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State to begin process to ease restrictions next week Compiled from Wyoming News Exchange newspapers State officials will begin moving next week to ease the restrictions on businesses and gatherings that were put into place in March, Gov. Mark Gordon announced Thursday. Gordon, in a news release, said the state will take a phased approach to removing the state public health orders that were put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus. “This will be a balanced approach that will be driven by two guiding principles — public safety and hel... Full story
In contemplating what to write in this space this week, my thoughts were similar to John Davis’ in that perhaps it was time for something besides COVID-19. We all need a break from the pandemic news. I myself take a break in the evenings and the weekends. When I get home, after changing clothes (if I have been anywhere in the public) and washing my hands, I pet my dogs and I visit with my husband. I tell him about the local COVID-19 news of the day and he tells me about the national COVID-19 news of the day and then we move from COVID-19. T... Full story
TEN SLEEP - Ten Sleep rancher Ed Cooper hopes to use his experience in ranching and the oil and gas industry to represent State Senate District 20. Cooper announced his run for the Republican nomination last week. "I've thought about this for a while. I considered it four years ago but I chose to back Wyatt [Agar]. Agar (R-Thermopolis) won the seat four years ago and announced after the 2020 Legislative session that he would not be seeking a second term. Prior to Agar, the seat was filled by... Full story
WORLAND — In a meeting dominated by requests resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and state health orders, the Worland City Council approved requests in support of the Class of 2020 seniors but took no action on requests from churches and nail and hair salons. The council, in their regular meeting via Zoom web conferencing, approved a request from Gail Carver to allow 96 banners, featuring photos of the 96 Worland High School seniors set to graduate next month, on downtown light poles with two banners on each pole. Carver said the group wanting...
WORLAND — Vision and dental clinics have adjusted to a new normal with the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) and this new normal will likely translate into another new normal once businesses are able to return back to regular practices. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidelines for vision and dental clinics in mid to late March. Dr. Kirby Treat of Clear Image Vision said their biggest changes in patient protocol came on March 23. Treat said they are primarily seeing patients for emergency or urgent care, but added, “we do...
WORLAND — The Wyoming Department of Health is listing three of Washakie County’s five COVID-19 cases as recovered. The WDH is also listing two recoveries from the three probable cases as well. These figures are as of Tuesday, April 21. The Washakie County Public Health and the COVID Incident Command Team said of the five lab-confirmed cases, two are female and three are male, ranging in age from the 30s to the 80s. The county Incident Command Team reported in the situation report on Tuesday that they have completed 64 tests with 50 neg...
WORLAND – "I've got a 3D printer, and was just looking for ways to help," and help Steve Radabaugh did. With N95 face masks and other materials used to protect against the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) in short supply in the Big Horn Basin and around the country, this help was needed. Radabaugh's wife Sarah, a Worland chiropractor, made the first request – for a comfort accessory to the masks. The accessory, as Radabaugh described it, is "the little bands that go on the back of the head to...
WORLAND – When Meg Stark realized that there was a shortage of medical masks in the country, she reckoned the local hospital might need some to help slow the spread of COVID-19. She was right. Along with Sue Howe, Stark organized a group of women at the end of March to sew medical masks for Banner Health Washakie Medical Center, other local agencies and “anybody that wants them,” as Stark explained. By last Thursday, the women had sewn 1,175 masks, with 550 so far going to WMC, hundreds more for the Washakie County and Hot Springs County Public...
WORLAND — The Wyoming Department of Transportation announced several ongoing and upcoming road and bridge improvement projects in the Big Horn Basin. Two roadwork projects are on U.S.16 between Worland and Ten Sleep. Roadwork will resume on a project between Basin and Manderson, with new guardrails being installed. Significant roadwork will begin on U.S. 20 through downtown Thermopolis. Bridges will also receive attention, including the Bighorn River bridge on U.S. 20/WY789 just south of Thermopolis. Other bridges include a bridge over the U... Full story
WORLAND – The Washakie County commissioners met on Tuesday for their regularly scheduled meeting via teleconference to discuss an idea to seek help from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to fence part of Lower Nowood Road in order to help discourage cows gathering on the road. The commissioners discussed with County Planner David Anderson and Keith Bower of road and bridge a situation where vehicles are not slowing down on the road and causing accidents with wildlife once they reach the o...
