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Remembering 9/11, celebrating the harvest season and other local news.... Full story
Staff leave policies were a prominent topic once again at the Sept. 9 meeting of the Washakie County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees meeting. This time, the district’s three staff personal leave policies — one each for certified staff, classified staff and the principal — were discussed with the goal of aligning their language. A major discrepancy discussed was in the principal’s policy, which does not include reimbursement for personal days that are not used while the other two do. Board member Jared Lyman also noted that the policie...
To shake things up for the Youth Diversion Program, Kassie Nolting, the Youth Diversion director, is bringing in guest speakers during the life skills classes to speak on their experiences and help the students choose a safer path. The first guest speakers in the life skills class were Megan McCoy and Bobbi Douglas. They told of their recovery stories and process of what brought them to the recovery. According to Nolting, "Participants were very engaged and influenced by their narratives....
The Town of Thermopolis and Hot Springs Sheriff’s Office issued a joint statement Tuesday on an officer-involved shooting that occurred Monday in Thermopolis. On Sept. 9, the Division of Criminal Investigation was contacted by the Thermopolis Police Department and the Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Office. DCI was asked to investigate an officer-involved shooting. Local agents and members of the DCI Officer Involved Shooting team responded to the scene, along with personnel from the Wyoming State Crime Laboratory to conduct the inv... Full story
Samuel Dennis Piel, 76, passed away on Sept. 9, 2024, at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper. He was born on Dec. 1, 1947 in Worland. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m., Sept. 16, at the United Methodist Church in Worland.... Full story
While Congress was able to delay the U.S. Postal Service from removing both Regional Processing and Distribution Centers out of Wyoming it appears at an online meeting last Thursday that the Postal Service is still moving forward with the plan. During the Pre-Filing Conference to discuss the “Delivering for America Plan,” a plan to “transform the Postal Service’s processing and transportation networks,” a map for the new plans show Casper’s RPDC operations moving to Billings, Montana and Cheyenne’s operations to Denver, Colorado, leaving Wyomin...
An educator for 30 years now, teacher Carrie Ryan is returning to West Side Elementary School in the role of a special educator. Ryan began her teaching career in 1994 in Worland before getting an opportunity to work as an adaptive physical education teacher at West Side. She said, "I finished school, got married, began work, had kids, did that whole thing, and there was an opening here, it was just going to be one year only." She ended up staying until 2000, when the time came where she had...
Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Predators Working Group unanimously supported a draft bill Wednesday that would continue to allow residents to intentionally run over predatory animals with snowmobiles but require those who do so to kill the animal immediately. The bill draft was one of two discussed during its latest meeting at the state Capitol. Bill draft 140, “Animal abuse-predatory animals,” classifies intentionally running over predatory animals without using “all reasonable efforts” to kill it immediately as animal ab... Full story
No humans have been infected during the outbreak in south-central Wyoming, though officials advise people to avoid dead animals with no obvious injuries. One moose and more than 50 cattle have died of anthrax in the past month in south-central Wyoming, officials confirmed Wednesday. Anthrax occurs naturally in soil but has not been documented in Wyoming in livestock since the 1970s and in wildlife since 1956. No humans have been infected, according to the Wyoming Department of Health. Wildlife and veterinary health officials ask that anyone in...
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) and its partners continue to improve 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline operations to enhance what’s available to help Wyoming residents. Two call centers within Wyoming are part of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline system, which is a national network of crisis centers that provide support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. The free and confidential 988 line can be reached every day, all day by phone, text or online chat. “We highly encourage residents to consider contacting the lif...
Since premium checks have not been cashed in a timely manner in the past, the Washakie County Fair Board decided to pay premiums with cash instead of checks at their regular meeting on Sept. 9. The board discussed how best to pay the premiums won at the 2024 Washakie County Fair, which are paid at the time youth turn in their record books. The board opted to pay premiums with cash since sometimes youth forget to deposit or cash checks, leaving the funds outstanding in the Fair Board’s books. OTHER BUSINESS Other business at Monday’s mee...
There were more than 40 cookie entries for the Wyoming Sugar annual cookie contest as part of the Harvest Hoedown. Winners were Navette Everate in the age 1-12 group; Bridger Arnold in the 13-19 age group and Tabby Scheuerman in the 20 and older group. The elementary schools in Worland were also involved with kindergarten through fourth grade doing different coloring contests including farming scenes, a sugar beet, Wyoming Sugar logo and scarecrows. The fifth grade decorated actual sugar beets...
The Worland Lady Warriors swimming and diving team kept things rolling last week in meets in Cody Sept. 5-6. Swimming at the Cody Triangular and Terry Bartlett Invitational, the Lady Warriors had another exciting week in the pool. Shae Whitlock added the 500-yard freestyle (6:29.79) and 200-yard freestyle (2:17.42) to her list of state qualifying events and won the 100-yard freestyle during the invitational with a time of 59.71. "Shae picked up the 200 free and 500 free and is still tearing it... Full story
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