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WORLAND – The Bighorn National Forest Powder River Ranger District rangers hosted a public meeting regarding climbing in Ten Sleep Canyon on Thursday, Feb. 18, to discuss where they are at in the process of the project and to accept and respond to public comment. The project is currently in the beginning stages of a plan to help address rock and ice climbing in order to address capacity in the area, safety concerns, access to the public, scenic integrity as well as placing signage in the a...
In this edition of Things Make You Go Hmmm we look at a few bills before the Wyoming State Legislature and we’ll start with Senate File 17 which would stop the requirement of cities, towns and counties to publish minutes and salary notices in a newspaper of general circulation; and eliminate the requirement for school districts to publish warrants of over $500. The requirement for publication in a newspaper is for the public’s benefit. Cities, towns, counties and school districts are spending the public’s money and the public has a right to kno... Full story
WORLAND - Worland Middle School eighth grader Liette Brown had back surgery at a Shriners Hospitals for Children in Pennsylvania a few years ago and ever since she has been working to give back. She said she does one to two fundraising projects every year. The first project this year was collecting pull tabs. She said she got the idea from visiting a patient at a Shriners Hospitals for Children. She did research and found that they can get money from the pull tabs to help the hospital. "I...
WORLAND – Washakie Medical Center (WMC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jay Stallings announced during the WMC Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23, that WMC has moved into the green zone for visitation at the hospital. Stallings said that the decision came due to decreasing positive COVID-19 tests in Washakie County as well as decreased hospitalizations. According to the Wyoming Department of Health Washakie County has not had a hospitalized COVID-19 patient at WMC since the end of J...
WORLAND - Ending on a terrific note, the Worland Warriors finished the 2021 wrestling season with two state champions, three All-State selections, eight placers and a third-place finish as a team at the 3A State tournament in Casper on Feb. 26. The Warriors had three wrestlers battle for state championships - 160-pound senior Luke Goncalves finished his career with a third straight state title, 195-pound senior Lane McBee ended his dominant season at the top of the podium and 220-pound junior Ch...
Holly Marie (Gabbard) Wallace, 60, passed away on February 27, 2021 at the Washakie Medical Center in Worland, Wyoming. Holly was born on February 14, 1961 in Walden, Colorado. A private gathering to celebrate her life will be held March 14, 2021.... Full story
Butch Quail passed into Jesus's loving arms on February 23, 2021. Butch leaves behind his wife Lois Ann of 52 years and his children Sara Malone, her husband Brian and children Colten, Brandie, Trevor and Kenna of Star Valley Ranch; Barry Quail, his wife Sara and children Lincoln and Kellen of Westminster, CO; Tammi Nesheim, her husband Mark and children Katelyn and Rylie of Sioux Falls, SD; Terry Quail, his wife Krissy and children Julie, Adam and Micah of Worland, WY. Butch has now joined his... Full story
Helen Louise Dowdell, 81, passed away February 27, 2021, at Hot Springs Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis. Born July 14, 1939 in Melrose, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Arthur and Raney (Carlisle) Sidebottom. The family moved to Kentucky when Helen was three. On August 24, 1957 she married Roger Edward Dowdell in Louisville, KY. For most of Helen's life she worked in a clerical position for insurance companies. The couple moved to Worland, WY in 1975, later to Colorado and then Illinois... Full story
Shell woman competes in ‘Ultimate Cowboy Showdown’; episodes airing on INSP TV GREYBULL (WNE) — Shell native and Greybull High School graduate Morgan Flitner is among 14 cowboys competing in the second season of Ultimate Cowboy Showdown.” Morgan, who said ranching and “cowboying” is in her DNA, is a homegrown, hard-working member of a family that planted its roots deep into Shell Valley over a century ago. She is a fifth-generation rancher who said a lot of times people “don’t take me seriously; but when I get a rope in my hands,” they kn... Full story
CODY — A lawsuit against Park County’s public health officer and the governor seeks to immediately stop all current state COVID-19 health order restrictions. A declaratory injunction has been filed in Johnson County that includes all Wyoming health officers, State Health Officer Dr. Alexia Harrist, Gov. Mark Gordon, and Wyoming Department of Health Director Michael Ceballos as defendants. The injunction asserts the state is guilty of multiple violations to the Wyoming and United States Constitutions in its application of data containing inf... Full story
