Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND - Since weather canceled last week's meet in Buffalo the Worland High School track team is ready to go for Saturday's meet in Powell, after the extended layoff. "We had practice but it was crazy because we were in shorts and T-shirts and were wishing we could have hosted it. Looking over at the mountain it was black and knowing that just on the other side Buffalo had gotten eight inches of snow," said WHS track coach Tracey Wiley. "We did have a good workout and I gave them Friday off to...
BASIN — It’s been a busy early spring for Big Horn County 4-H. Showcasing individual projects and knowledge with more than 200 Big Horn County second- and third-graders was on the agenda March 15 at Ag Day. Youth, parents, chaperones and teachers experienced hands on activities at 14 learning stations. Opportunities to learn about furs, ruminant large animals, judging lambs, branding livestock, ear notching swine, many hats of agriculturalists, dirt babies, Cent$ible Nutrition smoothies, noxious weeds, chickens, goats, rabbits and wool were pre...
WORLAND – Worland High School sophomores Jonathan Anderson, Karter Dunham, Caleb Fraser and Talon Anderson have been selected to fill four of the 85 spots available for the UW (University of Wyoming) summer high school institute in Laramie this summer. The UW summer high school institute is a program, which began in 1985, designed to offer intellectually talented high school students a challenging and enriching educational experience. To be selected for the honor, the students sent an application letter, essay and two letters of r...
CHEYENNE – State education officials are forging ahead with efforts to offer computer science to every student in Wyoming. The Wyoming Department of Education on Monday announced the creation of Boot Up Wyoming 2022, an initiative to facilitate the addition of computer science to K-12 curricula. Following the state Legislature’s passage of Enrolled Act 48, every Wyoming school district must offer computer science to every student by the 2022-23 school year. “When it’s all said and done, every single student in Wyoming will have the opportu...
WORLAND - The Washakie County Commission hosted a review of the results of a recent tax survey on Tuesday, to help determine the best use for the general purpose one-cent sales tax for 10 county entities eligible for the funding. In total, 349 complete surveys were returned, with an additional 35 disqualified as being incomplete. Representatives from the 10 entities seeking the tax, the City of Worland, the Town of Ten Sleep, the Worland and Ten Sleep senior centers, the Worland Community...
WORLAND – The 2018 Gift of the Waters Pageant will be held this year but its future depends on the generosity of the community, with their time and money. Gift of the Waters pageant committee treasurer Barb Vietti stated that thanks to the generous financial contributions of community members the cost of the pageant this year is covered and they will go on with the show, but without volunteers to work the many different facets required to put on the show the future of the pageant is bleak. According to Wyomingfolkfestival.com, “On April 21,...
Josephine "Josie" Flores passed on to heaven on March 29, 2018. Josephine "Josie" Flores was born on March 10, 1928 in Powell, Wyoming. As the oldest of 6 sisters and 5 brothers, she grew up in a large, loving Mexican American farm family. From her Mexican immigrant father and New Mexican mother, she learned the art of Mexican cooking, growing flower and vegetable gardens, and especially growing jalapenos. As a teenager, she left school to help her mother with housework on the farm and to... Full story
Skip, W7PN, is now a silent key. Karl "Skip" Errol Prinsen, Sr. died on April 1, 2018 at the Washakie Medical Center in Worland, WY from the effects of dementia. He was born February 5, 1942 in Gardner, Massachusetts, the oldest of four children born to Raymond E. and Martha (Locke) Prinsen. He grew up in Springfield, Vermont graduating from High School in 1960. Following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was stationed on the USS Enterprise during the Vietnam War. Skip retired from Mi... Full story