The National Weather Service Riverton is offering three virtual Storm Spotter classes this month. Classes start at 6 p.m. and last about 90 minutes. To register, go online at https://www.weather.gov/riw/2020VirtualSpotterTraining. Space is limited for the virtual classes. Dates are April 23, April 30 and May 7. All classes are the same so you need only select one date.... Full story
Lonna Alice Tolman, 86, of Worland, WY, died Wednesday, April 15, 2020, of congestive heart failure. She was born August 10, 1933 to William "Grandy" and Margaret "Gammo" Atkinson, in Worland. She was married to Marvin Tolman on October 22, 1951. Lonna is survived by her daughter, Marla Tolman, son, Kirk Tolman, and her "bestest friend" of 40 years, Donnie Hampton, along with her brother William Wilson Atkinson, grandchildren Julie (Lonnie) Cox, Cameron (Jill) Roady, Danielle (Matt) Earl,... Full story
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) says a Teton County resident previously identified as one of Wyoming’s laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases has died. The newly confirmed death involves an older man hospitalized in another state who had existing conditions that put him at higher risk of serious illness related to the virus. There have now been 7 reported deaths, 326 lab-confirmed cases and 121 probable cases reported so far from across Wyoming. WDH recommendations to help slow the spread of illness include: · Fo... Full story
The following statement was released by the Town of Jackson and Teton County regarding shed antler hunters. Administrators and public health officials from the Town of Jackson and Teton County, Wyoming are asking anyone who may be coming to this area to look for shed antlers to wait until after the pandemic situation has stabilized. Several State and County health orders and recommendations are currently in place regarding travel from other geographic areas outside of Teton County and the State... Full story
LARAMIE – The University of Wyoming has instituted a hiring freeze, Acting President Neil Theobald announced in a Wednesday email to university employees. “Effective immediately” no UW-funded hiring of faculty or staff can be made without Theobald’s written approval. That came after Gov. Mark Gordon told Theobald in a letter that “we will have to curb expenditures dramatically and probably for some time to come.” Theobald said UW has suspended three dean searches, even though the university is already in “the finalist stage” in its search for... Full story
CASPER — Tribal leaders say the coronavirus, which led to the deaths of four Northern Arapaho citizens on Monday, is spreading on the reservation after initially being tied to two family clusters. As of Wednesday, tests had confirmed 51 cases of COVID-19 in the county and on the Wind River Reservation. At least 24 of those cases were among tribal members — who leaders and others say are especially vulnerable to the illness — on the reservation. In addition, Fremont County Public Health Officer Dr. Brian Gee stated during a Wednesday news confe... Full story
CODY— Now fewer than two weeks away from the originally scheduled opening, there is still no estimate as to when officials would open Yellowstone National Park’s east gate, or any part of the park. “Let’s not look at this call as (we know) what all the answers are for the future,” park superintendent Cam Sholly told listeners during a conference call Monday. In a nearly two-hour long conference call, Sholly gave scant new details as to what the opening will look like, but did say the park will generally follow health orders put in place in... Full story
No new cases of COVID-19 have surfaced since a staff member at the Wyoming Women’s Center in Lusk, the state’s only women’s prison, tested positive, a prison spokesperson said on Tuesday. The agency announced on April 10 that a staff member had tested positive for the disease. Since then, four staff members who had been in contact with the sick staffer came out of quarantine on April 15 without ever showing symptoms of being ill, Wyoming Department of Corrections spokesman Mark Horan told WyoFile on Tuesday. Three inmates have also been quara... Full story
Bones from burial site discovered in Cheyenne backyard CHEYENNE (WNE) – A group of sewer workers came across some human bones buried in a Cheyenne resident’s backyard Tuesday night, but the discovery probably won’t be leading to any new true crime podcasts or TV shows. Workers with a private company found the bones nearly 10 feet underground while repairing a sewer line in the backyard of a house on West 29th Street at around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. It was around then that Libby Bushell, the owner of the house, was returning from a walk with her d... Full story
CHEYENNE - Superintendent Jillian Balow issued the following statements on the reopening of schools in the weeks or months ahead: "School districts have implemented their Adapted Learning Plans, approved by the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE). These plans are authorized for use until the end of the school year, if needed. Health orders, including the order for educational institutions, remain in effect. "There are school districts that want to open school buildings to students as soon as p... Full story
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