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Look for Blair's, Bomgaars (print and online) and Reese & Ray's IGA (print only) inserts in this week's issue. Next week look for our fall sports schedules. Our football contest is coming soon, your chance to win $100.... Full story
WORLAND — Three Ward 3 residents made presentations to the Worland City Council Tuesday night seeking appointment to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Melissa Rivera earlier this year. All three candidates were born and raised in Worland — Miranda Nickelson, Caleb Vigil and Rico Flores. After a brief executive/closed session with the council and department heads, Mayor Jim Gill nominated and the council approved the nomination of Caleb Vigil. Vigil will serve through 2020. He must run in the next general election to retain the sea...
WORLAND - While some newcomers to the Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival made strong showings, B-S BBQ Outlaws of Hills City, South Dakota, brought home the top prize for the third year in a row. Owner Bob Stanfiel said that committee chairman Dave Paxton and the committee do an outstanding job with organizing the barbecue competition and the festival. "We love the camaraderie, this year we had great weather and we just love Wyoming," Stanfiel said when asked why B-S BBQ...
Ten Sleep – Ten Sleep social studies teacher and 2018-2019 Ten Sleep teacher of the year, Dane Weaver is one of the three finalists for Wyoming state teacher of the year. "We are very proud of him. He is an outstanding teacher, he just completed his third year with us coming from Jackson, Tennessee, in a district of about 14,000 students and had about a 1,000 teachers and he was their teacher of the year, the year before he came here. We are very fortunate to have him as a teacher, he is h...
WORLAND – The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office has released a decision record that approves two management actions in the Fifteenmile Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA), located approximately 35 miles northwest of Worland in Washakie, Big Horn and Park counties. This decision demonstrates the BLM’s commitment to maintaining healthy wild horses on healthy, productive public rangelands, the BLM said in a press release. The decision approves an update to the Fifteenmile HMA Plan, which will guide future management of the HMA and... Full story
WORLAND — With proper packaging and sealed bags, the Worland City Council gave unanimous consent for the Worland Maverik store to offer adult alcoholic Chillers. Dan Post, store director, came to the council last month requesting permission to offer the alcoholic drinks in the Worland store. He came back to the council Tuesday to address some concerns that were brought up at the previous meeting. He said, “No alcoholic beverage will leave my store as an open container.” He said when a customer comes in they will wait at the dispensing area...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners met on Tuesday to discuss the costs and floor plan once again regarding a future move for the Washakie County Llibrary in to the Kennedy’s Ace Hardware building. The costs that were presented and estimated are rough estimates, but are currently above the asking price that the commissioners are looking for in order for the project to move forward. As of right now there is no official final design or cost lined up, and the attempts to bring the total cost including the purchase of the building to aro...
John William “Bill” Paxton Jr., age 83, passed away at his home August 16, 2019. Bill was born on April 10, 1936 in Worland. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Friday, August 23, 2019 at Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church.... Full story
Marjorie Messenger, 94, passed away August 17, 2019 in Thermopolis. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, August 24, at First Presbyterian Church in Cody.... Full story
Elsie Emma McMichael, 92, passed away Monday, August 19, 2019, in Thermopolis. Memorial services will be held at a later date.... Full story
JoAnn Marie Kaufman, age 85, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on August 17, 2019 at Worland Healthcare and Rehab Center where she had resided for the past several years. JoAnn was born September 26, 1933 to Fred and Marie Duitsman, the fourth of six children. She grew up on a farm near Fonda, Iowa and attended Williams Township #5 country school. On June 30, 1955 she married Wayne Allen Kaufman. To this union two children were born, Debra and Daniel. The couple later divorced. After... Full story
Patrick “Pat” Harvey passed away at his home in Wasilla, Alaska at the age of 55. Pat was born in Billings, Montana and attended elementary school in Thermopolis, Lander, and Jackson. In 1977 Pat and his family moved to Sheridan where he attended junior high and graduated from high school. Pat also attended Sheridan College. Pat loved being outdoors and enjoyed hunting and fishing with family and friends. A perfect day for Pat was deep sea fishing with his wife Carrie on their boat. Pat enjoyed horseback riding adventures with his sister Gayla... Full story
