Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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On this day in: 1793 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America. 1796 - Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland....
Rodeos, live music and monster trucks are just a few of the entertainment events planned to take place at the Washakie County Fairgrounds July 24- 31. RODEO The rodeo is being contracted by the Griemsmans this year, who are new to organizing but not to rodeo. “My family does team roping,” Cassidy Griemsman, one of the main event organizers said. “We always put on team ropings and have done a junior rodeo; we figured we could do the fair rodeo too.” The Kids Rodeo will take place on July 28 starting at 5:30 p.m. Young riders can partici...
WORLAND – The Washakie County School District (WCSD) No. 1 Board of Trustees approved their budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year during a special hearing on Wednesday, July 14. The general fund for the district is slightly down compared to last year’s budget from approximately $25.8 million down to $25.162 million for the next fiscal year. This reduction was due to a decrease of Average Daily Membership (ADM) from 1,225 students down to 1,147. This decrease is based on a three-year average of dai...
What a Monday in the Big Horn Basin and especially Worland. The Worland community went above and beyond Monday to welcome 1st Lt. Alva Ray Krogman home. Everyone knows the story by now, U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Alva Ray Krogman of the 504th Tactical Air Support Squadron was shot down over Ban Kok Mak, Laos on January 17, 1967. Krogman was initially listed as missing in action and about two weeks later was listed as killed in action. In July 2020, Krogman’s remains, which were located in 2019, were officially identified. On Monday he returned t... Full story
WORLAND - Around 100 motorcycles arrived in Worland June 19 escorting First Lieutenant Ray Krogman's casket from Billings Logan International Airport. The motorcyclists were largely of the Patriot Guard Riders, a group of patriots who dedicate their time to protecting America's fallen heroes and their families as they are taken to their final resting place. "Patriot Guard was founded in 2005 by a group of American Legion riders out of Missouri. The whole reason it was founded is to protect the...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners announced that they have sold the former Washakie County Library building located at 1019 Coburn Ave. after the county closed on the sale Friday, July 16. Chairman Commissioner Fred Frandson said that the building was sold to Cole and Brittany Tidemann who are believed to be opening a preschool in its place. The library is currently closed while they are transitioning into the newly renovated building at 801 Big Horn Ave. During the commissioners m...
First Lieutenant Ray Krogman's casket is moved to the Bryant Funeral Home hearse by an Honor Guard at Billings Logan International Airport's Edwards Jet Center.... Full story
Esther M. Marple, 82, formerly of Worland, passed away July 9, 2021, in Sheridan. Esther was born on Aug. 29, 1938, in Salem, Oregon. No services will be help per her wishes.... Full story
Lois Elaine Shinkle, 62-year-old lifelong Thermopolis resident, passed away at the Billings Clinic on July 15, 2021. Lois was born in Thermopolis, Wyoming on May 29, 1959. There are no formal services planned at this time.... Full story
Jannice Steadman Wingert, 65, died July 16, 2021, at her home in Thermopolis. Memorial services will be at 5 p.m., Friday, July 23, at the Set Free Church in Thermopolis.... Full story
Kenneth Carl Dyrud, 64, passed away at his home on July 15, 2021. He was born in Sauk City, Wisconsin on October 3, 1956. Cremation has taken place and no formal services are planned.... Full story
Lifelong Wyoming resident, Beverly Ann (Michel) Hergert, 80, passed away peacefully on June 30, 2021 at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Beverly was born July 7, 1940 in Worland. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m., July 24, 2021, at Riverview Memorial Gardens.... Full story
Lewis E. "Butch" Wiley passed away at his home in Worland on July 13, 2021 at the age of 78. He was born February 12, 1943 in Worland to Clyde and Treva Wiley of Manderson. He grew up on the family farm in Manderson returning there to farm with his father after he graduated from the University of Wyoming in Laramie. In 1966 he married Susan Boyum in Custer, South Dakota. They had three sons. Lewis is survived by his wife of 55 years, sons, Scott (Tammy), David (Tracey), Matt (Ronni), five... Full story
Stanley Albert Roessing, formerly of Worland, passed away July 13, 2021 in Casper, Wyoming. He was born November 13, 1935 to Hilmar Louis and Elsie Caroline (Vorheier) Roessing in New Braunfels, Texas. Stanley moved to Thermopolis, Wyoming in 1959 where he met and married Edna Nickelson. From this union came four children, Brenda, Dianna, Terri and Stanley "Dean". They later divorced. In Worland, Stanley met and married Midge Looney in 1974. They had many wonderful years together before her... Full story
Clarice Mae Michel, 84-year-old lifelong resident of Worland, Wyoming passed away on July 16, 2021. She was born to George E. and Clara (Spadt) Hefenieder on May 23, 1937 in Worland. She grew up on the family farm with two brothers and two sisters and attended school in Worland, graduating in 1955. She worked for the REA briefly after graduating. Clarice married James Allen Michel at Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church in Worland on March 10, 1957, and they spent the next 64+ years together taking... Full story
Betty Jean Carroll, 79, of Orlando, FL passed away November 14, 2020. Born August 7, 1941 in Worland, WY, to Harold L Patterson II and Betty Ruth Patterson (nee Reesy), she was raised in Thermopolis, WY, the eldest of three children. She attended the University of Wyoming, where she obtained a Bachelor of Education degree and spent many years teaching elementary education in the Mt Diablo school district in the East Bay of San Francisco, CA. In the later years of her career, she served as... Full story
Tracy Jean (Dworshak) Brazelton, 59-year-old Worland resident passed away at the Billings Clinic on July 5, 2021 with her loving husband by her side. Tracy was born on November 26, 1961 in Bozeman, Montana to Henry and Irene (Burmeister) Dworshak. She was the youngest of three children, joining big brothers Bruce and Ross. She grew up helping her mom in a restaurant, Big Bob's. Because of her dad's disability, her mom worked long hours to take care of the family's needs. Tracy started... Full story
Kirk Wayne Wiltsey, 60 of Cody, Wy. passed away in Billings, Mt. on July 15, 2021. Kirk was born April 14,1961 in Casper, Wy. to Elmer and Yvonne (Hartman) Wiltsey. The family moved to Worland in 1971 when Kirk was 10. Kirk spent his teenage years in Worland. In 1985 while attending Octoberfest Kirk met Marva, who turned out to be the love of his life. They married in Hyattville on the 4th of July. The couple was married 30 years and raised 4 children. Although He did not drink coffee, he made... Full story
SHERIDAN — For Sheridan resident Donna Roberts, it’s a simple story. It’s also one that has impacted her life and that she’s literally worn on her wrist, on and off, for 30 years. It all started when Roberts was working as a bartender at the former Rendezvous Lounge and Liquor in Sheridan. A man walked in and, to strike up a conversation, she asked him about a red, metal bracelet he was wearing. “I’d never seen one,” said Roberts, now a supervisor in the nutrition and food services department at the Sheridan Veterans Affairs Health Care S... Full story
Governor Orders Flags Lowered to Half-Staff CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon and all of Wyoming mourn the loss of former United States Senator Mike Enzi, who passed away last night from injuries suffered in a bicycle accident in Gillette. The Governor has ordered both the U.S and Wyoming flags to be lowered immediately to half-staff. They will remain at half-staff until sundown at the day of interment. Once that date has been established, the Governor's office will send out another n... Full story
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