SUNDANCE — All 23 of Wyoming’s sheriffs have registered alarm at the damage a bill under consideration by the Legislature could do to policing in this state. Though the Second Amendment Preservation Act (House Bill 124/Senate File 81) is intended to be pro-Second Amendment, says Crook County Sheriff Jeff Hodge, its implications are strongly anti-law enforcement. “It’s not intended to be anti-law enforcement, but it is,” he says. “The intention was good but they need to talk to peace officers and prosecutors.” If this legislation is passed, th... Full story
CASPER - A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honors Isabel Jewell, an actress and Shoshoni native with dozens of film credits for classics including "Gone with the Wind," "A Tale of Two Cities" and "Northwest Passage." Jewell was active from the 1930s through the '60s, earning $3,000 a week at one point under an MGM contract. She was often cast as a brash, plucky secondary character to the more elegant leading ladies of Hollywood's golden age. But back in her home state, hardly anyone knows... Full story
CODY - If you were to walk down the halls of the Meeteetse School with a clipboard bearing the names of all 140 or so enrolled students (though only about 100 are seated within the bricks and mortar) and compared it to the names of the teachers outside each door, you would find more than a few matches. Seventeen members of the staff either have their own kids walking the halls or have watched them walk across the stage. But if you asked anyone who works for the district which child is theirs,... Full story
State Rep. Chuck Gray announces 2022 primary bid against Cheney CHEYENNE (WNE) – A Republican state lawmaker from Casper announced his bid Thursday to challenge U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., in the 2022 primary election, becoming the latest GOP candidate to challenge the congresswoman following her vote to impeach former President Donald Trump. State Rep. Chuck Gray, R-Casper, who joined the Wyoming Legislature in 2017, announced his bid on social media Thursday morning. “It’s time for a leader who actually listens to the hard-working peopl... Full story
CASPER — Freshman Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams, R-Cody, is reviving a bill that requires school districts to provide suicide prevention training to students after a previous bill was defeated in February’s brief virtual session. “I am reintroducing this bill again because since the last debate another Wyoming life has been lost to suicide — the life of a teen,” Rodriguez-Williams, who declined to get into details about the death, said via email. “This is another opportunity for the legislature to make a decision that can help save lives.... Full story
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon announced Wyoming will remove its statewide mask requirement and allow bars, restaurants, theaters and gyms to resume normal operations on March 16. The decision reflects the state’s continually improving health metrics and is consistent with the Governor’s approach of balancing public health with protecting livelihoods. Wyoming has seen a declining number of active COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, and has seen significant success rolling out the vaccine, with the state’s most vulnerable residen... Full story
Nine more coronavirus-related deaths among Wyoming residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have been confirmed, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). • An older adult Campbell County woman died in late January. She was hospitalized, was a resident of a local long-term care facility and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19. • An older adult Campbell County man died earlier this month. It’s unclear whether he had health conditions recognized as putting patie... Full story
WORLAND - With back-to-back regional championships in the bag, the Worland Warriors' focus now turns to the 3A State basketball tournament on March 10-11 in Casper. The Warriors 66-56 victory over the Lyman Eagles on March 6 at Powell High School gave the Warriors the No. 1-seed out of the west heading into this week's state tournament. It was also the first time in program history that the Warriors won back-to-back regional titles in the current WHSAA (Wyoming High School Activities... Full story
WORLAND - The Worland Lady Warriors are back in the 3A State tournament and are among the eight teams battling for a state championship Wednesday and today in Casper. The Lady Warriors enter the tournament as the No. 3-seed after defeating the Mountain View Lady Buffaloes 44-31 in the third-place game at the 3A West regional tournament in Powell. "Mountain View is really good and has had a great season," said WHS girls basketball coach Ben Hofmann. "We wanted to get a good start right out of... Full story
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