CHEYENNE - A bill to mandate Wyoming share disqualifying mental health information on potential firearms purchasers with the federal background check system is still alive for a potential 2020 vote. The proposed legislation would mandate Wyoming report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System information on people whose mental health issues would disqualify them from owning a firearm. The proposed legislation would also create a legal process to reinstate rights for people in Wyoming who have been disqualified from owning a... Full story
Weeks after two mass shootings that left 32 innocent people dead in Texas and Ohio, people are still pointing fingers and finding someone or something to blame. Just like with guns and gun control, when it comes to mental health and mass shootings there are several sides. For me, I believe every shooter is mentally unhealthy. Does that mean every one of them has been specifically diagnosed with a mental illness? No. The reason I believe this is because no one who is mentally healthy would... Full story
The other day I saw an incident with a child riding their bicycle that chilled me to the bone and caused me to speak with both the Washakie County Sheriff's Office and the Worland Police Department about bicycle safety and what to parents should know about bicycle safety. I was at a four-way stop, with a car stopped at each stop sign and a little girl, maybe 8-10 years old and not wearing a helmet or pads, was riding her bike on the sidewalk. With all four cars stopped the child ran the stop sig... Full story
The most courageous 2019-20 NFL season predictions continue and this week’s predictions will focus on the “Either, Or” teams. These seven teams can either have a lot go right this season, or a lot go wrong and I’m basing my prediction that things will mostly go wrong for them. The subcategories for the Either, Or teams are Should, Should Be Better, Purgatory and Drop off. The over/under win totals for each team are pulled from oddsshark.com and the stats are courtesy from pro-footballreference.com. Let’s get to it! SHOULD, SHOULD BE BETTER Bu... Full story
WORLAND - The Worland High School golf team got their season underway in Powell and Cody last week on Aug. 15 and 16. The Warriors finished third overall and were the highest finishing 3A team, trailing only Natrona High School by one stroke and the tournament winners, Kelly Walsh High School, by 31 strokes. Warrior sophomore Karsten Simmons, came in fourth shooting a 73, 74 – 147. Other scores for the Warriors were JT Klinghagen 84, 77 – 161; Logan Foote 80, 80 – 160; Landen Gilmore 86, 87 ... Full story
JACKSON — Title X funding is no more in Teton County. The Teton County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to withdraw from the federal program, which provides grants for family planning and related preventative services for low-income and uninsured people. Title X funding has become a political lightning rod after a new rule went into effect that limits the types of medical referrals providers can make, colloquially deemed an “abortion gag rule.” While providers at Title X facilities can offer abortion counseling, they... Full story
CODY — Yellowstone National Park superintendent Cam Sholly said he believes the nation’s oldest national park has “plateaued a little bit” in annual attendance at 4-million-plus. And since the park’s system and operations can handle that tourist flow, Sholly said there is no reason to institute any drastic visitation rules such as requiring reservations to visit, or establishing a bus system from surrounding communities. Sholly provided Yellowstone updates Tuesday afternoon to Park County commissioners in an hour-long session. He reiterate... Full story
CASPER — Oil and gas development throughout Wyoming’s sagebrush habitats may be affecting mule deer well beyond the perimeters of a well pad, a new study by University of Wyoming researchers found. For each acre of mule deer habitat overtaken by energy-related infrastructure, nearly five additional acres are also compromised, the study concluded. Scientists have been aware of mule deer’s skittishness around oil and gas sites for some time. The sounds, smells and sights of drilling, along with associated human activity, often deter the sensi... Full story
Hot Springs commissioners asked to take stand on Boysen dumping plan THERMOPOLIS (WNE) — Tuesday afternoon’s meeting of the Hot Springs County Commissioners began on a rather tense footing when Sonja Becker asked the commissioners why they were not on board regarding Aethon’s plan to dump oil field waste water and solids into Boysen Reservoir. Chairman Tom Ryan said it was his understanding the solids have been dumped into Boysen since 1979 and the DEQ tells him the increase won’t cause the solids to go up, so he “has no heartburn with it.” “I... Full story
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