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WORLAND — City of Worland officials are inviting adjacent residents to come to a meeting and listen to how those residents can help “Grow Worland.” Mayor Jim Gill said, “We have this Grow Worland initiative. It’s an important aspect for the community. We are concerned about maintaining our status as a city.” He said Worland is ranked 17th out of 17 cities in Wyoming based on population. He said city officials have been taking a look at areas that have grown around the city that aren’t currently in the city limits. City Attorney Kent Richins...
UPDATE: The 2,448 acre Potter Butte Fire south of Worland is now 100% contained, per the BLM at noon Saturday. The change in acreage is due to more accurate mapping. It burned on BLM, state and private lands. According to Bureau of Land Management Bighorn/Wind River District spokesperson Sarah Beckwith, the fire is located south of Zimmerman Butte near Potter Butte about 19 miles south of Wotrland and 13 miles east of Kirby. It is burning in cheatgrass and sagebrush. Beckwith said Friday...
Per BLM TWITTER: Firefighters making good progress on new Zimmerman Fire, east of Kirby on Zimmerman Butte. Started this afternoon, it's grown to approx. 1,900 acres, burning in grass and brush on mostly public land. Resources responding include Hot Springs and Washakie counties, USFS and BLM....
WORLAND – Thursday evening during the July Banner Health Washakie Medical Center Hospital Board meeting new officers were elected and the board welcomed Franco Romero as the newest hospital board member, replacing Dan Scheuerman, who retired from the board in June. Before the election, Dan Scheuerman was chair, Kip Mathison was vice chair, Connie Sweeney was treasurer and Wendy Press Sweeny was secretary. Before voting Sweeney requested to step down from being treasurer, but advised the board th...
I took a few days off last week to get a few projects done at home and rejuvenate myself for the final push of many activities to cover before school starts in the middle of August. During that time off I also let my mind wander and it wandered to many places and topics, topics of things I know but things I don’t understand and probably will never understand. Here are some of those things. •I know people in every small town in Wyoming (OK at least every small town I’ve lived in) say ‘there’s nothing for kids to do here, but I don’t understand...
WORLAND - A week after having their 1A 6-man season forfeited, those Ten Sleep Pioneers who wanted to play football have received some good news. The Wyoming High School Activities Association has given them the go-ahead to play for Worland High School this season. Initially, Ten Sleep High School activities director Sarah Novak thought her players would only be allowed to play junior varsity but WHSAA gave any Ten Sleep player the OK to play at the varsity level as well. The decision by WHSAA...