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  • Unfinished business: State Supt. Balow discusses 2018 election

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Aug 23, 2018

    WORLAND — Unopposed in her bid for a second term, Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow celebrated election results and her victory winning the Republican nomination by playing Bingo at the Ten Sleep Brewery. When asked if Tuesday’s primary brought any surprises, Balow said, “The best surprise was spending election night in Washakie County. We went to the Ten Sleep Brewery and played Bingo and had a wonderful time with the patrons there and celebrated the victories of many candidates. It was great.” She noted she is...

  • Commissioners discuss WPLI recommendations; no action taken

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Aug 23, 2018

    WORLAND – Washakie County Commissioners met Tuesday to hear department reports, and reviewed recommendations made by the county’s Wyoming Public Lands Initiative working group. Attended by only a few members of the WPLI working group, Commissioner Aaron Anderson noted during the meeting that the WPLI recommendation process “was more challenging than I thought it would be.” The original goal of the WPLI group was to reach a consensus as to the use of the Wilderness Study Areas in the county, through public input. The primary areas of concent...

  • Making The Grade

    Aug 23, 2018

  • Rock Springs to pull money from Bank of West

    Aug 23, 2018

    (WNE) — The city council in Rock Springs voted Tuesday to pull their funds from the Bank of the West after the company’s announcement it will sever its ties with much of the fossil fuel energy industry. The bank recently announced it will not do business with companies whose main business is tied to oil and gas production from shale or tar sands, will not finance oil and gas exploration or production in the Arctic and will not finance coal mines that are not involved in “energy transition.” Rock Springs Mayor Carl Demshar, Councilmen Tim Sav...

  • Worland football to host Buffalo on Saturday in Week 0 scrimmage

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Aug 23, 2018

    WORLAND - Week 1 for the Worland Warrior football team kicks off against the Powell Panthers on August 31 but before that matchup the Warriors host the Buffalo Bison at 1 p.m. in a Week 0 scrimmage at Worland High School. The scrimmage will be a controlled scrimmage in that each team will get 10 downs, redzone offense transition from possession and other situational scenarios. More importantly WHS football coach Ryan Utterback is wanting to get as many reps as possible for his players, from...

  • Aug 23, 2018

    Public Notice of Application-- Ryan...  PDF

  • Aug 23, 2018

    Public Notice Washakie County Commissioners...  PDF