Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Inserts this week are Blair's and Bomgaars (print and online) and Reese & Ray's (print only)... Full story
WORLAND — Worland Mayor Jim Gill officially declared a vacancy for Ward 2 following the death of council member Dennis Koch on June 27. Koch was elected to the council in 2012 and re-elected to a second term in 2016. The city is now accepting letters of interest for the council position for Ward 2 residents. Ward 2 is in the southeast corner of the city from Big Horn Avenue south to Sage Crossing and from Ninth to County Road 11. A full ward map can be found at cityofworland.org. The council is also vacant a Ward 3 position after the resignatio...
WORLAND — The Washakie County commissioners continue to discuss the future of the Washakie County Library in Worland. A third concept of the first-floor plan was discussed at the commissioners regular meeting Tuesday morning. All plans are only conceptual at this time as the county is working to secure an estimate for the cost of the remodeling project prior to making a bid for the current, soon to be former Kennedy Ace Hardware, after the recent purchase of the old Shopko building by Lee and G...
WORLAND – Wyoming Fifth Judicial District Circuit Court Judge Ed Luhm has recently made the transition from attorney to sitting on the bench and making impactful decisions in the community. Luhm took over the bench in January from retiring Judge Tom Harrington, and has been maintaining a busy schedule ever since, as he in charge of four different courts during the week. Luhm is in charge of the courts in Worland, Thermopolis, Lovell and Basin. This transition from a lawyer for 32 years to judge... Full story
CASPER — This winter, lawmakers voted to allow hemp in Wyoming, hoping the crop will become a boon for the state’s agricultural industry. But farmers will have to wait at least one more growing season before they can plant hemp in Wyoming soil. Submitted to the federal government in spring, Wyoming’s industrial hemp plan was put in motion in the green rush following the legalization of hemp in the 2018 farm bill. Some lawmakers and farmers see the plant as a new economic opportunity. It’s ideally suited for Wyoming as a cool weather crop th... Full story
LARAMIE — Sixteen people representing a wide range of interests have been named to the committee that will help select the next president of the University of Wyoming including a Worland student. UW trustees, faculty, staff and students are represented on the committee, along with a former governor; an alumnus who’s a recently retired corporate CEO; a former state auditor and current electrical utility executive; and a former student body president who works in the oil and gas industry. UW Board of Trustees Chairman Dave True announced the com... Full story
WORLAND — The fourth annual Battle of the Bands has been cancelled. According to Worland Community Center Complex Marketing Director Sheryl Ley the Battle of the Bands, which was slated for Aug. 23, has been cancelled due to budget constraints. “We’re going to see what we can do next year,” Ley said. The Worland Battle of the Bands began in 2016 with Day by Day, a Big Horn Basin band, taking home the top prize of $1,000. Each year six to seven bands, encompassing a variety of genres, from around the area would compete. The event started... Full story
Christine Nicole Stagner passed away at the age of 44, on June 24th, 2019 at Northwest Hospital in Seattle, WA. Nicole is preceded in death by her parents Gayle and Donald Stagner. She is survived by her two children, Maya Quinanola, age 17 and Peyton Quinanola, age 10. Nicole will be missed by her siblings Brenda and Duane Winkler, Donald and Jenny Stagner, Kelly Stagner, Tinisha Lain, and many nieces and nephews. Nicole was naturally adventurous and selfless. She loved the outdoors, especially water, which lead her to work for the National... Full story
Patricia Jean (Patterson) Price passed away on July 25, 2019 in Pueblo West, Colorado. Born Dec 7, 1939 to Charles Benson Patterson and Thelma Patricia (Sublette) Patterson in Worland, Wyoming. She was the second born of six children. Pat was raised partly in Hyattville and Basin, Wyoming. Pat spent most of her school years attending school in Basin. The family moved away her junior year to Lander, Wyoming. Pat finished her junior year at Basin High School and moved to Lander. She graduated... Full story
Billy Gene Huhnke Sr., 83, of Branson, Mo., passed away in Branson on June 21, 2019. Billy was born on Sept. 14, 1935, in Smith Center, Kansas. No services are planned at this time.... Full story
Memorial services for Rubie Cassie Koskyn, 85, will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 10, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Thermopolis. Mrs. Koskyn passed away July 18, 2019 at the Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness Center.... Full story
