Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND — Authentic 1800s style chuck wagon cooking isn't just a thing of the past, especially at the Western Heritage Days, Chuck Wagon Cook-off in Stevenson, Montana. Worland residents Ray and Cindy Gullion, along with daughter Hiedi Hernandez, family friend Charlotte Brown, and granddaughter Iris Hernandez, took first place overall in the cook-off last weekend. The name of the team is "Quarter Circle H O." "We had a really fun time in Stevenson this year. The people there are really fun to c...
WORLAND – City of Worland crews are generally advised not to leave trash in the middle of the street -unless it is on fire. At around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, Washakie County Dispatch received a report that the garbage in a city garbage truck had caught fire. By the time Washakie Ambulance, the Worland Police Department and Worland Fire Department arrived on the scene, the debris was in the street smoldering. Worland Fire Chief Chris Kocher said that's exactly what city crews are trained to do....
WORLAND – Students attending Worland High School may find it a little harder to become a valedictorian or salutatorian beginning with the Class of 2017. That’s because the Washakie County School Dist. No. 1 Board of Trustees endorsed a policy Monday night to add weight advanced classes on the 4.0 grade point average scale. Worland High School Principal Kevin Smith said he hopes the policy will encourage students to take more rigorous classes. Currently, students who take easier classes can become valedictorians despite competing against the...
WORLAND – Washakie County School Dist. No. 1 upped its attendance standards at its monthly meeting Monday night. Through the end of the 2014 – 2015 school year, students at Worland High School who miss more than 10 classes must complete a term paper assigned by Principal Kevin Smith in order to receive credit. However, students were receiving up to 30 absences in particular classes and still getting credit for them, according to Smith. Smith said he hopes the new policy, which will eliminate the potential for receiving credit after recording an...
The United States Postal Service is changing networks in the Big Horn Basin effective July 5, according to public relations officer David Rupert. Rupert said there will be less transportation into the Big Horn Basin and more transportation into Casper, which will now be the main hub. The Postal Service will now only have two trucks bringing and picking up mail at the Worland Post Office instead of the three they have now. According to Rupert, mail will still come in as normal. He said, “There won’t be any issues. The mail will just be sor...
The Washakie Museum & Cultural Center is featuring a summer exhibit called Weddings and Wheels that will be on display June 4 through Oct. 3, 2015. The engaging area history exhibit featuring clothing, artifacts, and photographs from Washakie Museum archives, and "wheels" from private collections. According to the display's interpretive sign, the Landau Carriage is on loan from John Shelp. The Landau is a coach craftsman's term for a type of four-wheeled convertible carriage. It is a...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan vowed to restore interest in the Charlotte Hornets when he took over as the franchise’s majority owner in 2010. That has included bringing the team’s name back to the city and now he has the NBA bringing its All-Star game back to Charlotte. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced at the team’s downtown arena Tuesday that the Hornets will host the league’s annual showcase event in 2017. It is the first time the game will be played in Charlotte since 1991, when the Hornets were one of the more popular t...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers made their first move of the summer, the easiest one. As expected, the team picked up the $5 million option on center Timofey Mozgov’s contract for next season on Tuesday. There was never a doubt the Cavs would bring back the 7-foot-1 center, acquired in a January trade from Denver in exchange for two first-round draft picks. Mozgov transformed the Cavs on defense, giving them a rim-protecting big man after Anderson Varejao was lost for the season with an Achilles injury. Mozgov, who will turn 29 in a few wee...
NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Brady's appeal of his four-game suspension lasted more than 10 hours Tuesday, ending in the early evening. The sight of Commissioner Roger Goodell leaving the league offices after he heard Brady and representatives from the players' union during the lengthy meeting, confirmed its conclusion. League security said Brady also had left. No details of the hearing were immediately available. Brady was suspended by the league for his role in the use of deflated footballs in the AFC...
Long time Worland resident, Jerry Cook, passed away on June 21, 2015 at the Washakie Medical Center. Jerry was born on August 30, 1942 in Casper, Wyoming to Donald P. and Thelma P. (Marquardt) Cook. He grew up in Casper, graduating from Natrona County High School in 1960. Following his graduation, he served his country in the US Navy until August of 1966. He married Delores Selby in Casper on June 20, 1964. Jerry attended Casper College and graduated with an Associate's Degree in Electronics in... Full story
Katherine R. (Kate, Kathy) Wright passed away peacefully at her home in Paonia, Colorado with her husband Don and son Willie at her side on the evening of June 15, 2015 after a brief bout with pancreatic cancer. She was 75 years old. Katherine Wisniewski was born on August 8, 1939 to Stanley and Stella Wisniewski in Erie, Pennsylvania. Kate grew up in Erie, spending countless hours on the lake fishing with her father. She graduated high school in 1957 from St. Benedict Academy, an all-girls... Full story