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Stay home if you are ill, practice good hygiene, adhere to social distancing requirements. We're All in This Together #WashakieCountyStrong #WyomingStrong. This week's issue has been reduced to 16 pages. Look for Pizza Hut, Bomgaars and Bloedorn inserts in this week's issue....
In a statement on the Washakie County Public Health COVID-19 Facebook Page Sunday morning, April 5, Washakie County Public Health reported it "has been notified of 2 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases in the county. This brings Washakie County's total to 4.The Department of Health and Washakie County Public Health are currently investigating. This is all we know at this time. We will release more information as it becomes available." This story will be updated as more information becomes availa...
CHEYENNE – Governor Mark Gordon and State Health Officer Dr. Alexia Harrist have extended the three existing statewide health orders through April 30 to slow community transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19) and protect lives. The Governor continues to emphatically state that people need to stay home whenever possible to prevent or slow the spread of the virus. These orders are meant to enforce that direction through April. Specifically, the current orders closing public places including schools, prohibiting gatherings of 10 people or more in a...
Two weeks ago life changed for many people and many business in Wyoming when Governor Mark Gordon and the state’s health officer issued orders closing schools (except distance learning options) businesses including museums, theaters, pools, bowling alleys, convention centers, personal services such as nail and hair salons and restaurants unless they could provide a plan on serving less than 10 people and providing social distancing or providing drive-thru, curbside delivery or home delivery. Worland has seen some businesses close while the o...
WORLAND - An old helicopter that was sitting useless in Tucson, Arizona, made its way to Worland, Wyoming, last October, and finally found its new resting place in Maryland earlier this month at Joint Base Andrews thanks to a multi-business partnership spearheaded by Sky Aviation. Last fall, with a small firefighting season, Sky Aviation owner Tom Woodward decided to look for additional work for the shop, and he found it in a renovation job for the military, hauling, painting and preparing a...
WORLAND - While Washakie County only has one case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at this time, residents are working to ensure health care providers do not run out of necessary masks to protect them and their patience. The Worland 3D mask printing project started when Brandon Yule was contacted by his brother-in-law, Brandon Richardson. Richardson sent him a link to a story about Richardson's brother, Dr. Dusty Richardson coming up with an idea to make masks for providers. Yule said he had...
By GEORGE HORVATH WORLAND – As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues and statewide orders on gatherings and businesses extended, everyday life in Wyoming has changed. Last Friday, Governor Mark Gordon and state Health Officer Alexia Harrist extended three existing state public health orders until April 17. Washakie County Commission Chairman Fred Frandson reported that they have also extended the county’s Level 3 status until April 17, limiting county operations and restricting public access to county facilities. The Cit...
WORLAND — State Rep. Mike Greear announced this week that he will be seeking another term as the House District 27 representative. Greear said that while the State Senate District 20 seat is open with Wyatt Agar (R-Thermopolis) announcing he would not seek another term, he did not consider running for the Senate. He said he likes serving as chairman of the Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee. “Plus that’s just too big of an area for me to cover and do a good job,” he said. In looking back to the recent session that ended M...
WORLAND — While having improper things flushed through the City of Worland’s sewer system has been an ongoing issue, the number of items has increased over the past few weeks. One theory on the increase is people improvising when toilet paper runs out at stores across the country, including Washakie County, which saw people hoarding toilet paper and it disappearing quickly off the shelves. City of Worland Public Works Superintendent Brian Burky said, “We get a million gallons of raw sewage a day through our system.” He said the sewage passes...
WASHAKIE COUNTY – Both Worland and Ten Sleep are beginning their transitions toward an online curriculum to accommodate social distancing guidelines that required schools to be shut down due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) which led to the school districts closing their doors on Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17, respectfully. The order to close the schools came from a recommendation made by Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon after the first cases of the virus were confirmed in Wyoming l...
Orlando Joseph “Joe” Armajo, 82, passed away March 24, 2020 at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis. Memorial services are planned for a later date....
