Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Look for Blair's, Bomgaars, Bloedorn and Sutherland inserts in this week's issue. Next week look for our Arts and Academics Section. The Ten Sleep and Worland Class of 2020 graduates will be honored in the May 21 issue....
TEN SLEEP - Ninety-nine Ten Sleep voters came to the polls or sent in absentee ballots to elect a new mayor and council members Tuesday. In announcing the unofficial election results, Town Clerk Lori Hughes said Ernie Beckley received 79 votes while David Lyman recorded 15 votes. The canvassing board was slated to meet Wednesday morning to certify the results. With no changes, Beckley will be sworn in as mayor at the June 2 meeting. Beckley has served on the council for more than six years. He...
Sunday is Mother's Day and this week is National Teacher Appreciation Week so needless to say I've been thinking a lot about both and thinking how many mothers (and yes, fathers) have become teachers with schools closed due to COVID-19. My mother was my teacher before I started kindergarten. Back in the day in Hamilton Dome we did not have daycares and preschools. I got to watch my older brother and sister start school and wait my turn as my mother started teaching me to read. I remember not...
WORLAND - The Wyoming Association of School Administrators (WASA) announced this week that Washakie County School District No. 1 Superintendent David Nicholas has been honored as the 2021 Superintendent of the Year. A letter of support to the WASA states, "The leadership of Mr. Nicholas is fostering an environment for learning, for not only the children and youth, but those that are called as educators, stakeholders and leaders. Our leadership is allowed the flexibility to develop and implement...
WORLAND — Kara Anderson was back before the Worland City Council Tuesday night to get final approval for a graduation parade for the Class of 2020. She said people will be asked to maintain social distancing while watching the parade down Big Horn Avenue in Worland. The parade is tentatively set for 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 17 from 20th Street down to Railway. She said speeches from the valedictorians, salutatorian and keynote speaker will be broadcast on 96.1FM. The time for the parade was set because that is when the original graduation c...
WORLAND – For the first time in over a month, the county commissioners held a public meeting in the Washakie County Courthouse, to receive updates from departments as well as view a presentation regarding a study done on the bike path on Airport Road. The commissioners met with County Planner David Anderson and viewed a presentation from Inberg-Miller Engineers (IME) regarding a study that was done on the bike path after the bid was awarded to IME back in October of last year. The study r...
WORLAND – An evening traffic jam on Howell Avenue in Worland last Friday, April 24, was the unexpected public indicator that Mrs. Shirley Runge had reached 90 years of age. The lifelong Worland resident, born Shirley Hampton in 1930, was surprised by the outpouring of good wishes and congratulations from friends and loved ones in a "drive by" birthday celebration. Because of the "social distancing" situation with the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), Samantha Strickler and some others among S...
WORLAND – The Worland school board met on Monday, April 27 to discuss and approve a second reading that would grant guaranteed separate maternity leave, and approve a first reading of a policy regarding retention. Third and final reading of the maternity leave policy will be at the next regular meeting on May 25. Once approved it will make Washakie County School District No. 1 the second district in Wyoming to guarantee paid maternity leave to all staff. The school board also approved a p...
TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep school board met in a special session on Wednesday, April 29, to announce the district will be finishing the year on its adapted learning plan, and to discuss the preliminary budget for the 2020-21 school year. With no preliminary report from the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE), it is harder for Business Manager Connie Gay to predict revenues for the next year. She told the board that she hopes to have a better estimate for the budget in May, when the school b...
POWELL — Local sugar beet farmers who were hit with losses in 2018 and 2019 due to poor weather are receiving some support from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program-Plus (WHIP+) recently provided $285 million to beet growers across the country. Western Sugar Cooperative — made up of more than 850 growers and shareholders in the Powell, Lovell and Heart Mountain areas, along with others in Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and Nebraska — received $69 million of that allocation. The dis...
WORLAND - Being selected the Regional Star is the highest honor one can receive on the regional level by an FFA member and two Chief Washakie FFA members have earned Regional Stars this year - Elizabeth Voss and Dani Warner. Regional stars are selected from all State FFA Degree candidates who are applying in the given Star area. FFA Advisors from the region met to review the State FFA degree and Star applications and chose a winner to represent the region at the Wyoming State FFA Convention. Reg...
