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Ten Sleep School Superintendent Annie Griffin gathered students and staff in the Ten Sleep gym on Tuesday, March 14 to announce the 2023 Teacher of the Year. Words of praise echoed off the walls as she read aloud nominations from staff and parents: "'I nominate this person because of her perseverance demonstrated every day to her students in the school. She brings her A game and shows true grit in giving kids all she has.'" "'This teacher has always had a patient and loving personality, both...
At a Washakie Museum and Cultural Center meeting on March 14, the Board of Directors decided not to accept the relocation of Cottonwood Creek Bridge in Winchester to museum property. In 2021, the museum, Washakie County and Wyoming Department of Transportation entered a Memorandum of Agreement where the county would transfer ownership of the historic bridge to the museum to be displayed south of their parking lot on Newell Sargent Foundation land. However, in 2023, it was discovered that the...
Raymond Gregory Fennell, 67, passed away March 17, 2023, at Washakie Medical Center in Worland. Raymond was born Feb. 13, 1956 in Paris, Texas. Services are pending at this time.... Full story
Mickey Sawyer Wallace, 64, passed away at Thermopolis Rehabilitation Center in Thermopolis. Mickey was born May 27,1958 in Belton, Texas. Services are pending.... Full story
Blanche Marie Fehlberg, passed away March 16, 2023 in Rigby, Idaho. Blanche was born Dec. 23, 1976 in Salt Lake City, Utah. A memorial service will be 10 a.m. March 30, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2200 Stafford Drive in Ammon, Idaho. Graveside services will be March 31, 11 a.m. at the Ten Sleep Wyoming Cemetery.... Full story
Hello everyone, it's me Roscoe. A few weeks ago I said I would give you a glimpse into a typical day for me. I am not sure if the day is supposed to start about 2 a.m. when Shadow wakes Mom up to put her outside, for what no one knows, but if she goes well I have to go because I don't want to miss out on anything. If Shadow really has to use the doggie restroom, she does so quickly and goes back to the door. Sometimes we have to chase off a stray cat, sometimes some deer, or check out to make...
School Board Chairman Sherman Skelton introduced the topic of boardsmanship during the March 16 meeting of the Hot Springs County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees to remind the board and the community on their responsibilities as a board. Skelton began by stressing the importance of the board not acting as individuals, but as a group. He then emphasized that they need to maintain an environment of mutual respect between board members and all staff, students and parents in their district. Skelton then stated that the board recognized...
A "call to artists" is being put out by a new group forming an artists' guild in Worland for the surrounding Big Horn Basin. Sherry Stottler, town artist and art teacher at the Worland Senior Center, and Tym Mazet, an artist from Oregon and new to Worland, have gotten together to revive the once-thriving Worland Artists group, according to a press release. The kick-off meeting will be Tuesday evening, April 4 at 6 p.m. at the Worland Community Center. At that time they will be organizing for...
When Debbie Hammons was first elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives in 2005, a reporter asked her how it felt to be a minority. She replied, "Which minority are you talking about? Being a woman or being a Democrat or being from the Big Horn Basin?" Hammons was born in 1950 and raised on a Worland, Wyoming ranch. She attended school before Title IX, and as an ambitious young girl, found there were walls in place to prevent her from competing. The boys that she played with every recess...
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyoming hand delivered news from her work in Washington, D.C. during her Town Hall meeting at the Ten Sleep Senior Center on March 16. Hageman, who was sworn into office in the early morning of Jan. 3, has returned to Wyoming to keep the people that she represents filled in on the proceedings of the United States Congress. She has been working to hold a town hall meeting in each county during the early part of her term. She began her address in Ten Sleep by announcin...
After a few delays, the Worland Lady Warriors softball team gets their season underway this Tuesday when they host the Cody Fillies at 2 p.m. at Newell Sargent Park in Worland. Like the other spring sports, the Lady Warriors have had to practice indoors to start the season. However, this week the team finally got outdoors and practiced. Worland also had their opening season tournament in Cheyenne canceled due to weather, along with the Cody game being pushed back to Tuesday. It's been an odd sta...
During my sabbatical for the winter sports postseason, I missed out on a few stories that would have been fun to talk about, and I also had a few random thoughts and observations. To get it out of my mind, I’m writing about everything (Maybe not all but 800-plus words worth) in this column. So, in no particular order, here we go. Aaron Rodgers returned from his darkness retreat and learned on that journey that he’d like to play for the New York Jets. I don’t know what’s more on brand, Aaron Rodg...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will conduct open-house meetings throughout the Big Horn Basin and one final meeting in Worland to discuss 2023 hunting season proposals for small game, game birds and big game. During the meetings, Game and Fish personnel will be available to discuss the proposed 2023 hunting seasons for local hunt areas. Meetings are as follows: March 23, Greybull, Greybull Town Hall, 6 p.m. March 24, Cody, Cody Regional Game and Fish office, 6 p.m. March 27, Worland,... Full story
JACKSON - A standing-room-only crowd filled the Teton County courtroom Wednesday afternoon as Ninth District Judge Melissa Owens heard nearly four hours of arguments before deciding to temporarily halt enforcement of a new law banning abortion. Right to Life advocates lamented the ruling while many women who packed courtroom benches said the Wyoming Legislature's new law imperils women's access to health care. Owens described a key aspect of House Bill 152, dubbed the "Life Is A Human Right... Full story
POWELL — With a herd of 400 elk wandering through the vast fields and hobby farms near Heart Mountain, Wyoming Game and Fish Department game wardens and wildlife technicians have the important job of ensuring the herd doesn’t commingle with livestock or damage winter crops and fences. The community is a checkerboard of landowners who don’t want the elk on their land and others who are thrilled to have wildlife in the vicinity. Game and Fish is tasked with hazing the elk away from private land as efficiently as possible. Crews do soft pushe... Full story
BUFFALO —Wyoming cattle producers are watching a new rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier this month, saying the change could provide more transparency for consumers and additional confidence in U.S. meat. The proposal would effectively close a labeling “loophole” that allows products to use “Product of USA” for beef and pork that is simply repackaged in the U.S. The rule would allow the voluntary “Product of USA” or “Made in the USA” labels only on meat and poultry products derived from animals born, raised, slaughter... Full story
CHEYENNE - State lawmakers will discuss a wide swath of issues during the 2023 interim, from education to energy and mental health to state revenue. At a Thursday meeting of the Wyoming Legislature's Management Council, all other legislative committees presented interim topics requests to the 10-member board, setting the stage for the 2024 budget session. House Speaker Rep. Albert Sommers, R-Pinedale, chairman of the Management Council, said most legislative committees should plan to tackle... Full story
EVANSTON —After learning her children’s bus stop is directly in front of a registered sex offender’s house, Evanston resident Danielle White contacted law enforcement, Uinta County School District (UCSD) No. 1 staff and legislators. White said she received a digital alert a few weeks ago notifying her of a sex offender near her old address. Out of curiosity, she entered her current address. Her children’s bus stop, located at 624 Main St., was marked. The resident at this address has been convicted of assaulting children. “So I called th... Full story
CASPER — A woman charged with setting fire to a Casper abortion clinic will be held in a Platte County jail for the time being. A judge made the determination to keep Lorna Green in custody during her initial appearance Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne. Green, 22, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Kelly H. Rankin. She was formally charged with felony arson of a facility engaged in interstate commerce, which carries a sentence of five to 20 years in prison. Green is accused of setting fire to a Wellspring Health Access a... Full story
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