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Look for our FFA Section coming out next week. This week Blair's Bomgaars and Big Horn Co-op inserts in the print edition....
WORLAND - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) answered a number of poignant questions from Worland High School students addressing impeachment, President Donald Trump's Twitter account, foreign policy and health care. Each year a group of Randy Durr's senior AP history students head to Washington, D.C., and they make sure to stop by Barrasso's office for a visit. Barrasso tries to return the favor whenever his schedule allows. Tuesday he met with juniors and seniors in the Little Theater and...
WORLAND — The Worland City Council, following a public hearing Tuesday night in which they heard two objections, approved renewal of all liquor licenses currently held within city limits. During the public hearing, City Attorney Kent Richins referred to a letter in which Chris King of Apex Legal services and Stogie Joe’s objected to the city renewing the retail liquor license for Rumors Sports Bar & Grill and Scheuerman Hospitality doing business as Comfort Inn. Richins said the objection to the Scheuerman Hospitality was that the Firenze Res...
WORLAND — The 2020 Wyoming Legislative Budget Session entered its second week this week and Rep. John Winter (R-Thermopolis, House District 28) said it has been an “amazing process.” Winter was elected in 2016 and this is his first budget session. Winter was a co-sponsor on House Bill 35 Wolf Depredation Compensation that failed to receive the two-thirds vote required for introduction for non-budget bills during a budget session. Winter said, “We are still looking at options. I think the bill is important for livestock producers because...
The Washakie County Commissioners met Tuesday to discuss a range of issues Tuesday at the courthouse in Worland. After an update from Keith Bower on the state of roads and bridges, the commissioners considered the problem of several electronic locks on doors in the Washakie County Courthouse that no longer function properly. Kami Neighbors of Washakie County Homeland Security and Chris Hazen of the Washakie County Sheriff’s Office presented the commissioners with an estimate to replace these locks with an updated electronic system, which w...
WORLAND — The Washakie Prevention Coalition (WPC) is set to host the first Washakie Prevention Night this Friday night during Worland High School’s boys and girls varsity basketball games against Lovell. The WPC is a group of different entities whose mission “is to utilize community-wide collaboration to develop and implement effective strategies for preventing and reducing youth substance abuse in Washakie County.” Friday’s event is designed to show the youth in Washakie County that there is...
WORLAND — A bill that would amend the minimum school age has passed out of committee and will now await debate by entire State House. House Bill 174 changes the minimum age for children to register for “kindergarten in the public schools of this state in the year in which his fifth birthday falls on or before Aug. 1.” Current statute has the date for the fifth birthday as Sept. 15. The date changes also apply to those registering for first grade on which the sixth birthday falls on or before Aug. 1. Rep. Jamie Flitner (R-Greybull) said the b...
WORLAND — As the Democratic presidential candidates gear up for the Nevada presidential caucus this Saturday, the process in Wyoming has already begun with a mail-in ballot mailed out earlier this week. Washakie County Democratic Party chairperson Mandy Weaver said all Democrats in Wyoming who were registered as of Jan. 31 will receive a ballot in the mail this week. There will be an additional chance to participate when each county conducts its respective caucus on Saturday, April 4. While there were more than 20 Democratic presidential c...
WORLAND — The Worland Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission (BAPC) pledged their support for a grant to continue enhancements at Pioneer Square. Worland Building Official Randy Adams said that during the Feb. 6 meeting, City of Worland Public Works Superintendent Brian Burky came to the board to present information regarding a grant he is seeking through the Wyoming Business Council placemaking program to enhance the southwest entrance (at Ninth and Big Horn) of Pioneer Square. According to the Wyoming Business Council, “Placemaking is...
Robert William “Bob” Mills, 79, of Thermopolis, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, from complications of several surgeries. Mr. Mills was born in Thermopolis, Wyoming on April 24, 1940. In accordance with Bob’s wishes, no funeral services will be held, with burial of cremains sometime in the spring of 2020, at Monument Hill Cemetery in Thermopolis.... Full story
Deidra Michayle Walker Rowe, 33, passed away on Feb. 15, 2020, at her home in Casper. Deidra was born in Worland, Wyoming, on Sept. 28, 1986 to Melvin Lee Walker and Kendra Gayle (Foland) Brazelton. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 29, 2020 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center, 500 Sagebrush Drive.... Full story
Leon Jerry Sisk, 75, passed away at his home on Feb. 17, 2020. Leon was born in Valley City, North Dakota on Sept. 12, 1944, to Leonard James and Amy Catherine (Gates) Sisk. Memorial Services will be at 11 a.m., Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Worland.... Full story
Jason Allen Haworth, 46, passed away from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident on February 14, 2020. Jason was born in Billings, Montana on March 16, 1973. Cremation has taken place. There will be a Celebration of Life in Billings at a later date.... Full story
Steven Lowell Bose, 65, went to be with Jesus on February 14, 2020 at his home in Ten Sleep. Steve was born in Cambridge, Nebraska on December 4, 1954 to Kenneth Lowell and Colleen Joyce (Dillan) Bose. He moved to Ten Sleep in 1970 and graduated from Ten Sleep High School in 1973. He moved around a little, but always came home to Ten Sleep. Steve's great loves were guns, family and later in life, his church. He will be greatly missed. He was preceded in death by his grandparents and his father... Full story
A memorial service for Forrest L. "Buzz" Skretteberg will be held on Friday, February 21, 2020 at 10:30 am, at All Angels Episcopal Church in Spearfish, SD. Buzz passed away at his home on February 6, 2020. He was born November 6, 1935 in Deadwood, SD to Lloyd and Asther Skretteberg. Buzz attended NCHS in Casper, WY his first two years of high school: then his family moved to Lakewood, CO where he graduated. After his graduation, they moved back to Casper where he enrolled in Casper College. He... Full story
Maryanna Wheeler, age 76, of Basin, Wyoming, passed away Tuesday evening, February 4, 2020, at Spirit Mountain Hospice House, in Cody, Wyoming, surrounded by her family. Maryanna was born February 28, 1944, in Sheridan, Wyoming, the daughter of Marietta Cochran and Cecil A. Brotherson, Maryanna was raised in Wyola, Montana, until 1953, when at the age of 9, her family moved to Greybull, Wyoming, where she continued her grade school and high school education. Maryanna married Richard Allen... Full story
Sammy Seghetti ("Flowerbelle Crouton") performs at a dress rehearsal for the Worland Middle School play, "Going, Going, Gone with the Breeze," Thursday, February 13, 2020.... Full story
We learn new things every day and yet there are things that will remain a mystery. Most of those mysteries come in trying to figure out the human nature, it's those "what were they thinking moments." This week I have two such moments to discuss. First, Monday night the NASCAR nation, racing fans, sports fans and others scoured Twitter and social media waiting on word of driver Ryan Newman's condition. In watching the crash as Newman's car flipped, struck the wall, was struck by another car and... Full story
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