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Did you know that 8 million pounds of guacamole is consumed on Super Bowl Sunday and 14,500 tons of chips are eaten along with that guacamole?...
WORLAND - Cities, towns and counties could see further cuts from state direct distribution funding after the State Senate amended Senate File 64 trimming another $10 million from the final two payments of the biennium budget approved last year. Last year the Legislature approved $105 million for the second half of the biennium. Senate File 64 cut the payment to $99.7 million and an amendment last week cut the payment another $5.2 million to $94.5 million. The bill is over on the House side this...
WORLAND — The Washakie County Commissioners announced Tuesday on how through Governor Mark Gordon’s Community Charitable Relief Program were distributed to local non-profit organizations. The funds are to help the non-profit organizations that have been hurt financially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds were approved as follows: Ten Sleep Senior Center $5,400, Worland Senior Center $25,000, Crisis Prevention and Response Center $28,090, Washakie Museum & Cultural Center $21,500, Cloud Pea...
This week we complete two full years as the weekly newspaper the Northern Wyoming News and what a year it was. We started year two out with an open house in February. Yes, it was pre-COVID or rather COVID-19 was just beginning to be talked about but there were no mask mandates, no businesses were closed, life was continuing as normal. We had a nice turnout for the open house despite the cold, snowy, windy day. Then March came and COVID had Wyoming canceling sports and state health orders were closing businesses. We closed our office to the... Full story
TEN SLEEP - Ten Sleep sophomore Kinley Anderson's Voice of Democracy essay has taken top honors at the local, district and state level and is headed to the national competition. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Worland sponsors the local contest of Voice of Democracy for Worland, Ten Sleep, Riverside and Greybull high schools. This year they had entries from Worland and Ten Sleep, according to organizer and VFW Auxiliary member Sandy Tibbs. Worland's winner was Olivia Dalebout and Anderson...
WORLAND – The Worland High School Speech and Debate team finished third overall in class 3A among those schools that competed in the Virtual Mustang Classic held by Natrona County High School Jan. 29 and 30. Speech and Debate Coach Rick Dorn noted that they placed third overall among all 3A teams but second among Wyoming 3A teams. Dorn said that this was the biggest meet of the year besides state which has more schools and less allowed entries among competitors. Kim Sumida and Chase Johnson l...
CHEYENNE — Facing massive cuts to the state’s K-12 schools budget, one lawmaker has proposed a bill to study the cost-saving benefits of consolidating Wyoming’s 48 school districts into 24. “We, as a Legislature, fully understand that we have to rein in costs for education. Rather than making cuts to teacher salaries, personnel or closing down schools, I thought this was a better avenue to pursue,” said Rep. Dan Zwonitzer, R-Cheyenne, who is sponsoring House Bill 77. “I spent two years chairing the Revenue Committee trying to raise some money... Full story
WORLAND - Nearly 60 people attended the Tensleep Nowood Trailbreakers (TNT) Chili Feed to start the Sweet Sixteen Snowfest on Friday. On Saturday 28 people took to the slopes as part of the Snowfest, according to TNT president CJ Grimes. Grimes said they went through most of the chili they had prepared and Shannon Moodry of Gillette was the winner of the cross-country ski package that was raffled off as a fundraiser for TNT and their trail projects. "Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves," Grimes...
WORLAND - Another week up and another set of tough duals for the Worland Warrior wrestling team. The No. 3-ranked Warriors, according to wyowrestling, are in Cheyenne this week and face nothing but 4A teams this weekend. They will dual against No. 4 Cheyenne East, Cheyenne Central, Cheyenne South and Laramie. "We've got another big weekend against another handful of 4A schools," said WHS wrestling coach Josh Garcia. "We're headed in the right direction at the right time in the season. We're...
Donald “Don” G. Deitchler, 82, passed away January 28, 2021 at his home in Thermopolis. Graveside services will be held in the late spring.... Full story
A memorial potluck service for Lewis Edward Winiecki will be 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Eagles Lodge in Worland. Lewis was born Nov. 7, 1983 and passed away Jan. 20, 2021.... Full story
Funeral services for Margaret Kay Keith, infant daughter of Casey and Haley Keith of Casper, who passed away on January 20th at the Wyoming Medical Center, were held Saturday January 30th at the Trinity Lutheran Church at 1240 S. Missouri in Casper, Wyoming with Pastors Jon Olson and Jared Korb officiating. Private family interment will be in Willow Grove Cemetery in Buffalo, Wyoming with Pastor Olson officiating. Donations in Margaret’s memory may be made to the Ronald McDonald House or the charity of choice in care of the Harness Funeral H... Full story
Kathleen Coila Bower (Roberts), who was affectionately known as "Katie," passed peacefully at her daughter's home in Texas on January 20, 2021, at the age of 95. She was the picture of kindness and a most wonderful and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother, sister, aunt, mother-in-law and friend. Katie was born in Van Tassell, Wyoming on October 19, 1925 in the O'Connor house. She was raised in the Lusk area with her parents, James and Leona Roberts (Calhou... Full story
Peggy Eileen Wessel, 82, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus January 25th,2021 at Worland Healthcare & Rehab Center after a long and courageous battle with breast and ovarian cancer. Peggy was born August 14th, 1938 at the Greybull hospital to Ralph Elmer and Sylvia May Garbutt Reed. She joined her sister Alice and brother Donald. Later, sisters Linda and Nancy added to the family. They farmed in northern WY. She worked hard in the fields. A favorite pet was her desensitized skunk. After... Full story
Virgie Mae Ray was born on October 8, 1935 to Lester and Esther Ray in Norton, Kansas and passed away January 24, 2021 in Belton, Texas. Virgie attended school in Smith Center, Kansas and worked at her mother's cafe, The Hamburger Inn. It was at the Hamburger Inn that she served a piece of pie to a gentleman that would become the love of her life. She married that gentleman, James A. Logan on March 2, 1952. Together they had two children, Steven J. Logan and Connie M. Logan. The Logan family... Full story
Campbell GOP has no plans for Cheney censure GILLETTE (WNE) — As it stands now, the Campbell County Republican Party has no plans to censure Rep. Liz Cheney for her vote to impeach former president Donald Trump in January. The Campbell County Republican Party Central Committee met last week, and the topic of censuring Cheney was not discussed. Party Chairwoman Vicki Kissack said that if censureship had come up to a vote, she probably wouldn’t have voted for it. “By principle, I don’t agree with them,” she said. “They have no teeth.” “It... Full story
CASPER — Rep. Liz Cheney survived an internal challenge to remove her from House leadership on Wednesday night, staving off an attempt by Trump loyalists to punish her for supporting impeachment. The final vote to keep the Wyoming congresswoman in her position as Republican Conference chair was 145-61, The Associated Press reported, showing the strength of the third-ranking Republican’s support in Washington after weeks of speculation the conference would oust her over her vote to impeach President Donald Trump last month. Cheney told rep... Full story
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming House of Representatives rejected legislation Wednesday that would have required the state’s K-12 public schools to provide suicide prevention training programs to students. House Bill 62, which was advanced by an interim committee late last year with the backing of several high school students who testified, would have expanded the Jason Flatt Act, which requires teachers to undergo two hours of suicide education and prevention training each year, to also provide age-appropriate suicide prevention programs to stu...
Twenty-three more coronavirus-related deaths among Wyoming residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have been confirmed, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). Deaths among Wyoming residents are added to the state’s total based on official death certificate information and location of permanent residence. If death certificates do not describe COVID-19 as either causing or contributing to a death, those deaths are not included in the WDH count. · An older adult Big Horn County woman died late last month. She was hospitalized bo... Full story
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