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WORLAND - It did not take long for the Wyoming high school track season to sprint by. Across the state regional meets for all classes will be taking place this weekend as schools try to send as many athletes as possible to the state track and field meet starting May 18. The Worland High School track team heads to Thermopolis for the 3A East Regional Meet on Friday and Saturday. Along with her athletes, WHS track coach Tracey Wiley is excited to get the postseason underway. "We'll be taking 37,...
WORLAND – A second meeting on preparing for the solar eclipse will be tonight at 5:15 p.m. in the Washakie Room of the Worland Community Center Complex. The meeting, sponsored by the Worland-Ten Sleep Area Chamber of Commerce, is going to be focused on how businesses are preparing for the potential of many more visitors in August around the time of the total solar eclipse Aug. 21. Chamber executive director Jenn Rasmussen said the chamber hopes that representatives from as many businesses as possible will attend to discuss how they are p...
LARAMIE (AP) — University of Wyoming trustees plan to discuss and possibly act on proposals to eliminate two undergraduate and three graduate programs in response to waning student interest. University President Laurie Nichols and Provost Kate Miller will recommend eliminating the bachelor’s programs in Russian and secondary industrial technical education. The master’s programs in French, German and neuroscience also face elimination. The trustees plan to take up the proposals Thursday. Though the university and the rest of Wyoming state gover...
By Christine Weber Guest Writer The Washakie County Homemakers has nominated Bonnie Hefenieder as the group’s 2017 Unsung Hero. Bonnie has been a member of the Homemakers since the early 1970s; and currently as a member-at-large, serves as the Washakie County Homemaker’s Council’s secretary. Bonnie was born in Hamilton, Montana, and at the age of 5 moved to Worland with her parents and siblings. She received her education through the Worland school system. It was during her senior year in high school she would meet her future husband. “We d...
As I’ve stated in early columns, I’m not what you would call a birder, but I still watch for birds whenever I’m out. A few days ago, I took a walk over the old bridge and then came back to Worland via the new bridge. While crossing the new bridge, I noticed a small flock of strange birds on the island, the one that’s supposed to be the culprit behind this spring’s winter ice jam. I was quite a distance away when I first saw them, maybe a hundred yards, and at first I thought they were crows. But when I got a little closer, I saw that these bir...
Georgia Marie Hartman, formerly of Basin, died at Good Samaritan Society Boise Village, Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday May 3, 2017 at the age of 105. She was born Feb. 22, 1912. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, May 11, 2017, at Mount View Cemetery in Basin. Arrangements have been entrusted to Atwood Family Funeral Directors.... Full story