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CHEYENNE — A state of Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services in Wyoming cities throughout March. Josh Schmidt is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Schmidt can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. His office is staffed in Cody, at 1026 Blackburn Ave., Suite 1, and he will also be available at the...
WORLAND – Cody resident Richard Perkins, founder of the Lauralynn Project, will be visiting Worland this Saturday to give bicycles to area children who can’t afford to buy one. He will be in Blair’s parking lot from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Perkins stated that the only thing that would keep him from coming to Worland is if the weather is bad making it unsafe to travel. Close to 120 bikes will be available to be given away. The Lauralynn Project was created two years ago after a woman in Cody, Lauralynn had her only form of transportation to and fro...
WORLAND — The Raptor web-based visitor management system for screening visitors will be coming to all five Worland schools later this school year. Business Manager Jack Stott reported to the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees Monday night that the software system has been ordered and would be implemented as soon as it arrives. He said the overall system will be better after each entryway is renovated but those renovations will be phased in. The Raptor visitor management system screens visitors entering each school. Stott s...
TEN SLEEP – Complaints for an alleged disability FAPE (Free Appropriate Public Education) violation and an alleged retaliation violation with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights against Ten Sleep School prompted a federal investigation. Ten Sleep School Superintendent Jimmy Phelps stated Thursday that the school has no comment at this time due to privacy regulations and couldn’t state if the two investigations were related or not. “It involves students and that’s all I can say. We are answering the questions that are being a...
BASIN — A Ten Sleep man is being held on $500,000 cash bond on three felony counts after an incident on Feb. 3 at the HiWay Bar and Café. Michael Duane Verry, 70, was arrested in Billings, Mont., on Feb. 21, following his release from a Billings hospital. He is charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault and battery. An attempted second-degree murder charge has also been filed according to records from the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office. He was then transported to the Big Horn County Detention Center. After...
WORLAND — After leaving the Washakie/Hot Springs County Cent$ible Nutrition educator position vacant for nearly a year the University of Wyoming Cent$ible Nutrition office is working to fill the position. Longtime Cent$ible Nutrition Educator Cynthia Aguilar left the position last April, according to Kali Goodenough, UW Cent$ible Nutrition marketing coordinator. Goodenough said when the position came open UW Cent$ible Nutrition officials wanted to see how it would work to cover the area with other educators in the Big Horn Basin. She said t...
William Lee Madsen was born to Martin and Millie Madsen on August 17, 1954 in Worland, WY. He passed away on February 7, 2019 in Phoenix, AZ of early onset dementia (diagnosed in 2014). Bill graduated High School in Worland WY in 1972. At that time, he moved with his parents to San Diego, CA, where he enlisted in the Navy. In 1976, he married Gayle Lynn Ragan at Castro Valley, CA. He graduated from San Jose State University in 1978. Bill worked as a Clinical Scientist at Doctor's Medical Center...
Gladys Frances Miller, age 91, passed away Friday, February 22, 2019 at the Worland Healthcare Center. Gladys was born April 29, 1927 in Oklahoma City. She married Harold L. Miller in Oklahoma City in 1946. They had three children; Darrel, Steve and Kay. The family moved to Worland in 1951 and made the Big Horn Basin their home. They lived in Worland, Powell, and Riverton; finally planting their roots in Worland. Harold passed away in 1986. Gladys then married Walt Wyman in 1995. Her favorite past times were traveling, golfing, reading,...
Phyllis M. Capen, 72, passed away Feb. 21, 2019, at the Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center. Memorial services were held Monday, Feb. 25, at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Worland....
Summer memorial services for Jennie Lee Rathbun, 86, will be held in June 2019. Mrs. Rathbun died Feb. 20, 2019, at the Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center....
WORLAND – Last October, the Worland Recreation Committee partnered up with the city to begin renovations for the Worland baseball fields at Newell Sargent Park. The project began in late October and included replacement of chain link fences that had been in poor condition, along with renovations of Field No. 4. Previously existing fences on fields 3 and 5 had remained in poor condition and weren’t as safe as they could have been. According to Worland Public Works Superintendent Brian Burky, the previous homeowner-grade fences stood at only fou...
