Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND - Returning after a five-year hiatus, the Worland Middle School music and drama departments will be presenting the musical "Blue Suede Paws" next Friday and Saturday. The curtain opens at 7 p.m. both nights at the Worland Middle School Auditorium. Tickets are available at the door. There are 31 cast members under the direction of Amy Wright and new music teacher Connor Dennis. Dennis said he and Wright selected the musical because it had been a while since it was performed and they both...
This week’s issue of the Northern Wyoming News completes our third year returning to our roots and returning to a weekly newspaper. We appreciate the community’s support and especially our readers who have continued along with us on our journey. For the most part the community has adjusted to the weekly but we still hear from our readers that they miss a daily newspaper and on occasion we will get an inquiry if we will ever go back to a daily. My answer to that is I don’t know, but what I do know for certain is that our staff works hard on th... Full story
Individuals who have substance use disorders, as well as mental health disorders, are diagnosed as having “co-occurring disorders.” The coexistence of both a mental illness and a substance use disorder is not uncommon. People with mental illness are more likely to experience a substance use disorder than those not affected by a mental illness. Symptoms of addiction can mask symptoms of mental illness, and symptoms of mental illness can be confused with symptoms of addiction. There are some patterns that do present themselves, though. Ind... Full story
WORLAND – Mexican fare returned to 1608 Big Horn Avenue in Worland this year with the opening of Los Tapatios, a Mexican-American restaurant. Los Tapatios opened Jan. 17 under the ownership of Alicia Morquecho and her business partner, Mireya Sanchez. The location was the former Habañero restaurant. Morquecho has been working in the restaurant business since she was 14 years old, and Sanchez has a restaurant in Evanston, where they got the idea to open another restaurant in Worland. "We have pe...
WORLAND – The Washakie Medical Center Hospital Board, at its Jan. 25 meeting, received a report that Banner Health’s Patient Access Services implementation of new processes to be compliant with the federal government’s No Surprises Act was underway.The No Surprises Act went into effect Jan. 1 and establishes federal standards designed to protect patients from balance billing for defined items and services provided by specific doctors, hospitals and air ambulance carriers on an out-of-network or self-pay basis. According to the Centers for Medic...
WORLAND – The course of 2021 was a rollercoaster for many businesses due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic's impact on supply as well as the impact from customers being quarantined. In Worland, residents shopped locally, helping local businesses thrive in what would otherwise be an absence of sales. Over the course of 2021, sawtheir sales improve, especially around Christmas. According to the owner, Desiree Ross, her Christmas sales were better than normal. Ross made several changes to her b...
Janet Louise Scott, 89, passed away surrounded by her family on January 29, 2022 at her home in Worland, Wyoming. Janet was born on July 22, 1932 to George W. and Lorna Amelia (Geotz) Allen in Monroe, Michigan. Growing up in Michigan, she enjoyed spending time with her friends and graduated high school in 1950. She graduated from Michigan State University where she met the love of her life, Robert Moak Scott. They were united in marriage at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Monroe, MI on September... Full story
Bruce K. Snider, 71, passed away at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center on January 31, 2022, after a short, but fierce battle with cancer. Bruce was born on September 1, 1950, the oldest of 6 children born to Paul Olen and Martha (Grosch) Snider in Worland, Wyoming. He attended school at Worland High School, graduating in 1968. During his high school years, he worked at Bronco Lanes Bowling Alley and played baseball every chance he got. Following graduation, he went to work for... Full story
Evelyn "Lynn" Krei passed away January 28th, 2022, in the loving presence of her children, at Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody Wyoming, following seven years of exceptional care at Willow Creek Facility in Worland. Evelyn Edwards was born December 15, 1926 in Amagansett, Long Island, N.Y. to John and Elizabeth Edwards, the youngest of their 5 children. The family moved to Miami, Florida in the early 1930's where they lived during the Depression. Evelyn graduated from Miami Beach Senior High... Full story
Gordon Kent Maxwell, born in Worland, Wyoming December 1, 1943, the son of John W. Maxwell, Sr. and Agnes Halbert Maxwell, died January 25, 2022. Gordon was 78 at the time of his death. Gordon was the youngest of three children, raised in Worland, WY by his loving parents. He loved the mountains, the Maxwell cabin and couldn't wait to introduce his new bride to the Big Horns. Growing up fishing and hunting gave him great joy. During the summer months surrounded by the trees and the creek... Full story
Peggy Ann Tolman was born in Harford, CT, on March 31, 1945 to Margaret (Peggy) Quinn Tolman and Myron Dean Tolman, a navigator in the Army Aircorp mapping Africa during WWII. After the war, Dean was finally able to meet his six-month-old daughter and the young family returned home to Wyoming and the Tolman Sheep ranch. Through her childhood in Washakie County, Peggy developed her sustaining love for the mountains and its wildlife and livestock. Her first mourning was over the bodies of beloved... Full story
WORLAND – During their Zoom meeting on Thursday, Jan. 20, the Washakie County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) received information on the benefits of the emPOWER Program by Sheryl Roub with the Wyoming Department of Health. Roub explained what the program is and what it does, as well as why it is important to have in a crisis. According to a presentation provided by Roub, the Health and Human Services (HHS) emPOWER Program is a mission-critical partnership between the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (AS...
CODY (WNE) — Ron Clark, owner of Town Taxi, said he’d rather take someone home for free than see them drive drunk. However, he’d much prefer to get paid at least as much as he would charge somebody on a normal flat rate. Now he and the other taxi companies that use the City of Cody’s Tipsy Taxi service will be paid $3 more than before each time they take someone home who has a voucher. Since it started, the service has paid the taxi company $7 every time someone has used one of the vouchers to get a free ride home after drinking. Last week, t... Full story
WORLAND — Worland’s two real estate owners and brokers said after a hot housing market in 2021, 2022 is starting slowly due to lack of inventory in the area. Both Nikki Donahue of Real Living Hake Realty and Alison Taylor-Sheesley of McGarvin & Taylor Real Estate said January is typically a slow month. Donahue noted that January in 2021 was an anomaly as it was busy, primarily with closings of sales started in December. “This year we are behind but it is still steady. The lack of inventory makes it hard though,” Donahue said. Taylor-Sheesley sa...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners received a report on the development of the Big Horn River Blueway Trail project during the regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 1. The vision for the project would be to create a watertrail that would allow river enthusiasts to travel the length of the Big Horn River from the Wedding of the Waters south of Thermopolis to the Big Horn Canyon National Recreation Area in Lovell, while offering a wide variety of opportunities, including watching wildlife, ever changing scenery, fishing, hunting and camping. I...
UPDATE: The link provides a map to latest Big Horn Basin/Region 8 districts https://greenwoodmap.com/redistrict/map#zcr=8.99135113118804/-12142376.985875707/5486464.430790961/0&lyrs=topoesri,reion8_20220202,counties WORLAND — The Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee voted last Thursday, Jan. 22, to go with a redistricting plan to add two new House Districts and one new Senate District in the state, a plan that benefits the Big Horn Basin. While the plan proposed adding one House district in Laramie County and o...
WORLAND — The Worland City Council voted Tuesday night to put the lot at 1429 Coburn out for bid again. The council had sought bids last year with a minimum $25,000 bid and did not receive a qualified bid. City Attorney Kent Richins told the council that the city is low on homes and perhaps someone would be interested in building a home on the lot. Council member Scott Schaeffer said, “I think it is a good idea. It’s the perfect time.” Richins also suggested that the city increase the minimum to $30,000 instead of $25,000. A motion to adverti...
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