Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND- Over the last year the Green Hills Golf Course has gone through some uncertainty and for a brief moment the doors were closed. Then the Worland City Council accepted a bid from Gary Shampeny, and his company Go Play Golf, to manage Green Hills. Shampeny is no stranger to golf or the management of golf courses. He was the golf coach at Montana State University Bozeman and during one summer he helped out at a golf course there in Bozeman, from that moment on he was hooked. He would later...
WORLAND- The Worland Lady Warriors once again had a strong offensive showing to overpower the Buffalo Lady Bison 6-3 Saturday afternoon. The Worland girls were aggressive from the start and had the offense clicking, as their first three goals were scored within the first 18 minutes of the match. Casey Wassum got things rolling with goals in the 2nd and 9th minutes while Hannah Ozmon scored her first goal of the game at the 18-minute mark to put Worland up 3-0. A goal by Hazel Eklund in the 21st...
Worland native and longtime resident William "Bud" Sinn, 86, died on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, MT. Bud was born on September 11, 1929 on a farm south of Worland to George F. Sinn and Eva E. (Euler) Sinn. He was a graduate of Worland High School. After graduation Bud worked for local area farmers and ranchers until joining up with his father and brother George Sinn Jr. on the family farm north of Worland. On December 9, 1956 Bud married Jean Lewis, who was... Full story
Harold Cogdill, 87, of Ten Sleep, Wyoming and the Upper Nowood, saddled up an old bald faced horse and rode over the ridge for the final time on April 1, 2016. He was born on June 8, 1928 on a farm north of Worland, to Elsie May (Neely) and Charles Franklin Cogdill. He lived there the first six years of his life. He moved to the ranch on the Nowood south of Ten Sleep when he was seven, and became a cowboy. The fields were cleared with horse drawn equipment, and the family raised all kinds of livestock while living on deer, elk and chickens, as... Full story
A Celebration of Life for Shirley M. Longwell, 81, of Thermopolis, will be Friday, April 8, 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Thermopolis. She passed away March 26, 2016. Mortimore Funeral Home is assisting the family.... Full story
WORLAND - Worland firefighters were honored with years of service pins and the top four annual awards were presented Saturday night at the Worland Elks Club. The 2015 Firefighter of the Year Award went to Lt. Troy Nelsen. In announcing the award, Chief Chris Kocher said this year's award winner "exemplified the honor throughout the past year." He said Nelsen is always willing to teach new firefighters, works to make sure things don't fall behind, has a great attitude and is always willing to...
WORLAND – The Worland High School Science Olympiad team placed in seven categories this past Saturday at the Wyoming State Science Olympiad at Casper College. The Wyoming State Science Olympiad is a day-long event dedicated to promoting interest in and improvement at the level of science education throughout the state of Wyoming, according to the Casper College website. The event "has been attended by Worland High School for the past five or six years," Worland High School Science teacher K...
LARAMIE - For the past two semesters, Debbie Kretzchmar has met with a new friend in a small lab in the University of Wyoming's Engineering Building. The nontraditional UW student, majoring in computer science, works with Baxter on his motor skills, which includes arm movement and gripping with his hands. Baxter isn't your ordinary friend, though. He is a robot. Housed in UW's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE), Baxter is big and red, and looks pretty bad. But, he looks...