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Worland will have its first Safe Community Day in a decades-long stretch this Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Newell Sargent Park. Washakie County Emergency Management/Homeland Security Director Kami Neighbors said the idea for the event was brought up by Worland Police Chief Gabe Elliott during a Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting. “Back in the day it had been a hit, maybe 20-plus years ago, and we just thought it would be fun to bring it back. People liked it in the past, so hopefully they will enjoy it today,” she said. Wor...
Tammy Montoya hadn't really planned on becoming a teacher. "Didn't even cross my mind," she laughed. "God always has a plan for you. And you don't always know it. And that's where I ended up, you know and it was just, it was perfect." The Worland High School Spanish teacher is hanging up her hat after 28 years, 11 spent at her alma mater, WHS. So, how did she get into teaching? After two years of business school at Northwest College in Powell, Montoya and her family were back in Worland and...
Looking back over his time spent teaching and administrating in Washakie County School District No. 1, Randy Durr said, "It's gone fast, it's just incredible how quick that's gone." In November 2022, Durr declared that he would be retiring from his position at Worland High School. His retirement was approved to be granted effective the end of the contract year, in the summer of 2023. Rather than retire, however, he has accepted the role of Superintendent of the school district in Harlowton,...
Banner Washakie Medical Center CEO Jay Stallings shared at the May 23 meeting of the Board of Trustees that the week of May 15 was a national celebration for both hospitals and nurses. Washakie Medical Center held events and honored individuals to show support to their health care workers. Awards and their winners were: Contribution to Patients – Rosanne De La Rosa Nurse Leadership – Brandy Kottman Contribution to Profession – Keith Van Brunt Contribution to Society – Shelly Ramos Friend of Nursing – Jen Buckman De La Rosa was also recognize...
It’s funny how certain things at certain times can bring memories flooding back. The other night after I got dishes done I went and sat down on the couch and my husband had on a baseball game. It was the Los Angeles Dodgers. Every time I see a Dodgers game I think of my dad. He was a huge Dodgers fan, but this game memories came flooding back for me. Perhaps because his birthday was just over a week ago and he has been on my mind a lot. Growing up I never played baseball, never really watched baseball until my senior year in high school. OK t...
Ten Sleep graduating senior Eli Mitchell won first place in architectural drafting at the Wyoming SkillsUSA competition in April. Mitchell was a part of a five-member team that competed for Ten Sleep under the direction of career technical education teacher Jason Thoren. The team competed in Casper April 24- 26 at the Wyoming SkillsUSA Competition, an event with more than 700 competitors and over 50 categories held to test the abilities of vocational students from across the state. The...
The 2023 season was one of the best seasons in recent memory for the Worland High School track and field team, setting up a promising 2024 season. The Lady Warriors were runners-up to Powell at the 3A State meet in Casper on May 18-20. The team had an individual champion, with freshman Cherise Douzenis winning the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes. The 4x100-meter relay team (Maddy Lloyd, Kalistynn Crippen, Nyssa Leyva, Erika Manahan) set a new 3A State record on the way to winning the championship...
CHEYENNE — Earthquakes were recorded two nights in a row almost exactly 24 hours apart along the Continental Divide in southeastern Wyoming this week. The first incident, a 3.9 magnitude earthquake that occurred at 2:14 a.m. Friday, had an epicenter near Antelope Hills, a rural subdivision between Saratoga and Encampment in Carbon County. Its depth was 15.4 km. Residents in the towns of Saratoga, Encampment and Riverside were within a MMI 3.5 shaking intensity zone, according to the USGS. Laramie was within a third zone, MMI 2.5, in which ... Full story
CHEYENNE - The charges against a second Cheyenne teen who was allegedly involved in a shooting at Lincoln Park will be bound over to district court. Julian Espinoza, 16, will face felony conspiracy and aiding and abetting first-degree murder charges in district court, Circuit Court Judge Antoinette Williams Healy ruled early Friday afternoon. He is being held on a $250,000 cash-only bond, which Espinoza's lawyer, Marci Hoff Linde, says his family will be unable to pay. Linde asked Williams... Full story
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