CHEYENNE – Two bills that passed the Wyoming State Legislature are headed to the governor’s desk for approval, both of which would expand victims services and extend the time a victim would be eligible for benefits in the case of violent crimes. House Bill 45 extends the amount of time victims of crime can claim expenses for mental health treatment from 24 months to 36 months. Bob Vines, witness and victims coordinator with the Washakie County Attorney’s Office, sees the move as a good one, since some cases can drag on beyond two years in th...
WORLAND - Would you choose 8 ounces of crickets over an 8-ounce beef steak? Probably not and Chief Washakie FFA member and Worland High School student BreAnna Parra and her partner Kolter Wyman realized that when they began their agriscience project. However, they were able to bring awareness to several groups about the nutritional benefits of crickets. Parra said she and Wyman were struggling selecting an agriscience project for this year's competition in Laramie next month. FFA Advisor Grace G...
WORLAND - It has been an eventful month for Worland Warrior wrestler Luke Goncalves, the sophomore was not sure he'd be able to wrestle this season due to a leg injury suffered during the football season. But he made it back on the mat at the tail end of January, start of February and four weeks later he's 3A's 160-pound champion. If winning a state title is the sundae, Goncalves had what felt like a mound of cherries on top to make his victory that much sweeter. First, there was coming back...
THERMOPOLIS - The Hot Springs County Bobcats wrestling team did not come home with a 2A State title but there was still plenty of things for them to be proud. For starters, sophomore Logan Cole took home as the champion in the 220-pound weight class. That earned Cole All-State honors and was joined on that list with teammates Remington Ferree and Wyatt McDermott. In total, the Bobcats had seven placers, with Cole taking first, Ferree second in the 285-pound class, 126-pounder McDermott...
TEN SLEEP - It wasn't how they wanted it to end but the 2018-19 Ten Sleep girls basketball season came to a close on Feb. 23 in a 62-30 loss to the Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns during the 1A West regional tournament at Lander Valley High School. "Our message to them was that they had a great season and you can't take that away from them," said TSHS girls basketball coach Sarah Novak. "We felt like we didn't play our best against Farson but they helped us realize the things we need to work on in...
CODY – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is planning a prescribed burn on Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area east of Lovell this week. The prescribed burn is dependent on weather and fuel moisture and could begin as early as Thursday, Feb. 28. In cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management and assistance from the National Park Service, Game and Fish plans to burn approximately 65 acres around Ponds 1 and 2 on Yellowtail WHMA, north of the Shoshone River. The prescribed fire will burn cattails to increase open water for the b...
Avalanche closes Teton Pass JACKSON (WNE) - An avalanche piled snow across Highway 22 on Wednesday, forcing the Wyoming Department of Transportation to shut down the road for most of the day. Foreman Bruce Daigle believes the avalanche released naturally at the road cut near the Twin Slides path. Some skiers witnessed the slide, but no one was caught or buried. Debris from the slide was estimated to be 5 to 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide. WYDOT crews have worked around the clock trying to keep...
WORLAND — Both Worland basketball teams advanced to the 3A West regional semifinals Thursday at Worland High School. The Lady Warriors led wire-to-wire in their quarterfinal game, downing the Pinedale Lady Wranglers 47-30. The Lady Warriors matchup up against the No. 1-seed out of the Southwest, the Mountain View Lady Buffaloes. Tipoff is at 5 p.m. tonight at WHS, the winner moves on to the regional championship game and qualifies for state. The loser plays the winner of Powell-Big Piney at 9 a.m. on Saturday. The Warriors battled their way t...
Rock Springs motorhome rally sells out in minutes ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) - The Tiffin Allegro Club Rally that will be hosted June 17-21 in Sweetwater County sold out three minutes and 51 seconds after registration opened. "Staff have been working on recruiting the Tiffin Allegro Club to Sweetwater County for several years and are thrilled to bring the owners of these luxury motor coaches to our facility," according to a Sweetwater Events Complex press release. "Rally attendees and vendors will...