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POWELL - Amid the current pandemic, attendance at both the Cody Stampede rodeo and parade sank significantly from typical years. However, "it seemed like, all in all, it went well," Stampede Board member and Park County Commissioner Lee Livingston said Tuesday. "Everybody worked with us, we worked with everybody and no, we're not going to come out of it unscathed," Livingston said of the lower ticket sales and revenue, "but we had an event that a lot of people wanted to see and a lot of people w...
POWELL (WNE) — Northwest College students, faculty, and staff will be required to wear masks when they come back to campus in the fall, according to a reopening plan the board of trustees approved Monday. The plan outlines procedures under various scenarios of response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the areas of operations at the campus, including academics, residence life, dining, athletics, administration, events and gatherings, and community services. Built into the plan is the ability to adjust restrictions in response to changing c...
NOTICE OF HEARING BIG HORN REGIONAL JOINT POWERS BOARD Notice is hereby given that a public hearing on the proposed budget for Big Horn Regional Joint Powers Board for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, which is now being considered by the Board of Big Horn Regional Joint Powers Board will be held at 1100 North 10th Street, Worland, WY on the 15th day of July 2020 at 6:00 pm, at which time any and all persons interested may appear and be heard respecting such budget. A summary of such proposed budget follows: SUMMARY OF BUDGET FUND...
Washakie Rural Improvement and Service District will hold a PUBLIC HEARING for comments on the Districts FYE 2021 Budget. Hearing will be at 5:00 pm on July 15, 2020 at the Washakie Rural Improvement and Service District Office located at 1100 North 10th Street, Worland WY. Copies of proposed budget can be picked up at the district office Monday thru Friday. Kyle Tharp, Chairman...
WORLAND — Father Robert Rodgers of St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Worland announced on Facebook, confirming information “through the grapevine” that he tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, July 6. Rodgers was Washakie County’s 35th COVID-19 case and the first case in just over a month. He said all Masses and other parish functions are cancelled through Sunday, July 12th and the church is actually locked at this time. In a video on the church’s Facebook Page, Rodgers said, “ I hate to even lock the church doors, which we are doing t...
CODY- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking information on a buck mule deer that was illegally shot and left to waste near Worland. Worland Game Warden Matt Lentsch began an investigation after receiving a report earlier this week about a headless deer found by anglers on the Bighorn River near the bridge over Fifteen Mile Creek southwest of Worland. Upon investigation, Lentsch found a deer carcass with the head removed that had been illegally shot, most likely over the Fourth of July...
CASPER — Citing challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the state Department of Health has withdrawn a proposal to add a new vaccine to the required list for school children. The Health Department announced the change Thursday. The proposed changes would’ve made the meningococcal vaccine — which protects against what an expert called a “devastating” and life-threatening disease — a requirement for attendance in public schools. The proposal would’ve also clarified other school requirements and provider agreements. The department sa...
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is announcing the death of a Sweetwater County man identified previously as one of the state's laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The older man had health conditions known to put patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19 and had been hospitalized. Among Wyoming residents, there have now been 22 coronavirus-related deaths, 1,545 lab-confirmed cases and 359 probable cases reported. Whether Wyoming resident...
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