Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND — Last year 60 students spent 16-20 hours screen-free as a way to get away from their electronic devices and spend more actual time with family and friends. Screen-free week is a program through Washakie County Public Health that started three years ago. Public Health Nurse Manager Amanda Heinemeyer said, “The ultimate goal of the program is for students to decrease screen time and have more family time. It’s a chance for children and adults to power down and reconnect with each other and world around them.” She said the program...
WORLAND – Washakie County Commissioners moved ahead on two proposals made by the county’s Wyoming Public Lands Initiative working group. 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 concentration in Washakie County include the Honeycombs (located between Ten Sleep and Worland), Cedar Mountain (south of Winchester and shared with Hot Springs County) and Bobcat Draw (in the northwest corner of the county, shared with Big Horn Cou...
TEN SLEEP – Michael Adams, the new K-12 music teacher for Ten Sleep School brings to the table not only 20 years of teaching experience but a plethora of music knowledge having performed in Austria, Germany and many places around the United States. Adams stated that during his first year of college at Northwest College in Powell, he had the chance to go to Germany and Austria with the audition choir and to play at University of Northern Colorado --Greeley of which they recorded a video and s...
WORLAND - Both Worland High School and Hot Springs County High School got their seasons underway at the Billings Invitational last Friday. WORLAND Warrior senior Porter Harman finished second in Billings with a time of 16:07.74, both his time and placing were personal records for that course. "Overall it was an amazing meet and I walked away a proud coach. It was a huge meet for Porter, he ran a 16:07 for second place. For him to PR by so much is awesome and it's also a good confidence builder,"...
Lois Mae Dietz, 89, was born in Roundup, Montana on a dry land farm outside of Gage. Lois passed away at her home in Worland, Wyoming on September 3, 2018. She was the third and youngest child of Albert and Cora Beckman, born on October 15, 1927. When her sister and brother went to a country school, she would follow along until the teacher finally let her attend school at the age of four. Many of the land owners were leaving the area because of the dry seasons and the country school closed, so... Full story
Dixie Horn Bjornestad went home to be with God on September 3, 2018 after an extensive battle with Alzheimer's/dementia. Dixie was surrounded by her loving family at her passing. Her life will be celebrated and remembered on September 8th, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Worland with graveside services to follow at the Ten Sleep Cemetery. Dixie arrived on this world at Chadron, Nebraska on July 19, 1939. Dixie was the long awaited and prayed for child of Theodore William Horn and... Full story
The NFL season kicksoff tonight and it's time to reveal my playoff picks for this season. Let's get to it! Each team's over/under win total is in parentheses next to their team name as well as each team's best fantasy player and a player to avoid. PLAYOFF TEAMS No. 6-SEEDS AFC KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8.5) Ridiculously advanced computer prediction: 9-7 A lot of the criticism Andy Reid gets is his own doing. He gets too cute and somehow hasn't learned clock-management this deep into his career. That...