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Legislative previews on A1 and A9. Session begins Monday....
Gregory Duane Alexander, 47, of Billings, Montana passed away on Jan. 24, 2022. Greg was born on Jan. 17, 1975 in Amarillo, Texas. Cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 19, 2022, at the Eagles....
The Wyoming State Legislature begins the 2022 20-day budget session on Monday. There are many important decisions for the Legislature to make during this shortened session that occurs every two years. The first important decision is, of course, the budget. By all accounts, working the budget this year should be easier than the past two budgets where numerous cuts had to be made. Revenues for the state have improved, without taking into consideration the $1.2 billion worth of federal COVID funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. The ARPA funds... Full story
A Tennessee school board sparked controversy last week by banning Art Spiegelman’s ‘Maus’, a graphic novel that tells Spiegelman’s father’s story surviving the Holocaust and Auschwitz, citing the book’s inappropriate language and “nudity.” Before last week, I had never heard of the book. So, I decided to check it out. Spiegelman’s abstract story depicts Jews as mice, Nazis as cats and Poles as pigs. The “nudity” in question is naked mice. Yes, you read that right. The school board pulled this book from curriculum over naked mice. People ar... Full story
WORLAND - The Ten Sleep Pioneers notched their ninth win of the season last week, and it was their biggest win yet. Coming off a 76-51 loss to Burlington on Feb. 4 in Burlington, the Pioneers hosted 1A Northwest foe, the Meeteetse Longhorns, on Feb. 5. Meeteetse had beaten Ten Sleep, 52-34, on Jan. 24 in Meeteetse. Ten Sleep was also shorthanded for Saturday's game. They had no subs for the team as only five players dressed. But past results and only having five players wouldn't matter for the...
WORLAND – The Worland High School cheer and dance team brought home third place in the Class 3A hip hop portion of the State Spirit Competition at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper on Jan. 28. Worland scored 77.150 points, behind state champion Star Valley with 93.65 points and second-place Lovell with 77.98 points. The competition showcased cheer and dance talent from all over the state, including WHS who competed in the hip hop and game day cheer categories. The teams were coached by Nickie L...
TEN SLEEP – At the Ten Sleep Town Council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 1, Justin Smith of Ten Sleep Brewery discussed an upcoming event would be an economic boost to the community this summer. The economic opportunity comes as a team of off-road motorcyclists who will be stopping overnight in Ten Sleep this summer on their 800- to 1,000-mile long route. According to Smith, the route will bring the motorcyclists through Ten Sleep and Hyattville, then up to Paintrock Lake Lodge. The route was organized by Backcountry Discovery Routes (BDR). According t...
CASPER - The Northern Wyoming News earned the Small Weekly Editorial Leadership Cup at the Wyoming Press Association winter convention in Casper on Saturday. Judging the editorial excellence award was by the winners of the NNA's Better Newspaper Contest editorial writing awards. Editorials are judged on literary excellence, insight, scope, suitability and timeliness. A newspaper can submit between five to 10 editorials. The Northern Wyoming News submitted eight editorials all written by editor/m...
WORLAND - When the Wyoming Legislature begins work for the 2022 budget session they will have a "tight 20-day schedule" to get through the budget, redistricting and distributing the American Rescue Plan Act federal funds. State Rep. Mike Greear, who is the speaker pro tempore, said the legislative leadership is "determined to get through this in the 20 days." Some legislators have tossed around the idea of having a special session following the budget session to work on other bills. He said...
Cynthia Gay (McDonald) Goracke, age 52 of Basin, Wyoming was born on December 28, 1969 to Edward Orval and Zelma Ellen (Rhodes) McDonald in Marysville, California. She passed away unexpectedly at her home on February 3, 2022. Cynthia was a student at Marysville High School, later obtaining her Associates Degree in Nursing from Butte College in 2004. She finished her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Missouri. Cynthia's passion for helping others led her to become a... Full story
A love story over 80 years in the making finally reached its closing chapter this year when beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Bonnie Jean McKibbin Donnell passed away in her sleep on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 in Cheyenne, Wyo. She was 92 years old. Bonnie was born on August 16, 1929, in Kewanee, Ill. to Jeff "J.R." and Rubye McKibbin. The family moved to Worland, Wyo. in 1932, where Bonnie met her future husband Jack Donnell when they were both just three years old. In a... Full story
RAWLINS —As temperatures dropped below zero this week, people across Wyoming reported a steep increase in their natural gas bills, with charges $100 or more greater than in the same month of the previous year. “In my neighborhood, there are four or five people all wondering what is happening,” said Cheyenne resident Charlie Hardy, explaining that the charge for natural gas from Black Hills Corp. on his January 2021 statement was $283.71. That jumped to $399.35 for the same time period this year. “All last year, our total gas and electri... Full story
New Wyoming Supreme Court Justice sworn in SHERIDAN (WNE) — Former 4th Judicial District Judge John Fenn was officially sworn in as a Wyoming Supreme Court justice Friday, surrounded by friends, family and members of Wyoming state government. Appointed to the court in December 2021, Fenn left his position as 4th Judicial District Court Judge in Sheridan County to start his new role at the Wyoming Supreme Court Jan. 17. “I can tell you with the utmost confidence and certainty that Judge — now Justice — Fenn is the whole package. We are indeed... Full story
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