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Ten Sleep School's class of 2022 recognized in this week's issue....
WORLAND - While they fell just short of pulling off the upset, the Worland Lady Warriors soccer team looks like a team just beginning to play their best soccer. The Lady Warriors (7-6) went 1-1 in their two games last week. On May 5 in Lander, they lost to No. 2 Lander Valley Lady Tigers (10-3) 3-2, and on May 7, they defeated the Pinedale Lady Wranglers (2-12) 10-1. Against Lander, the Lady Warriors led at halftime 2-0, but the Lady Tigers scored three goals in the second half, their third...
WORLAND - Examining bone injuries on a foot is nothing new for the Washakie Medical Center radiology team, but running a 64-slice CT scan on a 150 million-year-old bone was out of the ordinary for the team last Thursday, May 5. The metatarsal fossils are a project of Wyoming Dinosaur Center intern Jackson King. King said the fully intact foot of a Sauropod was found by a family at one of the public dig sites through the Center's Dig For A Day program. He said the foot, named "Little Foot" by the...
WORLAND – Eight agencies, working together as the Washakie County R3 (reduce, reuse and recycle) Coalition are sponsoring a Washakie County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on May 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Washakie County Landfill. Washakie County Weed and Pest, Washakie County Conservation District, Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District No. 1, Washakie County Emergency Management, Worland Fire Protection District No. 1, Washakie County Sheriff’s Office, City of Worland, Cody Regional Health and Washakie County Public Hea...
POWELL — Commencement exercises at Northwest College are scheduled for Saturday, May 14, beginning at 10:30 a.m. in Cabre Gym. The ceremony will be live streamed on the NWC Facebook Page, YouTube, and Twitter, or viewers can watch directly from the college website at nwc.edu. This year’s guest speakers include Dr. Robert Rumbolz (2022 Distinguished Faculty award winner), Sarah Anderson of Ten Sleep (2022 Distinguished Alumna), and Autumn Roundy (student). Anderson graduated from Northwest College in 1989 before earning a bachelor’s degre...
There are several advantages to working for a community newspaper one of which is the variety of things we get to cover on a weekly basis is perhaps the best thing about being a community journalist. In looking at the past week, on Thursday I started the day by going to Worland High School for the University of Wyoming Signing Day, recognizing those who commit to attending UW for academics. It was a family event with many parents in attendance for the brief program. After that it was a few blocks over to the Washakie Medical Center to wait for...
Beverly Ruby Valdez was welcomed home on May 4th of 2022 at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on April 14th, 1932 in St. George, Utah to George "Ammon" Stringham and Vilate Stringham. She was the middle child of a total of five siblings. In her teens, her family moved to the windy city of Casper and she met a strapping young cowboy by the name of Robert Northrup Turner and the two married in May of 1950. The two welcomed four children. In 1973 Robert Northrup Turner... Full story
Harold Richard Dickinson, 91-year-old Basin resident, passed away May 7, 2022 at his home in Basin. Harold was born June 27, 1930 in Greybull. Burial and graveside services were held May 11, 2022 at Shell Cemetery, aka Smith Cemetery.... Full story
Catherine JoAnne (Matthiesen) Geary, 78, passed away suddenly, the morning of May 9, 2022 after a wonderful Mother’s Day spent with her daughter, Tracy. Catherine was born on August 17, 1943 in Sacramento, California to James Herbert and Clara Marie (Lockhorn) Matthiesen. She married her high school sweetheart, Samuel Otis Geary, on March 15, 1977 in Worland, Wyoming. He willingly and lovingly adopted her daughter. The family made their home in Worland. Cathy worked for Pepsi and Sam in the oil fields. The couple was in a terrible motorcycle a... Full story
WORLAND — Filing period for federal, state, county and local races begins today (Thursday). Locally there are two Ward 1 four-year Worland City Council seats up, currently held by Adam Martinez, who was elected to a two-year term in 2020, and Barbara Brookwell, who was appointed to the council last year. Brookwell said this week she does plan to file to retain her seat. There is one two-year term up on Ward 1 with Scott Schaeffer announcing last week that he has moved out of Ward 1 into Ward 2. He can remain on the council for one more m...
WORLAND — With the Washakie County Fair just over two months away the Washakie County Fair Board is busy working to finalize a schedule and finalize contracts for entertainment. During Monday’s regular board meeting, Chairman Jeff Lapp reported that Washakie County Attorney John Worrall is working with Daniel Kosel to finalize the music entertainment contract. The board is contracting with Kosel to arrange the musical entertainment for the Washakie County Fair with free concerts on Thursday and Friday and a paid concert in the stage area fea...
TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep school board appointed Shana Harstad to fill the vacant position due to Sarah Anderson's resignation earlier in the month. Harstad will hold the position until the election in November. Harstad said in her interview that she felt that being a part of the school board is an opportunity to contribute to the school that is educating her children. In her letter of interest she wrote, "I work as a designer/drafter for an engineering consultant and feel that my experience a...
CASPER — Tribal officials removed St. Stephens Indian School Superintendent Frank No Runner as well as other administrators and the entire board governing the school following an investigation that found “widespread wrongdoing of school leadership.” The council voted to fire the administrators and school board members after the Bureau of Indian Education found they had engaged in the use of drugs and alcohol on school property and at school functions, sexual misconduct and harassment, bullying, nepotism and financial exploitation, accor... Full story
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