Marilyn Yvonne Lindsey, 83-year-old former Worland resident, passed away on May 30, 2019 at Central Wyoming Hospice in Casper. “Bunny” was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming on Feb. 23, 1936. A celebration of Bunny’s life will be at 10 a.m., Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Worland.... Full story
It was a horrific weekend in America with 31 people killed, dozens injured by mass killers in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. The shootings were less than 13 hours apart and less than a week from when another killer shot three and injuring more than a dozen more. 34 people killed 3 shooters 19, 21, 24, were the ages of the shooters 0 realistic attainable solutions offered There are so many topics to cover and issues to address from this weekend's horrific events that it is hard to know where... Full story
Former tribal judge pleads guilty to drug charges CASPER (WNE) — The former chief judge of the Wind River Tribal Court pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two federal drug felonies. Judge Terri Smith entered the guilty pleas to a single count each of cocaine distribution and conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a prescription opioid painkiller, according to documents filed Tuesday in federal court. Smith pleaded as part of an agreement with prosecutors, the filings state. However, no description of the plea deal was available in public records on W... Full story
JACKSON — Thomas Spatafore worked as a seasonal weed technician for Teton County Weed and Pest for a decade. By all accounts, he enjoyed the job and was good at it, moving up the ranks to lead his own crew, including on an important contract with the National Elk Refuge. The summer job had a crucial perk: free housing, which for at least a few seasons was a one-bedroom apartment he didn’t have to share. As an added bonus, because he returned each summer Weed and Pest allowed him to stay over the winters with a monthly rental payment far below m... Full story
BUFFALO — In a move that spurred mixed reactions from sportsmen, ranchers, former Bureau of Land Management employees and the state's congressional delegation, Wyoming native William Perry Pendley was named acting director of the BLM in an order from Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in late July. Pendley is now in charge of managing 247.3 million acres of federal land nationwide, including 18.4 million acres of surface rights and 41.6 million acres of federal mineral estate in Wyoming lands he's previously advocated should be sold. “The Found... Full story
CODY — With the Dennis Klingbeil murder trial now underway neither side is arguing whether Klingbeil shot and killed his wife, but the defense has said the state cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt he did so as a premeditated, first-degree act. Donna Domonkos, one of Klingbeil’s two attorneys, said in her opening remarks her client accidentally shot his wife of 43 years, Donna Klingbeil. “He brought the gun against his own head but did not do it,” Domonkos said. “When he brought the gun down the gun accidentally discharged.” Mike Blonig... Full story
CHEYENNE - A man was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges in Cheyenne. Keith Anthony Crawford was arrested July 25 after Cheyenne Police investigated him on suspicion of sex trafficking. Crawford's case is making its was through U.S. District court. He most recently waived his preliminary examination and is currently in the custody of the U.S. Attorney General. He is being charged with transportation in interstate commerce for purpose of prostitution. He was discovered when officers were conducting an undercover investigation into... Full story
Grand Teton visitor bitten by rabid bat JACKSON (WNE) — A Grand Teton National Park visitor has been treated for rabies after being bitten by a bat that later tested positive for the disease that’s fatal if not treated. The incident occurred last week when the visitor, who was part of an organized group, was hanging out near Jenny Lake. The bat fell from a tree onto the visitor’s shoulder, and when the visitor tried to brush it off, it bit the person’s hand. The leader of the group captured the bat in a plastic bag and contacted park rangers, w... Full story
LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming has requested the Legislature appropriate $31.3 million more in biennial funding for the 2021 and 2022 fiscal years. The bulk of that, $28 million, is being requested to boost the university’s standard operations. UW leaders have also asked for the budget of the School of Energy Resources, which funded separately from the university’s block grant, to be increased by $1.3 million. That additional funding for SER would go to paying for an academic director, who’s charged with “reinvigorating enrollmen... Full story
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