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Sheri Gunderson, Lila Jolley and Katie Kirby from the Washakie Prevention Coalition (WPC) attended the Washakie County commissioner meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 16 to discuss WPC work and events. They reported that their annual prevention night is on Saturday. Jan 20 in Ten Sleep and Thursday, Jan. 25 in Worland. According to Jolley, Worland’s prevention night will encompass wrestling, and girls and boys basketball. In Ten Sleep, prevention night will be at the basketball game, and will involve the WPC working with students of all ages. Leading u...
Born on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at 2:01 a.m., Christopher John Banda became the first reported baby born in Worland of the new year. Erica Banda, Christopher's mother, said he was 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and 19.5 inches at birth. Banda shared that Christopher's birth took 12 minutes from start to finish, and that he arrived just one day before his due date. According to Banda, Christopher is her third baby born with the help of midwife Amy Borrelli. Christopher Banda is Erica and Daniel Banda's fourth...
Carrie Ann Wyper, 52, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Ten Sleep on January 9, 2024. Carrie was born on June 16, 1971 in Arcadia, California to John William and Paula Kay (Burgess) Wyper. She grew up in California, graduating from Nevada Union High School in 1989. In her youth she enjoyed barrel racing and other rodeo events. She enjoyed watching football, the Los Angeles Rams were her team of choice. Tom introduced her to fishing and camping, which she found an extreme fondness for...
Gary Steven Klispie was born on September 6, 1955 to Richard and Margaret Klispie in Sarasota, Florida. Gary was the middle of three brothers, Alan and Dennis, each boy born just a year apart. His playful, joking spirit developed in youth alongside his siblings as they grew up in the sunshine and water along the Peace River in Punta Gorda, Florida. Gary's childhood was filled with serving his home Parish, fishing, boating, waterskiing, exploring with his brothers, and being loved on by his...
John Darby Palmer, 76, passed away on January 8, 2024 at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings, Montana. John was born on June 26, 1947, in Los Angeles, California, to Jack Byron and Eva Mae (Darby) Palmer. Growing up in the warmth of California, John graduated from Taft High School in Woodland Hills before embarking on a four-year journey in the Navy. During his service, he met the love of his life, Janis, on a blind date. Their connection was instantaneous, leading to their marriage on September...
Eliseo "Blackie" Leyva 85 years old passed away on January 9, 2024. Eliseo was born on January 3, 1939 to Clyde and Benita (Gonzalez) Leyva. He graduated from Worland High School in 1958. He married Anita Garcia in 1995. He worked for the State of Colorado with the mentally handicapped, and retired after 17 years. Eliseo was preceded in death by his parents, sister Toni, brothers Clyde Jr. and Daniel. Survivors include his wife Anita, sons John (Ednah) Gillette, Edward Leyva, daughters Lorena...
Lois L. Seidel, 81 passed away on Thursday January 11, 2024. She was born in 1942 in Guthrie Center Iowa. Burial took place on Tuesday, Jan. 16. Memorial service and celebration of life will be on Friday, Jan. 19, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Thermopolis....
Shirley Runge, 93, longtime Worland resident, passed away in Helena, Montana, Jan. 5, 2024. An obituary and memorial service will be forthcoming in the summer....
Alice Lisetta (Schweighart) Beckley, 90, passed away Jan. 14, 2024, at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Alice was born on May 18, 1933, in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Services are pending. A full obituary will follow in next week’s edition of the Northern Wyoming News....
One piece of proposed legislation in the upcoming 2024 Wyoming Budget Session is designed to increase public accessibility and participation. House Bill 49, also known as “By The People Act” adds to the current Wyoming public meeting law the following language, “To the extent practicable, public meetings shall provide live remote audio or video access to the meeting by members of the public.” We know through the COVID pandemic that this is possible as many public meetings provided remote access. Washakie County purchased a couple of Meeting...
Wyoming is one of the last rural states to be hit with the U.S. Postal Service’s inappropriately named “Delivering for America” plan to cut costs, regardless of the cost of doing some of the hair-brained schemes included in it. The current plan is to move the Cheyenne mail processing center duties to Denver this year, then in 2025 reduce the already understaffed and overworked Casper postal workforce by shifting that mail processing to Denver. Such money-saving moves elsewhere have not proven to save any money, and in fact the postal servi...
Worland High School’s speech and debate team has had a strong showing so far in the new year, and they’re ready for a weekend off to host the Worlando Beach Tournament this weekend. They couldn’t attend some of their meets due to weather, but the ones they have made it to have shown results. The team attended a meet in Thermopolis earlier this month, earning fourth place overall in the big schools category, and Star Valley’s meet where the team pulled out first place overall. Coach Rick Dorn said, “We have a big group of novices this year, so...
Does an ambulance need to show up if you dial 9-1-1? An AARP Wyoming webinar, slated for 1 p.m. on Jan. 22 will seek to answer that question and look at what the state can do to shore up its Emergency Medical Services (EMS). The webinar is free to join and you don’t need to be over age 50 or an AARP Wyoming member to take part. Registration link can be found at https://states.aarp.org/wyoming/ Wyoming does not consider emergency medical services an essential service, which means no one is required to fund ambulance services. This has, in p...
Via Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE - While coal is still king in Campbell County, oil and gas are still the second and third largest contributors to the county's economy, as far as taxable value goes. Across the state, natural gas production has been on a steady decline since 2009, while oil production has been more up and down. According to a report put out by the Wyoming State Geological Survey this month, the state's oil production has not yet surpassed its 2019 high, while nationwide oil...
Hosting two boys swimming meets last week, the Worland Warriors took another step forward in their progress this season. "Our younger swimmers are starting to see what it takes," said WHS boys swimming and diving coach Justin Howe. "I got some guys that are practicing in the morning now. They're starting to see that being fast in USA and middle school is different from the high school level." Hosting the Warrior Quad on Jan. 12 and the Warrior Invitational on Jan. 13, and each Warrior had...
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