WORLAND - Worland's grocery store, like many stores across the state and country have faced many challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic, but Blair's Super Market store director Brandon Yule said his staff and the majority of their customers have handled everything well. Wyoming was one of the last states to record a COVID-19 case and once that first case was reported things began happening fast and furiously at Blair's. Yule said they had a busier than normal day on Thursday, March 12, the day th...
WORLAND — The Washakie County commissioners met Friday afternoon, May 1, with department heads via teleconference and at the Washakie County Fairgrounds to discuss reducing the Level 3 health status that was in place currently on county facilities. The county commissioners, along with a consensus from departments heads, voted to reduce the county down to a modified Level 2 status, opening all county facilities Monday, May 4. This will open all county facilities to the public with r...
William "Bill" H. Austin, 79 of Ten Sleep, WY passed away peacefully at his home April 16, 2020. Bill was born on Feb. 8, 1941 in Casper, WY to Bud and Ola Elizabeth Brown. The family moved from Casper to Ten Sleep when Bill was in grade school. After he completed his junior year Bill moved to Casper to finish High School, finished mid-term and then joined the US Air Force. He served our country for four years, being honorably discharged in 1964. Bill was primarily stationed in New Mexico,...
On the beautiful spring day of April 27th, 2020, with much grace and dignity, 75-year-old Worland resident, Carolyn Ann Locke, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her children. Carol was born on April 20th, 1945 in Denver, CO to Chester Alvetta and Viola May (Petzoldt) Brewer. She grew up in the Denver area, graduating from Cherry Creek High School in 1963. She married Dickie Lee Fields on November 4th, 1964 and had two children, Jeffery Troy Fields and Kendra Lee Fields. She later...
Lawrence Curtis Weber, known to many as Larry, passed Sunday evening April 26th, 2020 at Good Samaritan Medical Center, Lafayette Co. He went peacefully in the presence of his close family members at the age of 83. He was born December 28, 1936 in Worland, Wyoming to Emma (Lehman) Weber and Louis Curtis Weber. He was preceded in death by his wife Janet Rae Weber, beloved sons Scott and Tim Weber, and his sister Eileen Walton. Larry is survived by his siblings, Richard Weber, Mary Ellen...
Gerald "Jerry" David Moberly, loving father and grandfather, passed away on April 28, 2020 at the age of 61. Jerry was born on February 5, 1959 in Greybull, Wyoming to Harry and Donna (Bruce) Moberly. He graduated from Worland High School in 1978. On October 6, 1979 he married Martha Wolfrum. Together they had three daughters and a son. Jerry was a hard worker who began his career with Moberly Asphalt, later working for Washakie Oil Company before opening Frontier Photo Express during the '80s....
Jackie Phillips, 85, of Worland, died April 24th, 2020. Jackie was born August 13, 1934, in Ten Sleep, WY, and was the daughter of Vivian Bader and Jack Whaley. Jackie was married to Chester Phillips, December 20th, 1952 in Billings MT. Jackie and Chester worked and moved throughout Wyoming and Montana until finally settling in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in the mid-sixties. Jackson Hole is where Jackie found her heart and soul. Jackie loved socializing, hunting and fishing with Chester, and raising...
Margaret LaVonne (Stiffler) Dangel, 91, passed away on May 1, 2020 at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. LaVonne was born in Moore, Montana on March 28, 1929. Cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date....
The entire Bighorn National Forest is under fire restrictions until May 31. Developed sites such as campgrounds, picnic areas, and restrooms are closed until May 31. The Forest remains open to dispersed recreation such as camping, hiking, and other activities except for campfires....
CHEYENNE – The 65th Wyoming Legislature will convene for a two-day special legislative session beginning on May 15 at 8 a.m. The purpose of the special session is to address immediate needs of the state due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The Legislature will also direct funds appropriated in the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This will be the Wyoming Legislature's first special session since 2004. Proposed legislation may be viewed at: w...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has announced that updated public health orders effective May 15 will ease restrictions on several business categories and permit restaurants to resume indoor table service statewide. The Governor has also allocated $17 million in federal funding to expand COVID-19 testing, improve contact tracing and add to the state’s supply of personal protective equipment (PPE). “We have been working diligently to modify our public health orders to continue a safe and sensible reawakening of Wyoming’s economy...