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I invented a new word! Plagiarism!... Full story
WORLAND – Washakie County residents can search for Easter eggs and candy on land and sea, or rather water with two traditional Easter egg hunts and one at the Worland Aquatic Center. The Worland Aquatic Center will have two opportunities for youth ages 3 and older to participate in a hunt this Sautrday. There will be three zones for different ages groups at each session. Session one will run from 1-2 p.m. and session 2, for the same age groups, will run from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. There is a limit this year of 75 patrons in the pool. While the e...
WORLAND – Washakie County School District (WCSD) No. 1 Superintendent David Nicholas brought the idea of a 2:15 p.m. early release on Fridays for the upcoming 2021-22 school year before the Board of Trustees during their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, March 22. Nicholas brought up the idea in order to help teachers meet on Fridays as there has become fewer times that they are able to meet due to decreased staffing over the years. Nicholas said the idea for an early release as opposed t...
Do you remember on the Family Circus comic strip the “ghost” Not Me. When the parents ask the children who did something they would say “Not Me” and the ghost would be in the next panel. Well here at the Northern Wyoming News we have our own version of Not Me. Our Not Me, we just call The Ghost or T.G. T.G. has been at the News for many years from what I understand. Some days T.G. is more active than other days. Every day, and yes, I mean every day, a door opens and closes. You will look up to see who is coming in or going out. You see no one...
WORLAND – Wanting to bring a bright moment to the Worland community after a difficult pandemic year in 2020, and wanting to move her business from her home Rhea White purchased and renovated the building at 716 Big Horn Avenue. Sugarbeet Salon and Cosmetics opened its door on Friday, March 26. "I had been working out of my house. Last year with all the shutdowns, I felt there was a weight on the town and I wanted to help lift up the town and add some jobs. White went to cosmetology school in O...
CHEYENNE — While over 200 bills have passed through to the next house, one bill that failed last week created a lot of opinions on both sides was Senate File 145 on Election Runoffs. The bill essentially would require a runoff election if a candidate in a primary election did not received 50% of the votes cast. The bill failed on third reading in the Senate 14-15 with Sen. Ed Cooper (R-Ten Sleep) opposed. “I took a beating but it was the right for the time. I ended up voting against it and I took a lot of knocks for my vote from some fol...
WORLAND - The first softball game in Worland High School history did not go as planned for the Lady Warriors, as they lost 9-0 to Cody on March 26 at Newell Sargent Park. While the Lady Warriors' season-opening game in their inaugural season ended with a loss, WHS softball coach Crystal Redding thought her team played well once they battled through first-game nerves. "I told the girls, I honestly thought they played great. It was the first-game jitters, the nerves, especially being at home with...
Sheryl Diane Mills passed away on March 21, 2021. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 10, 2021, at the Bryant Funeral Home Chapel in Worland.... Full story
Twila M. Wood, 89, died March 23, 2021 in Thermopolis. Interment was held Monday, March 29 at Monument Hill Cemetery.... Full story
Joseph Merel Isger, 47, went to be with his Savior on March 28, 2021 after a long courageous battle with Myotonic Dystrophy. Joseph was born on January 23, 1974 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania to Joseph Harold and Diane Lucille (Valeski) Isger. He was welcomed home by big sister, Nancy. He spent his early years in Pennsylvania before moving to Cody, Wyoming where he graduated in 1992. Following graduation, he attended Northwest Community College in Powell for a short time. During his last... Full story
Doris Gullion, born Doris Laverne Booze, got her angel wings March 26, 2021. She passed away at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center at the age of 90. Doris was born to Virgil Clifton and Edna Alice (Winter) Booze on February 28, 1931 in North Platte, Nebraska. She was the first ever successful c-section delivered in North Platte. She started school at four years old as the teacher lived with her family. Her aunts were just a little older, so the teacher said they should take her to... Full story
What a wonderful Wyoming life Joyce (Myers) Dierks lived, although it started on a cold Cedar Rapids, Iowa Sunday morning on January 4th, 1931. George (Yank) and Winifred (Peggy) Myers welcomed their first born into the challenging era of the Great Depression where Joyce would learn discipline, dedication, and humanity. Yank's career in the U.S. Army located the family (later four girls – Joyce, Dorothy, Shirley, and Mary Jean) from Iowa to Texas, Louisiana, Hawaii, and her beloved Wyoming w... Full story
Margaret Ellen (Pickett) Bleak passed away at her home surrounded by family on March 23, 2021. She was born on January 22, 1939, to Charles William "Pap" and Esther May "Es" (Clendenning) Pickett in Lander, Wyoming. Margie grew up on the HM Ranch at the head of the DuNoir Valley west of Dubois, WY. After graduation, she married Henry Louis Butler on June 29, 1957. Together they operated the ranch for a year before moving to a ranch on the South Fork of the Shoshone River in Cody WY; then to... Full story
CHEYENNE — After clearing the House in a historic vote last week, a bill authorizing the expansion of Medicaid coverage to an estimated 24,000 residents in Wyoming was defeated by a Senate committee Wednesday morning. House Bill 162, which had gone further in the legislative process than any prior Medicaid expansion proposal, would have directed state officials to pursue a plan to expand Medicaid coverage to Wyoming residents whose income is at or below 138% of the federal poverty level. Under the bill sponsored by Rep. John Romero-Martinez, R... Full story
SHERIDAN — A missed procedural deadline last week marked the end for a bill that would have allowed law enforcement to pull over drivers solely for not wearing a seat belt. March 22 was the final day for bills to gain initial approval in their chamber of origin, and the seat belt legislation was not heard on the Senate floor by that deadline. The list of bills brought before the Senate is typically determined by Majority Floor Leader Albert Sommers, R-Pinedale, in consultation with legislators and the public. Senate File 11 was first suggested... Full story
Fenn treasure hunter sentenced for damaging park cemetery CODY (WNE) — A man who dug up a cemetery in Yellowstone National Park in search of the Forest Fenn treasure was sentenced to six months in prison, six months home detention and $31,566 in restitution on Wednesday. Rodrick Craythorn, 52, of Syracuse, Utah, was sentenced by Judge Scott Skavdahl in Federal Court for crimes he committed in late 2019 and early 2020. “Yellowstone is one of the country’s most popular national parks and we must do everything in our power to investigate and prose... Full story
CODY- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department would like to make sportspersons and recreationists aware of sizeable increases in water flows in the Shoshone River below Buffalo Bill Dam April 7-10 as part of a flushing flow project. The Bureau of Reclamation, at the request of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and in coordination with Willwood Workgroup 2, has scheduled a flushing flow in the Shoshone River downstream of Buffalo Bill Dam. Willwood Irrigation District, in coordination with Willwood Workgroup 2, is planning a controlled elevated... Full story
UPDATE: April 4: Colt Rishel has posted on Facebook that they are looking for a mobile trailer or a place to rent after the family home was destroyed in the fire on April 3. You may contact him at 43-0404 or Ken at 388-8667. Red Cross of Wyoming is assisting the four adults affected by the house fire. Assistance was provided for immediate needs. Further assistance will be provided as needed. The Worland Volunteer Fire Department has responded to three fires today including one at the home of... Full story
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