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It's National FFA Week. Check out our special FFA section inside this week's issue. Inserts in this week's issue are Blair's, Bomgaars, Arby's and Pizza Hut....
One recent event and one recent statement got me thinking about the animal kingdom and the myths we are told in childhood and what is the reality. First, was last month the town of Greybull tried to pass a breed specific ban, specifically wanting to ban pitbulls in the community. Proponents and animal lovers came out in opposition to the ban, citing it's not the animal it's the owners who make the animals vicious. The statement I read was on this week's devotional (found on page A8). "Who says... Full story
By KARLA POMEROY WORLAND — Both the House and Senate passed the 2020 budget bill last week with issues going to consensus committee this week. Rep. Mike Greear said one of the issues is regarding allocation on mineral royalty grants. He said, “We passed the House version of the Budget late Friday night. Overall, it is a good budget. As is usually the case there are some good appropriations and some questionable appropriations. The House and Senate ended up around $6 million apart. Most of that differential is a result of how the house tre...
WORLAND — Washakie County and the City of Worland are combining resources to help pay for a Washakie Avenue reconnaissance report, for a total cost of $2,950. Both the commissioners and the city council approved motions at their respective meetings last Tuesday to split the costs, rather than use Urban Systems funding. During the council meeting Feb. 18, city engineering representative Mike Donnell said that the local Urban Systems committee found out during a recent meeting that they need to move on to the next step, a reconnaissance r...
WORLAND – The Worland school board met at their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday night to approve different projects happening in the district, as well as begin discussions on making paid maternity leave a separate category from sick leave. Currently maternity leave is allowed as part of a sick leave bank that must be stored up as part of district policy 1.15. Under the proposed change, the district would make maternity leave a separate category, and guarantee six calendar weeks of paid l...
TEN SLEEP – With Ten Sleep’s current mayor declining to run for re-election this May, no mayoral hopeful has yet filed the necessary papers to become a candidate. “Not as of today,” said Ten Sleep town clerk/treasurer Lori Hughes on Tuesday. Two seats on the Ten Sleep Town Council will also be contested in the town’s May 5 municipal election. One person has filed candidacy papers for one of the open seats. Current councilpersons Charles Holmes and Amy Truman are up for re-election, but it is remains unclear whether either of them will run....
TEN SLEEP – Michael L. Burrington Jr. of Ten Sleep was bound over on additional charges to district court on two felony counts of aggravated assault and battery for an incident that occurred on Dec. 9, 2019, in Ten Sleep. These charges were bound over on Jan. 30, approximately four weeks after Burrington was initially charged with a felony charge of taking a deadly weapon into jail and a misdemeanor of wearing or carrying a concealed weapon. The initial felony charge of bringing a deadly w...
WORLAND – Dennis Jones, 45, a former Northern Wyoming News (NWN) employee, has been bound over to district court on three felony counts of theft that occurred during his employment at the paper. Jones was arrested on Aug. 15, 2019. After asking for several continuances, Jones officially waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 18, which bound the charges over to Fifth Judicial District Court. The three counts of felony theft state that Jones “did knowingly take or exercise una...
WORLAND — The Washakie County Republican Party is gearing up for their county presidential caucus, county convention and for the annual Lincoln Day fundraising dinner both in March. The caucus is up first, next Tuesday, with sign-in starting at 6 p.m. at the Worland Community Center. Party Chair Richard Martin said during the sign-in process participants will be checked to verify they are registered as Republicans. Participants must have registered by Feb. 6 per the party’s bylaws when the notice of the caucus was published. On the agenda, wit...
CHEYENNE — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the Wyoming hemp regulatory plan and has granted authority to the Wyoming Department of Agriculture (WDA) to regulate the hemp industry in Wyoming. The WDA resubmitted the Wyoming hemp plan on Jan. 31, 2020 after USDA issued the Domestic Hemp Production Program interim final rule late last year. Upon USDA’s approval of the Wyoming hemp plan on February 20, 2020, the WDA will now have primary regulatory responsibility for hemp growing and processing in the state of Wyomin... Full story
Wheat varieties that were first farmed as far back as 10,000 years ago are making a strong comeback in Wyoming. Caitlin Youngquist and Carrie Eberle of the University of Wyoming Extension described a University of Wyoming agricultural research project concerned with "first grains" at WESTI Ag Days in Worland, Feb. 12. The Wyoming First Grains Project is growing three early grains – emmer, spelt and einkorn – on five farms and three research stations in several different parts of the state. The...
TEN SLEEP – The Washakie County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees met on Monday, Feb. 10 for their regularly scheduled meeting to discuss a new policy, new calendar, as well as perform a superintendent evaluation. The Ten Sleep school board finished the night in executive session to discuss personnel, as well as determine whether to extend the contract of current Superintendent Jimmy Phelps. Upon discussion and an evaluation of the performance that the superintendent has done, the board d...
