Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Inside this week's issue are Blair's and Bomgaars (print and online only), and Reese & Ray's (print only)....
Twenty-six participants from 11 different agencies participated in the river boom exercise on the Big Horn River Saturday morning. Worland Fire Chief Chris Kocher said, "Overall we identified some strong points we have as a community of responders." He said a few of those strong points were the incident command system structure, familiarity with neighboring agencies to work together and the equipment available. Agencies involved in some capacity for the exercise were Worland Fire Department,...
WORLAND – Rachel’s Challenge is set to make a return to Worland Middle School and Worland High School on Monday and Tuesday This will be the second year in a row that the program has come to Worland, and it will come with a little bit of a twist, as sixth graders will receive a little bit different of a program, while all of the other grades will receive the same program that they did last year. Rachel’s Challenge was set up 18 years ago by Rachel’s father Darrell, just two years after the Colum...
WORLAND — After three years under the auspices of the Worland business group FridayFest Merchants Harvest Fest has been revamped as Harvest Festival, sponsored and organized by the Worland-Ten Sleep Chamber of Commerce in its fourth year. The 2019 Worland Harvest Festival will be this Saturday with events downtown, Kiwanis Park and at the Wyoming Sugar factory. According to Chamber Marketing Director and board member Steve Radabaugh, “We will have food and craft vendors downtown. There will be a barbecue at Wyoming Sugar, a demolition der... Full story
THERMOPOLIS — On Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, a fatal crash occurred around milepost 134 on US Highway 20 near Thermopolis. Around 4:45 p.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the area for a motor vehicle collision. A 2009 Harley Davidson was traveling northbound on US Highway 20 and had started to enter a construction zone. A Ford F-550 was slowing to a stop at the direction of a construction flagger. The driver of the Harley failed to notice traffic was slowing down and laid the motorcycle on its side as he was attempting to b... Full story
WORLAND — Last year as part of the 21st Century Grant, the Worland Youth Learning Center planned four college and career opportunity evenings and this year students in kindergarten through eighth grade will have their opportunity to decide what they want to be when they grow up. WYLC Executive Director Shannon Christian said they have four college and career nights planned this year, funded by the 21st Century Grant. She said there will be one college and career night/family engagement event every quarter with the first one next Thursday, S...
WORLAND – Officials from various organizations in Worland and Ten Sleep met on Wednesday, Sept. 4, to discuss what would happen in the case of a major snowstorm and cold spell in the Washakie County area. This meeting was the annual Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) which is hosted in order to discuss different scenarios. The meeting started out with the laying out of a scenario which depicted nearly two feet of snow accumulated, negative 25-35 degree temperatures f...
WORLAND – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking input on a proposed plan to provide housing in the Worland area for seasonal firefighters from the BLM’s Devil’s Canyon Hand Crew. This plan is in line with the BLM’s commitment to job creation and supporting veterans in the BLM workforce. The BLM is considering the construction of barracks for 16 to 20 seasonal firefighters within the BLM’s operations center at 1801 Robertson Avenue in Worland. The BLM had sought input for barracks on West River Road a year ago. BLM Wyoming Wind Rive... Full story
Shirley Irelan, 89 of Thermopolis, WY passed away at the Hot Springs Memorial Hospital on Friday, September 6, 2019. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, September 13, 2019, at Monument Hill Cemetery in Thermopolis, WY. A dinner will follow the service at the Thermopolis V.F.W. Club. Shirley Claire Gillespie was born on October 8, 1929 in McCook, NE to Donald Alonzo and Rosa Dora Katherine (Urich) Gillespie. The family moved to Sterling, CO where she attended school and... Full story
Paul Lewis Scott, Jr., 70, died Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at Washakie Medical Center in Worland, WY following a long battle with heart failure. He is survived by his wife, Emma Jean Scott of Worland, WY; his son, Thomas Scott of Kalona, IA; his sister, Ruth Ann June of Casa Grande, AZ; numerous nieces and nephews; two grandsons; and many close friends. Paul was born on November 16, 1948 in Lander, WY to parents Paul and Anna Scott. As a teenager, Paul worked summers at Lac la Ronge in... Full story
WORLAND - The scoreboard in the Worland High School football team's first game of the season was a bit deceiving. The Warriors lost to the Powell Panthers 24-7 and while it seems like a beat down the game was much closer. "We were right there and had a couple of inopportune things happen," said WHS football coach Ryan Utterback. "We were literally inches away a few times. We had too many turnovers and you can't expect to win with that. A couple of those turnovers came when we were hurrying and... Full story
TEN SLEEP - Normally, the first quarter of the season Ten Sleep High School volleyball is spent building chemistry and learning the ropes. This year the Lady Pioneers have gotten off to a decent start with last week's win over 1A Northwest rival St. Stephens. "We played well," said TSHS volleyball coach Desiree Egger. "It was the first time we played with six this season and we were planning and practicing like we were going to play with five. Josie Decker didn't even practice with us on... Full story
THERMOPOLIS - It is early in the cross-country team season and the Hot Springs County High School runners are already beating expectations. If they keep up their current pace, coach Stephanie Metz will have one of those good problems and just have to raise the bar for her team. "I was really excited about it," said HSCHS cross-country coach Stephanie Metz about her team's performance in Douglas. "We came out pretty strong. We were kind of thrown off because they combined the JV and varsity, so... Full story
It was a crazy Week 1 for the NFL and I have a few thoughts on all the happenings around the league. AB TO THE PATS From an “If I’m playing Madden” viewpoint, AB on the Pats is going be a lot of fun. From an everything else viewpoint, I’m not sure how I feel about AB on the Pats. I’m not totally buying the “AB planned this all along” which by the way makes AB look like more of a jerk. Rather than just demand a trade, he has to pretend to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown and that he doesn’t want to play football anymore. For me, it’s ju... Full story
Joseph Billy “Joe” Watkins, 58, died Sept. 8, 2019, in Hot Springs County as a result of a motorcycle accident. Memorial services will be Wednesday, September 18, 11 a.m. at the Risen Son Southern Baptist Church.... Full story
Mistaken identity leads to Yellowstone gate closure POWELL (WNE) — With guns drawn, Yellowstone National Park law enforcement officers stopped two visitors on Tuesday morning, believing they might be wanted fugitives and suspected murderers. But it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. Park officials shut down Yellowstone’s East Entrance and stopped traffic near Sedge Bay after receiving a tip that Blane and Susan Barksdale may have passed through the gate. A manhunt has been underway for the Barksdales since late last month, when the... Full story
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has sent a letter to the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees encouraging an inclusive and thoughtful search process for the next University of Wyoming President. In the letter, the Governor articulated his hope and expectation for a robust process that "empowers and requires thorough consideration of a broad pool of applicants." The content of the letter follows: Dear University of Wyoming Board of Trustees, One of a state’s most important assets is its university. Wyoming’s has a grand tradi... Full story
GILLETTE — A letter to locked out Blackjewel LLC coal workers at the company’s shuttered Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr operations foreshadows a possible reopening of the mines and leaves almost 600 employees with more questions than answers. Blackjewel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection July 1 and abruptly closed its 32 operations in Wyoming and across Appalachia and locked out about 1,700 workers. Since then, employees have had their final paychecks bounce, haven’t been paid for other time worked, haven’t had 401(k) and health insuran... Full story
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