Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Who will be the quarterback, and how will he play? Who will run the ball? Will the offensive line be better? Those are all legitimate questions about the University of Wyoming's offense heading into this season. But there is another question that is key to the Cowboys' success offensively in 2018: Who is the big-play threat at wide receiver? Among the seven receivers who caught passes last season, along with three tight ends, all return. However, junior receiver C.J. Johnson, who led UW with...
WORLAND – Over the weekend, starting Thursday evening, seven different fires kept fire personnel from Big Horn County, Washakie County and Bureau of Land Management busy. According to BLM Fire Management Officer Rich Zimmerlee the cause of all seven fires is under investigation. The first fire reported was Thursday evening at 9:18 p.m. on Wyoming Highway 31, about 10 miles west of Hyattville. The fire burned through 15 acres before being contained Thursday evening around 9:34 p.m. and was considered controlled by noon Friday. Minutes after t...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commission will meet today to review department reports, evaluate tax levies, and hear from one member regarding recommendations for county wilderness areas. Washakie County’s Wyoming Public Lands Initiative (WPLI) Advisory Committee met last Wednesday at the Washakie County Extension Office, in a final move to end a year-long consensus process, and send to the commissioners three recommendations to determine best-use for county wilderness study areas (WSA). Although in May the group agreed on wording to move for...
WORLAND - This year's winning Rhubarb Rhevival recipe added some mandarin oranges to the mix that delighted tasters during the people's choice voting Saturday at the Washakie County Fair. The winning recipe was made by Shelley Spence. Spence said that she likes to experiment with new recipes at the Rhubarb Rhevival each year and this year was no exception. She also coined a phrase from the "Andy Griffith" show character Clara Edwards in that she "went wild with allspice." Second place with her...
Public Notice Washakie County School District 1 Warrants... 
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Helen Healy Bonine, age 100 years, 11 months and 3 days old, passed away August 3. 2018 at the Powell Valley Care Center in Powell, WY. Helen was born on a homestead near Sheridan, WY on August 20, 1917. Due to family circumstances her father placed the five children at the Cathedral Home in Laramie. She and her sister Eileen were adopted by Alex and Edith Healy of Worland, who also had two boys. She attended school in Worland and graduated from Washakie County High School. Helen married Buren... Full story
Dorothy (Ellie) Eleanor Farris, 71, died July 31, 2018 at the Washakie Medical Center. Ellie was born and raised in Basin, WY, and resided in Worland since 1998. She is survived by her daughters: Brenda Wright of Worland, Carrie Johnson of SLC, UT: her sons John Muller of Green River, Jay Muller of Mitchell, NE, and Tommy Kovash of SLC, UT: her brother, Gary Chapman of California; sisters, Debbie Kerr of SLC, UT, Eloise Grisham of Granger, WY, Wanda Snoody of SLC, UT and Tammy Forsythe of... Full story