Hillary Wall and Scott Mattis perform one of the opening scenes in the final performance of Washakie Museum & Cultural Center play, "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!"... Full story
Pamela Lanell Jackson, 52, passed away at her residence on February 22, 2020. Pam was born in Houston, Texas on August 10, 1967 to Bill Gene Jackson and Nellie Mae (Umfress) Jackson. She grew up in Texas, receiving her education in Conroe, graduating in 1986. Following graduation, Pam moved around the southern states, finding her way eventually to Hampton, Virginia. From Hampton, she decided to move west with Worland becoming her new home in 2010. She went to work for Sally's Classic Pizza and b... Full story
Leon Jerry Sisk, 75, passed away February 17, 2020 at his home in Worland. Leon was born on September 12, 1944 in Valley City, North Dakota to Leonard James and Amy Catherine (Gates) Sisk. He attended school in Worland, graduating with the WHS Class of 1963. He served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam Conflict. During his service, he carried several fellow soldiers to safety while in combat. Following an honorable discharge, he attended the University of Wyoming where he... Full story
Dena Arlene Hill, 89, passed away at Washakie Medical Center on February 24, 2020. Arlene was born in Tonkawa, Oklahoma on November 26, 1930 to Tracy Elbert Peck and Dena Leona (Smith) Peck. She married Johnny Ray Hill on April 18, 1949. Arlene willingly followed Johnny to many places as he worked in the oil fields, from the western states to Missouri and even Indonesia. She had always dreamed of traveling to foreign lands and thus to help that dream along, she named her children with names... Full story
Deidra Michayle Walker-Rowe died at her residence on February 15, 2020. Deidra was born in Worland, Wyoming on September 28, 1986, the only child born to Mel Walker and Kendra (Foland) Brazelton. Even from a young age, Deidra was full of life and love and stood out with her blonde hair and spunky personality. She was known as a hard worker, at 12 she began working with Darr Lea as a dishwasher at the Office Lounge. She would put 110% of herself in every task given. Deidra deeply loved her... Full story
Former Billings resident, Jason A. Haworth, 46, died February 14, 2020 following a vehicle accident. Jason was born on March 16, 1973 in Billings, Montana to Robert Dean and Tillie Marie (Kilwein) Haworth. He graduated from Senior High School. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Jason was employed by Schlumberger and worked at the Bentonite Plant in Greybull, Wyoming at the time of his death. Jason had a laugh that could light the room. He enjoyed spending time with... Full story
Lifetime Worland resident Lloyd Albert Lungren, Sr. died Feb. 19, 2020 in Billings, MT following surgery. His wife and children were at his side. Lloyd was born March 18, 1925 on the L.E. Laird farm in Worland. He received his name when a gentleman named Lloyd Albert Buchanan drew the "shortest straw" and the honor of naming the new baby. His parents Adam and Elizabeth (Deines) Lungren came to America as Germans from the Volga area in Russia. He was the sixth of their ten children. He attended... Full story
Larry Dean Bear, 81-year-old Worland resident, passed away suddenly in Greybull, Wyoming on February 25, 2020. Larry was born in Hulett, Wyoming on April 20, 1938. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, March 2, 2020 at the Crosspoint Baptist Church – Big Horn Campus, 1101 Big Horn Avenue in Worland. (Formerly First Baptist Church) Burial will follow at the Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery.... Full story
On Sunday, February 23, 2020, WHP troopers located Ms. Lampus’s vehicle abandoned along Interstate 80 east of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Troopers and other law enforcement agencies searched the area but were unable to locate Ms. Lampus. The Wyoming Highway Patrol partnered with the Division of Criminal Investigation on the incident to look for any clues on her disappearance. On Tuesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation partnered with other law enforcement agencies to investigate the missing person. Thursday morning agencies involved were notified t... Full story
Woman sues VA for wrongful death CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Cheyenne Veterans Affairs Medical Center and other VA agencies are being sued for wrongful death over alleged medical negligence. Victoria Pike, as the wrongful death representative for William Pike, filed a lawsuit Feb. 18 in U.S. District Court against the United States and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration and related agencies. William Pike was 66 years old when he died July 10, 2018. The lawsuit is demanding a jury trial and is alleging two negligence c... Full story
At 10 p.m. Tuesday, beneath near-empty galleries, outnumbered Democrats in Wyoming’s House of Representatives mounted a failed but emotional stand against a bill to impose a 48-hour waiting period on abortions. Midnight, the deadline for House bills to pass a first floor vote in the chamber and thus survive, was just around the corner when House Majority Floor Leader Eric Barlow (R-Gillette) called out the last list of bills the House would debate that day. The tour groups and citizens that wander the recently renovated Capitol had long s... Full story
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