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WORLAND - The Worland Solid Waste District is looking to raise additional revenue to stay solvent, and will begin charging fees to use the Worland dump. During the Aug. 18 meeting of the Washakie County Commission, it was announced that the waste district is considering charging tipping fees. Commission Chairperson Aaron Anderson told the Northern Wyoming Daily News that the fee schedule is the result of not having enough money to keep the landfill operational. County Clerk Mary Grace Strauch sa...
TEN SLEEP — It was a story that captured the country’s imagination: a small western fire hall ablaze on a quiet winter night, burning to the ground as the town’s firefighters stood helplessly by, keeping horrified townspeople at bay and safe from danger. Neighboring communities rushed over mountain passes and across the badlands to render help as flames engulfed trucks and equipment; oxygen tanks and tires exploded, lighting up an otherwise peaceful evening. In the West, where fire tamed the toughest of towns, from Tombstone and Deadwood to Sa...
LARAMIE – It’s a question Carl Granderson gets asked a lot. “Everywhere I go, they ask me if I play basketball. I say, ‘No, I’m a football player. I just need to get bigger,’” he said. That’s true for the 6-foot-5, 200-pound University of Wyoming true freshman defensive end. But as the Cowboys’ season-opener is less than two weeks away, he figures to see significant playing time this season. It’s been a rough fall camp for UW defensive ends. Sophomore Seth Edeen of Cheyenne retired from the game last week due to health concerns related to...
WORLAND — Despite the cold and windy weather Saturday more than 140 people participated in the Color Me Pink 5K Walk/ Fun Run. Many people stayed for refreshments and dancing to music provided by DJ Mark Sanchez. “We had some refreshments afterward, some dancing go on, so I think that it was an overall big success, except for the cold,” organizer Teresa Seidel said. The money raised from the event will be donated to the Washakie Hospital Foundation which assists local cancer patients with expen...
CASPER (AP) — Five and a half weeks of hell. That’s how Linda Schwope of Cowley described her husband’s battle with tularemia, a bacterial disease spread to humans by rodents and rabbits, as well as ticks and deer flies. Michael Schwope, 74, died Aug. 16 after a 39-day struggle with the disease. Experts believe he may be the first person in Wyoming to die from tularemia this year. The wildlife disease occurs almost every year in Wyoming, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. However, there appears to be more cases in Wyoming this...
Glenda G. Harshbarger Alberts, 47, of Basin, died at her home in Basin on Wednesday evening, August 19, 2015. She was born Oct. 1, 1967. A graveside funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, at the Patriot Cemetery in Basin. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Atwood Family Funeral Directors.... Full story
Leroy ‘Roy’ A. Meier, 72, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis. Roy was born in Pennsylvania. A private graveside service will be at a later date in Willow Grove Cemetery in Buffalo. Mortimore Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.... Full story
Gary Ronald Benson, 68, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at his home in Thermopolis. Services will be at a later date. Mortimore Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.... Full story
Funeral services for Cindy (Dixon) Siebert, 54, of Gillette, who died Aug. 17, 2015, in Gillette will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, August 27, 2015, at the Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church in Worland. Memorial services for Cecil Ray Dixon, 93, of Worland, who died on Jan. 16, 2014 in Kimball, Neb.; Lydia Dixon, 91, of Worland, who died April 19, 2014, in Kimball, and Steve R. Dixon, 64, who died Nov. 30, 2014, in Worland will be held in conjunction with Siebert’s services. Bryant Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrang...
Cynthia Renee Dixon age 54, of Gillette, Wyoming passed away on Monday, August 17, 2015. Cynthia was born on October 8, 1960 in Worland, Wyoming to Lydia (Lipps) and Cecil Dixon. Cynthia grew up in Worland and attended school there, graduating from Worland High School in 1979. She went on to attend Northwestern University and got her associate's degree in horticulture. Cynthia was the proud mother of three sons. Cynthia was a member of Jericho Baptist Church. She made Gillette her home in 2002,... Full story
Hisashi “Sas” Nakamura passed away at the age of 88 August 7, 2015, while being treated at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland, Washington. Sas was born March 4, 1927 in Powell, Wyoming. He grew up on the family farm in Kirby, Wyoming and graduated from Thermopolis High School. Sas served in the military during the Korean War in the 40th Division 578 Engineering Battalion. A lifelong farmer, Sas developed land in or around the Tri-Cities and Prosser areas since 1959. During that time, he was a member of the Farm Bureau, Gideons Int... Full story
Born in Washakie County in 1932 to John and Margaret (Eckert) Salzman, Virginia graduated from Washakie County High School and then attended Carroll College, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1953. While at Carroll, she met the love of her life, Jim (Bud) Foreman, a student at Montana School of Mines. They were married in St. Mary Magdalen Church in Worland in 1953. Virginia and Jim had a long, fun and adventurous life together, traveling all over the world. She... Full story