this point in the season that's really good because we've got a lot of meets and we'll be in our harder part of our practices," said WHS boys swimming assistant coach Justin Howe. Coming off a three-meet...