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Lots of local news and a story about Ethan Asher's journey through recovery from a 2019 accident on page 12....
During the annual audit report, James Seckman reported that the City of Worland had a good fiscal year that ended June 30. “You had a very good year. You have very healthy financial picture,” he said at Tuesday’s regular meeting of the city council. Clerk Tracy Glanz noted that the health of the general fund and enterprise funds of water, wastewater and sanitation were due to rate increases that went into effect in April 2023. Seckman said the budget improvement that was seen during the 2024 fiscal year over the 2023 fiscal year will “acce...
The old Worland Mexican/Spanish school at 100 South Third Street, now Supreme Motors, was accepted onto the National Register of Historic Places in October 2023. Now Washakie County Museum Curator Stefanie Kowalczyk, the Washakie County Preservation Commission and historian with local familial ties, Gonzalo Guzmán, with the help of the building owner, Khan Muhummad, are working toward putting signage outside of the building through the Wyoming State Parks Signs and Markers program, The...
Tula Marie Gonsalez, a cherished member of the Powell community, peacefully passed away on August 28, 2024, in Worland, Wyoming, surrounded by her loving family. Born on November 16, 1937 to Praxedias and Joaquina (Duarte) Juarez, in the vibrant town of Cerritos, Mexico, Tula's family relocated to Powell, Wyoming, in 1957. It was here that she blossomed into the heart of her family. She met Frank Gonsalez during high school, and their connection was instant. After a whirlwind courtship, they...
Berta was born in Ciudad Chihuahua, Mexico and was very proud of her country and heritage. In 1952 she migrated to the United States, being sponsored by her brother Arturo Benitez, to live and work in Los Angeles. As a legal immigrant she carried a green card for over 50 years, and proudly became a US Citizen 15 years ago. While in LA, she met the love of her life, Philip Mills. Their love, and later marriage, spanned 63 years, until his death February 25th, 2024. Throughout those years they...
Debra D. Caillouette, 73, died Aug. 16 at her residence in Thermopolis. Services are planned for spring 2025....
Duane W. Watkins, 89, passed away at his home in Hot Springs County Aug. 27, 2024. Graveside services will be Sept. 11 at Highlands Cemetery in Meeker, Colorado....
President Ronald Reagan. As with most presidents and politicians people love him or hate him. Politics aside, if you want to take a walk through your childhood (for Generation Xers or Boomers) then I would recommend the movie “Reagan” released in theaters last weekend. According to Newsweek, the movie beat box office expectations for the Labor Day Weekend, bringing in “an estimated cumulative total of $9.2 million, including projections for Monday.” The movie is a biopic of our 40th president, but it doesn’t feel like some mundane, boring biopi...
Filling in for CEO Lisa Van Brunt during the Aug. 27 meeting of the Washakie Medical Center Board of Directors, Chief Nursing Officer Brandy Kottmann was happy to share some exciting news with board members. Kottmann announced that Washakie Medical Center had been declared the top health system employer in the State of Wyoming. These results come from a poll conducted by Forbes, according to Kottmann. Building report Plant Operations Manager Steve Wiecki began his report by sharing estimates for the project to replace flooring in the walk-in...
Worland's Aubree Kruger, 17, won the title of Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2023 earlier this summer, selected by a panel of judges. This was Kruger's second year participating in pageants. "I have a friend, and she had previously done it [pageantry], but when she was telling me about it, of course, I had never done pageantry before, so I really didn't know what it was about. So after talking to her, I realized that, hey, this is like something that I could actually do," Kruger said. Her favorite part o...
Having served as the director of the Washakie County Youth Alternative program in Worland for the past two years, Katie Kirby is excited to come back to school as a counselor who will split her time between Worland High School and the new alternative high school Whitehawk Academy. Kirby was born, raised and lived most of her life in the Midwest. She lived in Illinois until she went to college in Ohio, where she earned a bachelor's degree in social work, and master's degrees in counseling and...
Via Wyoming News Exchange CODY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints won its lawsuits to build a proposed controversial temple in Cody, according to a judge’s decision issued Monday. The opponents may file an appeal. “…The Court affirms the City of Cody’s decision to grant a conditional use permit to the Church,” District Judge John Perry wrote. He found that Cody’s Planning and Zoning Board had approved the project, as LDS claimed, and that the opponents’ challenges were filed too late. The Enterprise contacted the church for comm...
The Wyoming Arts Council, in partnership with Wyoming State Parks and Sagebrush Artisans, will be hosting the second Plein Air in the Parks event this month in Hot Springs State Park in Thermopolis on Sept. 11-15. Plein Air in the Parks seeks to engage regional and youth artists in the legacy of creating art on-site outdoors, all while exploring the rich landscapes of Wyoming, according to Gary Schoene, public information officer for Wyoming State Parks. Artists are invited to participate...
Five years ago, Ethan Asher was a senior at Powell High School who got into a car accident on his way to school. As a result he sustained countless injuries, the most devastating being a severed spine and a severe brain injury; his doctors gave him a slim chance of survival, and an even slimmer chance of returning to himself if he were to live. Something Asher's doctors never could have predicted is that five years later he would be on a stage telling the story of his recovery. Now an...
After a strong showing in Week 0, the Worland Warriors football team begins their 2024 season with a Week 1 home game vs. Powell on Friday at 7 p.m. The Warriors hosted the Upton-Sundance Patriots on Aug. 30 for a Week 0 scrimmage. Once the Warriors found a rhythm, they never looked back, dictating the game with the starters and on down the roster. "It was good to see, for us it worked out well as far as getting reps for the 1s in the first half. Then in the second half, getting the 2s and 3s...
Marley Holdeman of Gillette earned top honors for song and singer-songwriter at the Wyoming Singer-Songwriter Competition finals at the Ten Sleep Brewery last weekend. Results, per the WSS website, in order of finishing,are as follows: FINALS Judges' top songs: Marley Holdeman "Crash! Boom! Bang!" Adam Kirkpatrick "Ten Sleep" Marley Holdeman "Witch Queen (Tu As Mon Coeur) Ellie Pacheco "You Would Have Loved Him" Caleb Bristol "Ivory Hearts" FINALS Judges' top singer-songwriters: Marley Holdeman...
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