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WORLAND - A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Banner Health, an emergency room doctor and a nurse at Washakie Medical Center in the Fifth Wyoming Judicial District Court in Worland Tuesday in connection with the death of a Worland man in July 2013. Banner Health Public Relations Director Sara Quale said that Banner Health does not comment on pending litigation. Washakie Medical Center CEO Jay Stallings could not be reached for comment. Dr. Edward Zimmerman is named as a defendant in the...
WORLAND — A Washakie County man was arraigned in the Wyoming Fifth Judicial District Court in Worland Wednesday morning in connection with the shooting death of another Washakie County man. Anthony David Haire, 31, entered a not guilty plea in district court before Judge Robert Skar. Haire is charged with one count of manslaughter and one count of reckless endangerment. According to an affidavit of probable cause, Haire fatally shot Jamye Don SoRelle, 58, on the night of April 13 near their trailers on shared property located at 1459 U.S. 20 S...
Worland Middle School and Worland High School students will see a change in the district’s policy on illicit drug use after the school board approved the changes on the third reading at Monday’s meeting. Students who participate in extracurricular activities will be subject to random testing for illicit substances beginning the 2015 – 2016 school year. The policy is in response to self-reporting surveys which indicate Worland High School and Middle School students are using illicit substances including heroin. More than 30 percent of Worland Hi...
James Lowell "Jim" Davenport passed away in Las Vegas, NV on June 19th, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer at the age of 88. He was born January 31, 1927 to James B. and Laura E. (Crew) Davenport in Oskaloosa, Iowa. His early working years included smoke jumping with the U.S. Forest Service in Coos Bay, Oregon, and serving with the U.S. Army's 43rd Infantry Division in Richmond, Virginia as well as in Germany during the Korean War. He then lived in Denver, CO working for Gates Rubber... Full story
WORLAND - The Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous Rodeo weekend is set to launch in Thermopolis June 25. The rodeo will continue on through June 28. According to the Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous Rodeo Association website, "Thermopolis was once home of one of the biggest rodeos in the nation and our goal is to restore this event to its former grandeur." "That's definitely the biggest part of what we do. We wouldn't be able to do it without what sponsors we do get, of course it takes contestants, but...