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Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Happy Father's Day Sunday to all you fathers out there. Look for Bomgaars and Blair's inserts in this week's issue....
WORLAND - The Slick Creek Fire at 8:30 p.m., Sunday, June 14, burning approximately 14 acres of sagebrush and cheatgrass on Bureau of Reclamation land two miles southeast of Worland. Washakie County and Bureau of Land Management firefighters responded and the fire was contained by midnight. "I can't thank the Washakie County volunteer firefighters enough for their quick response to the Slick Creek Fire," said Fred Tucker, BLM fire operations specialist for the Wind River/Bighorn Basin District....
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners appointed Christy Schneider as the new Clerk of the Fifth Judicial District Court to replace current clerk SuZann Whitlock who submitted her letter of resignation at the June 2 commissioners meeting. Whitlock occupied the position for 26 years and was a county employee for 36 years before deciding to retire and move on at the end of June. Schneider was selected Tuesday after a more than 30-minute executive session, which resulted in Commissioners F...
WORLAND — While Ten Sleep continues to finalize plans for their Fourth of July celebration, other events this summer have been canceled due to concerns and the impact of COVID-19. The latest cancellation was the 2020 Wyoming BBQ Championship and Bluegrass Festival originally scheduled for Aug. 13-15 at the Washakie County fairgrounds. Committee member Val Busch said, “We are all pretty sad that it came to this, but the safety of our state and community was our major concern.” Other events in Washakie County that have been canceled inclu...
WORLAND — The Worland City Council approved three citizen requests, two ordinances on third reading, two resolutions including one for the new fiscal budget and two loan applications in a meeting that lasted about 30 minutes. The meeting, held at the Worland Community Center Complex to provide social distancing to follow state COVID-19 guidelines, began with three citizen requests that were approved unanimously: •Washakie County Library Foundation Board member Laura McDonald said George and Carol Sheaff have generously agreed to donate ano...
TEN SLEEP - A great local tradition returns Saturday, July 4 when the Ten Sleep/Hyattville Lions Club will offer residents an opportunity to mail a letter by Pony Express. For at least 25 years, the club has organized this fundraiser in conjunction with the Ten Sleep Fourth of July celebration. Longtime riders and this year's organizers, Lyle and Shelley Spence, said that between 15 and 20 intrepid riders will run a relay beginning in Hyattville, and concluding in Ten Sleep, arriving for the...
Kaeli Campbell and Amos pose for a photo in front of one of her beautiful flower beds at her home on Bonine Avenue, this month's Yard of the Month.... Full story
Our country is in turmoil. In some cities, citizens have taken over police buildings and whole city blocks. Groups are calling for police departments to be defunded. In Wyoming, we had protests against police brutality and for racial justice and equality but we have not, thankfully, seen the destructive rioting. All of these things have been sparked by recent deaths of citizens at the hands of law enforcement. In Wyoming we are not immune to police shootings or police misconduct. There was a... Full story
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners met Tuesday morning in a Zoom call with the Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) to discuss their request for a Business Ready Community Enhancement Grant. The grant is provided through the Wyoming Business Council (WBC) and will help renovate the former Kennedy’s Ace Hardware Building at 801 Big Horn to house the new Washakie County Library. The SLIB board voted unanimously to approve the $500,000 request. The commissioners and County Cle...
Ivah B. Hart, 80, passed away June 11, 2020, at her residence in Thermopolis. Memorial services will be Monday, June 22, 10 AM at Mortimore Funeral Home.... Full story
Memorial services for Emily E. Aden, 91, will be held Saturday, June 20, 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church. Mrs. Aden passed away June 13 at the Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness.... Full story
Jared T. Dumas, 30, passed away June 13 in Thermopolis. A Celebration of his life will be Saturday, June 20, at the boat dock in Hot Springs County State Park.... Full story
Don Harold Babbitt Jr., a life-time Worland resident, passed away peacefully March 10, 2020. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 27, at Riverview Memorial Gardens. Don was born Aug. 6, 1927.... Full story
Shirley Iretta (Meyer) Hensman, 90-year-old Worland resident passed away on June 15, 2020 at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Shirley was born on October 15, 1929, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Cremation has taken place. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at the United Methodist Church in Worland.... Full story
Marvin Lee Mead, 89-year-old Worland resident, passed away June 8, 2020, at his home. Marvin was born on April 11, 1931, in Ft. Collins, Colorado to Levi M. and Kathryn C. (Lingelbach) Mead. When he was two years old, his parents purchased a farm at Pease Bottom, Montana, where he and his parents moved. The family later moved to a farm three miles outside of Hysham, Montana, where Marv helped on the family farm when not attending school in Hysham. After Marv graduated in 1949 from Hysham High... Full story
Waltraud "Trudy" Margaret Reitzig Swiger, 83-year-old former Worland resident, went to be with her loving husband on May 25, 2020. Trudy was born in Julinsburg, Germany on June 12, 1936 to Erich and Martha Jakal Retzig. She was the 3rd of 5 children. She married Warren Swiger on October 12, 1962 in Straubing, Germany. To this union was born one daughter, Silvia. The family moved to Worland Wyoming in 1967 where she worked several different jobs including the Worland Cafe, Washakie Hotel, Pepsi,... Full story
On June 17, 2020, a fatal crash occurred around milepost 169 on US 20 north of Worland, Wyoming. At 6:18 a.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were notified of a motor vehicle collision. A 2006 Jeep Liberty was headed southbound on US 20 when the driver, identified as 70-year-old Greybull, Wyoming resident Marian Duda, crossed into the northbound lane, colliding head-on with a 1992 Chevrolet 2500. Duda was wearing a seatbelt and succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the crash. The driver of the Chevrolet has been identified as 47-year-old... Full story
Lost Creek Search and Rescue CHEYENNE, Wyo. – On June 13, 2020, Wyoming State Forestry Division’s (WSFD) Helitack was dispatched to the Lost Creek fire, according to a Forestry Division press released issued Friday, June 19. Upon arrival at the fire, WSFD Helitack was asked to assist with a search and rescue mission near the Lost Creek fire on the Shoshone National Forest. Upon arrival to Cody, the Helitack crew members were notified per Cody Dispatch of an emergency mission requesting extraction of a group of seven civilians who were iso... Full story
Two Coronavirus-Related Deaths Added in Wyoming Two more residents of the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, who were listed previously as laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have died, according to a press release from the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) on Friday, June 19. The newly announced deaths both involve older adult women with health conditions known to put them at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19. The WHRC was identified earlier as a site of a COVID-19 outbreak; six facili... Full story
Javier Hernandez-Mendoza, 47, passed away in a vehicle accident on June 17, 2020. He was born on June 13, 1973 in Zimbanguaro, Michoacán, Mexico. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Monday, June 22, 2020 at the Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery.... Full story
Judith Mae Goton, 79, passed away on June 17, 2020 at South Big Horn Hospital in Basin. Judi was born on February 24, 1941, in upstate New York. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at the Whaley Cemetery in Shell.... Full story
In September 2019, the University of Wyoming investigated a top administrator who resigned weeks later, using a secretive process that mirrored the inquiry that led to the ouster of former president Laurie Nichols and brought scrutiny to how the institution is governed. In late August, the university’s general counsel hired a Denver law firm to investigate Sean Blackburn, then the school’s vice president for student affairs, according to documents obtained by the Star-Tribune and WyoFile. The university had used the law firm — Flynn Inves... Full story
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