Johnny Joe Granado, 74, passed away on March 30, 2020 at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming. Johnny was born on March 5, 1946 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Funeral services are pending at this time....
Scott Lee Christian, 40, passed away at his home after a courageous battle with colon cancer. Scott was born in Los Gatos, California on November 13, 1979, the second oldest of four boys born to Charles Robert and Cynthia Lee (Faunce) Christian. He graduated from Santa Clara High School in 1998. As a youth, Scott was extremely friendly and enjoyed visiting with his neighbors. He also loved working on cars, taking them apart to rebuild them, just a bit better. He loved spending time with his...
UPDATE FOR APRIL 2ND FROM THE WASHAKIE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER There are 137 confirmed Covid-19 infections in Wyoming with only 1 attributed to Washakie County. Washakie county has performed 24 tests with 19 returned as negative and 5 with results pending. The one positive of a Washakie County resident was collected in Hot Springs County. I am so glad it SNOWED! Today hopefully fewer people out ignoring recommendations. Just yesterday the Worland city parks had NUMEROUS children playing in them! That playground equipment and swings are...
LARAMIE - Nearly one-third of Wyomingites say they or immediate family members have been laid off or lost their jobs due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19, according to a new survey by the University of Wyoming’s Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center (WYSAC). And, more than half of the state’s residents or their immediate family members have seen reductions in work hours or pay because of the pandemic, with nearly three-quarters expressing deep concern about the impact of coronavirus on the economy. The survey, conducted Monday, is the first of...
Because of testing supply issues, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) will be limiting testing available through the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to the department’s established priority patients and situations. “It’s been clear for some time that materials needed for sample collection and testing are in very short supply in Wyoming and across the nation,” said Dr. Alexia Harrist, state health officer and state epidemiologist with WDH. “We’ve done well so far at our lab, but our concern abo...
Compiled from Wyoming News Exchange newspapers Wyoming’s coronavirus case count grew to 162 on Friday morning, an increase of nine from the previous day. The Wyoming Health Department announced that as of 10 a.m. Friday, nine new cases were reported in six counties, including the first case recorded in Lincoln County. The increase came in the wake of the announcement by state health officials that after completing more than 1,800 tests of samples from people suspected of being infected with coronavirus, the state’s Public Health Laboratory will...
CHEYENNE (APRIL 2, 2020) - Today, the Wyoming Department of Agriculture (WDA) and Wyoming Livestock Board (WLSB) released COVID-19 virus guidance for livestock markets as they are exempt from the Statewide Public Health Order Continuation on Gatherings issued by the Wyoming Department of Health on March 27, 2020. Governor Gordon’s Executive Order on March 13, 2020 declared a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ordered the Director of the Wyoming Department of Health to take all appropriate and necessary actions to address t...
With coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) impacting many aspects of daily life, the Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS) wants residents to remember children and parents need additional support and understanding during times of increased stress. “Increased stress causes people to focus more on the negative,” according to Ed Heimer, field administrator and licensed clinical social worker with DFS. “If you assume the worst in a situation, you’re liable to provoke negative behavior from other people. This can potentially keep a negativ...
WASHAKIE COUNTY — The Washakie County Commissioners, City of Worland and Town of Ten Sleep will all be conducting their regular meetings tomorrow (Tuesday). In order to follow COVID-19 guidelines requiring social distancing and limiting gatherings of 10 or more people all meetings will be held remotely. For the Washakie County Commissioners, the public can call in at 1-866-886-5735. Participant code is 2642816. Currently the meeting is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. An agenda can be found at Washakiecounty.net. The Town of Ten Sleep will be h...
With new national recommendations encouraging the targeted use of personal face coverings due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) official is updating residents on why using them at key times could be helpful. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other measures meant to keep people apart are difficult to maintain such as grocery stores and pharmacies. Dr. Alexia Harrist, state health officer and state...
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