Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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The Worland school district is focusing on attendance as a way to help prevent students from dropping out of school. They are looking at rewarding good attendance as an incentive. Promoting attendance at all ages is a good thing, but especially at the high school level where students need to plan for the “real world.” I was one of those students who had perfect attendance in school. I hated to miss school. Yes, I was a bookworm and enjoyed learning, for the most part. I also hated missing school because make-up homework or make-up tests alw...
SHAWNEE - Worland's Bailey Gibbons won the short go in barrel racing at the International Finals Youth Rodeo on July 10-15, and now she wants to keep building on her success. Gibbons went against a total of 230 other barrel racers at the IFYR and made the short go by being in the top 15 of the event. She beat out racers who traveled from Australia, Canada and all over the United States. What makes the victory even more impressive is the horse she used for the event was the first time she ever...
Social activism among superstar athletes has seen a massive drop off in the last 30 years. Gone are the days of Muhammed Ali, Bill Russell and Jim Brown. For today’s superstar athlete the personal brand takes precedent over all. Everyone wants to build the “Jordan empire” and to reach that peak; you have to be neutral across the board. Nothing hurts a brand more than speaking about race, religion or politics. Michael Jordan knew this, and it’s why he famously said, “Republicans buy shoes too,” when asked why he didn’t endorse a Democratic ca...
THERMOPOLIS — Hannah Andreen of Thermopolis was one of 56 young chefs to join First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House for the fifth annual Kids’ “State Dinner” on July 14. 1,200 entries were submitted to this year’s Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. Each U.S. state, five territories, and the District of Columbia attended the dinner. First Lady Michelle Obama once again teamed up with PBS flagship station WGBH Boston, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to host the fifth annual Healthy Lunchtime Challenge...
WORLAND – Wyoming law enforcement officers put their life on the line for their community's safety every day and the recent tragedies across the nation have not changed that fact, or changed the dedication that they feel to protecting and serving their communities. Communities filled with people just like them, people who think, feel, laugh, cry and love. "Everybody works here and lives here, spends their money here. Most of the guys who are in law enforcement here live in town. We all pay t...
TEN SLEEP – Back in 1931, the people of Ten Sleep constructed a city water system, and in an effort to secure bonds to pay for the project, solicited the Washakie County Board of Commissioners to formally establish the Town of Ten Sleep. Upon the recommendation of the commission, the town held a special vote in 1932 and the residents agreed to incorporate. After a recent request by the United States Department of Agriculture to verify incorporation in order to secure a loan for a sewer project, Town Clerk Lori Hughes has been working to put t...
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Theodore Phillip Sackos died at age 85 at the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center in Albuquerque, NM. Ted passed away peacefully of natural causes on the morning of July 19, 2016, after a month long hospitalization due to a recurrence of bone cancer and an associated bone fracture. Ted was born in Worland, Wyoming in 1931 to parents Phillip and Stavrula (Angelos) Sackos. During his early childhood and great depression, he lived in Thermopolis, where he helped support his family by delivering... Full story
Former Worland resident Jacqueline Helen Deromedi, 73, passed away peacefully July 14, 2016 at St. John's Langemo Cottage in Billings, Montana. She was born in Billings, MT to Alfred and Alice Haffner on August 29, 1942. Jackie was married to Kenneth Deromedi on August 31, 1957 in Billings, MT. They had three children-Rocky, Roger and Laurie. Jackie's parents, her husband and her daughter preceded her in death. She is survived by her sons: Rocky (Sharon) of Farmington, New Mexico and Roger... Full story
On October 27, 1931 on a farm in rural Claud, Oklahoma Bobby Everett Newman was welcomed to this life by his parents Ellen Clarine (Culberson) and Everett Haverson Newman. He was one of their four children. Bobby passed away in Worland on May 28, 2016, and his graveside funeral was held on June 1, 2016 at Riverview Cemetery in Worland. Bobby was raised in Duncan, Oklahoma where he enjoyed riding bicycles as a kid, often times those bike belonged to other boys. He attended schools in Duncan and... Full story