Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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BOZEMAN – A Montana State University student who dreams of impacting health inequities in small towns like her hometown in Wyoming as well as in small communities across the globe has won a highly coveted 2019 Truman Scholarship. Zariah Tolman, a junior from Otto, Wyoming, double majoring in cell biology and neuroscience and biochemistry, has won the prestigious scholarship given to juniors who have demonstrated leadership potential and commitment to public service. Tolman learned that she h...
Mary Lorraine Core, 96, passed away at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Worland, on April 15, 2019. Lorraine was born in Cedaredge, Colorado on July 31, 1922. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, April 18, 2019, at the Memorial Gardens of the Valley Cemetery in Grand Junction, Colorado.... Full story
Delbert LeGrande Lamoreaux, 80, passed away April 11, 2019, at his home in Hot Springs County. Funeral services will be Friday, April 19. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. at the Thermopolis Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.... Full story
Robert Welch Paris, 75, passed away at his home on April 15, 2019. Robert was born in Worland on February 19, 1944. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 20, 2019, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center in Worland.... Full story
Lloyd Glen Scott, 76, passed away at St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Montana on April 12, 2019. Lloyd was born in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 1942. Graveside inurnment services will be at 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at the Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery.... Full story
Ronald Gene Swartzendruber, 82, of Worland died April 7, 2019 in Perry, Utah. He was born August 20, 1936 in Iowa County, Iowa to Rolla Swartzendruber and Theresa (Hershberger) Swartzendruber. He was raised in Kalona, Iowa and attended Iowa Mennonite School, graduating with the class of 1955. Ron married Pauline Conrad in 1959. They later divorced. Following his first marriage, he lived in Minnesota and attended a lab technician school. They moved to Wyoming in 1960. Ron married Aldeen... Full story
WORLAND — While the proficiency applications may have been judged in late March, proficiency results were not announced until the Wyoming State FFA Convention this past week and it was well worth the wait for the member of the Chief Washakie FFA chapter with 12 members earning state championships. The chapter has been working hard at increasing the number of proficiency applications submitted to the state level for the past four to five years, according to advisor Grace Godfrey. “We set a goal each year of how many we want to submit. Last yea...
WORLAND – While the Food and Drug Association (FDA) has taken up the decades-long debate over breast implant safety, one local woman is fighting her own breast implant battle. In February of this year, the FDA alerted more doctors of a rare cancer with breast implants. According to Associated Press, the FDA sent a letter to family doctors, nurses and other health professionals warning about the form of lymphoma that affects breast implant patients. The disease, referred to as breast i... Full story
WORLAND — A bid, a street closure and a memorandum of understanding were approved by the Worland City Council at their regular meeting Tuesday night. Engineering representative Mike Donnell reported on the bid opening for the double gutters, curb and gutter, sidewalks and miscellaneous street and concrete upgrades project that does include the double gutter by Big Horn Basin Tire on Sixth Street. Donnell said they received two bids and recommended the low bidder, Schneider Construction at $309.605.86. The other bidder was McClellan and M...
WORLAND — The Washakie County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Land Management are investigating the cause of the Pallet Fire that occurred Saturday evening, April 13. BLM public affairs officer Sarah Beckwith said the BLM was notified of the fire at 7:20 p.m. The fire was located about 2 miles northeast of Worland on mostly public lands. Beckwith said some private lands were also in the burn area. According to the Worland Volunteer Fire Department, the department was dispatched at 6:56 p.m. to Washakie Ten, just south of Lane 8 for a gra... Full story
WORLAND — More than 72 miles of right-of-way fencing will be replaced in a $1.6 million project currently under way north of Worland alongside U.S. 20. “The work will take place in 10 different locations throughout the Big Horn Basin,” said Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Michael Miller of Basin. Other sections of new right-of-way fencing to be built include: Wyoming 36 (mileposts 0.37 to 3.13), Golf Course Road near Basin; U.S. 14/16/20 (mileposts 100.75 to 99.7), north of Greybull; U.S. 310, (mileposts 249 to 257), from... Full story
WORLAND – Worland kindergarten through third-grade students attended the NED's Mindset Mission at the Worland Middle School Auditorium Wednesday afternoon, to follow cardboard NED through a series of adventures that teaches him important life lessons. Worland East Side Elementary School Principal Chris Peterson stated, "It's another positive interaction with kids as far as for the things we are trying to do at the school, as far as never giving up, encouraging others, doing your best. When y...
Special prosecutor appointed in Wiley parole case THERMOPOLIS (WNE) — A murder case from 1990 is coming up again, the James Michael Wiley case. Wiley was convicted in 1990 on charges of first- and second-degree murder in the deaths of his stepmother and three brothers at their home near Thermopolis and was sentenced to life in prison. He was 15 at the time of the deaths. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a juvenile sentenced to life in prison should have the opportunity for parole after serving 25 years. Wiley has passed that point and is s...
Student charged as adult after shooting threat LYMAN — A shooting threat in Lyman last week has resulted in felony and misdemeanor charges for a Lyman teen. Brady T. Dean allegedly made a threat against another student at Lyman High School and, according to Lyman Police Chief Kathy Adams, the suspect found himself housed in Sweetwater County Jail, as Uinta County doesn’t have adequate facilities to separate juveniles from adult offenders. Uinta County Attorney Loretta Howieson-Kallas said Dean is being charged as an adult. Adams said again Wed... Full story
WORLAND - It is hard to believe but the track and field season is nearly complete and for the Worland High School team they have three meets remaining before the start of the postseason. Hosting their annual home meet, the D&D Invitational, last week at WHS, the Warriors and Lady Warriors showed they are taking advantage of every meet. Plenty of Worland's athletes set new personal records or inched ever so close to qualifying for the 3A State meet. After the home meet Worland had planned on... Full story
THERMOPOLIS - The Hot Springs County High School track and field continued to improve after their latest meet at Riverton Invitational at Riverton High School on April 13. The Bobcat and Lady Bobcat athletes continued to set personal records in Riverton and put themselves in a better position for their respective events, as the 3A East regional meet in Burns on May 10-11 quickly approaches. "We continued to get personal records by a lot of the kids, that's definitely on the plus side," said... Full story
One of the more entertaining things about social media, while also slightly annoying, is the pushback. No matter the topic, person or place, there is always going to be a pushback. Then you can expect pushback to that pushback, followed by more pushback to the pushback's pushback. It's a good ole' pushback paradox. Tiger Woods' snapping his 11-year major drought is excellent proof of the pushback paradox. When Tiger claimed his fifth Master's and 15th career major victory last Sunday there was... Full story
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