Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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On this date in: 1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge, connecting San Francisco with Marin County, California opened. 1963 – Bob Dylan’s second album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, was released....
WORLAND – The Washakie County School District (WCSD) No. 1 Board of Trustees approved an $850 increase to the base teaching salary which raises the district’s base salary to $45,000. With this increase, WCSD No. 1 Superintendent David Nicholas and Business Manager Charlie Cauffman acknowledged that despite the increase, the district still is placed at a tie for 32nd in the state for base pay out of 48. “How are we going to pay for this?” Nicholas said. “We are going to pay for it this year with...
TEN SLEEP – The Bighorn National Forest Service (NFS) held a second virtual public meeting regarding the Ten Sleep Climbing Plan on Wednesday, May 19, and began to address the more than 500 comments that they received after the first public comment period. The presentation from the NFS stated they are not planning in any way to ban recreation, and will provide diverse recreation opportunities around the area. They understand that climbing is a large part of the recreation in the area, but t...
You turn on the TV, scroll through social media, listen to conversations at the grocery store or over coffee and you hear and see the divisiveness that exists in our world today. On Monday, there is something that everyone should agree on, everyone should observe and celebrate no matter party affiliation, religion, race, gender or any other thing that may divide us. What is that? It is the observance of Memorial Day. Memorial Day, first established as Decoration Day following the Civil War, the holiday was set aside for families and friends to...
WORLAND — Floyd Minch Post 44 of The American Legion will conduct its annual Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday, May 31 this year in Worland and Ten Sleep. The local Legion post has been holding these services for more than 70 years at Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Worland and the Ten Sleep Cemetery in Ten Sleep. Post 44 Memorial Day Chairman Randy Reed said this year the Legion is honored to have U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis and Brigadier General Justin Walrath of the Wyoming Air National Guard as the principal speakers both in W...
HYATTVILLE — After suspending the 2020 Hyattville Cowboy Carnival as an abundance of caution due to COVID-19, the Hyattville Cowboy Carnival is back. The annual fundraiser for the Hyattville Community Center is updated, revamped, and ready to go this Sunday. Besides the regular events from each year, 2021 offers two new special events: Keller Performance Horse Demonstrations, information, and question and answer followed by Music by Dave Munsick, the Songteller (singer, songwriter, storyteller). Tickets are still $10 for adults, $5 for kids, o...
WORLAND - Family business opens on main street, finding a new home for screen and embroidery apparel printing. Sarah Lungren said she was needing a new challenge and started looking for new opportunities. She began talking to Signs of Sutherland, who closed the apparel shop in March 2020. Once they reached a deal for the equipment she and her husband Clint began looking for a building and they found it at 824 Big Horn Avenue. Fence Post Prints opened in mid March but Lungren said they began...
Dan Frederick, co-owner of Worland Storage Vault, with wife Nancy (second from right) cuts the ribbon during the grand opening and open house May 8. Assisting with the ribbon cutting are Steve Radabaugh (far left) and Ruth Dugger (far right), both of the Worland-Ten Sleep Chamber. There are 54 units in the inside, climate-controlled storage facility in downtown Worland at 834 Big Horn Avenue. They have 10 different sizes. Nina Nelson and Chris Bundren each won three months free rental during...
Longtime Worland resident, Mark Walter Naasz, 64, died Monday, May 24, 2021. Mark was born in Ipswitch, South Dakota on July 24, 1956. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 5, 2021, at the CrossPoint Baptist Church....
A Celebration of Life for Joseph Merel Isger will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 5 at the home of Diane Keill. Joseph, 47, died March 28, 2021. He was born on January 23, 1974 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania....
WORLAND - A lightning delay only delayed the inevitable as the Worland Warriors won their third consecutive 3A State boys soccer championship on May 22 at Cheyenne South High School in Cheyenne. The Warriors (17-0) defeated 3A West rival the Powell Panthers (14-3) 1-0 in the title game. The win not only clinched the Warriors the three-peat but extended their winning streak to 46 games, clinched a second consecutive undefeated season and made Worland only the second program to three-peat in the...
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