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WORLAND – The Worland City Council passed Resolution No. 2016 – 4 to quickly alleviate residents dealing with the survey requirement as part of Chapter 24 of Worland City Code. City Attorney Kent Richins said the approval of a resolution would allow for waivers. He said the bulk of the work was done by the planning board, and Nick Kruger. “I put a resolution together to make their ideas happen,” Richins said. Richins said Chapter 24 said, “It’s created an unintended consequence and shouldn’t be required in every circumstance. The ordinance mak...
WORLAND – Jim Gill and Keith McDonald will move on to the general election in November after voters in Worland picked Gill 569 and McDonald 376 in an unofficial vote count. Worland voters narrowed down Gill and McDonald as their top two mayoral candidates from competitors Jerry Alexander, who received 149 votes, Kreg Lombard, who received 140 votes and Jody Thibodeaux, who received 53 votes. Gill said he feels honored to be one of the two chosen to move forward in the general election and he’s ready to get more active in the second leg of his...
CHEYENNE (AP) — Ryan Greene has won the Democratic nomination for Wyoming’s U.S. House seat and will face Republican Liz Cheney in the general election. Greene is a manager in his family’s oilfield services company in Rock Springs. He is a political newcomer but says he’s held a variety of jobs in the oil patch. He beat Charlie Hardy, a retired Roman Catholic priest who lost to incumbent Republican Sen. Mike Enzi in 2014. Greene says Wyoming’s next congressman will need to be realistic and willing to work with both Democrats and Republicans. He...
WORLAND — Grass Creek rancher Wyatt Agar won the Republican nomination for State Senate District 20 by 57 percent Tuesday in three-man race. Unofficially, Agar received 2,508 total votes in the district than encompasses portions of four counties. Ron Harvey of Worland received 1,327 and fellow Worland resident Bob Bayuk earned 599. I feel very blessed. I’ve enjoyed a very spirited primary season with Ron (Harvey) and Bob (Bayuk) but I look forward to moving on and facing my Democratic challenger and just offering solutions to the dis...
WORLAND — Jamie Flitner of Greybull won the Republican nomination for State House District 26 by an overwhelming 70 percent of the vote in Big Horn County House District 26, includes north Big Horn County and Greybull, Shell and Emblem and a small portion in Park County, had three Republican candidates vying for the open seat that is being vacated by retiring legislator Elaine Harvey. Flitner earned 1,264 votes in Big Horn County to Timothy Mills’ 370. Philip Abromats garnered 159 votes. Flitner won all eight precincts in Big Horn County. She...