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An unusual request crossed the table during the Sept. 11 meeting of the Washakie County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees. Participants of a wedding planned for Nov. 4 asked to lease one of the district’s school buses to shuttle the wedding party throughout the day. The route will go from Ten Sleep, to Buffalo, to Meadowlark Lake and back to Ten Sleep. The party would be responsible for costs related to mileage and the driver. As this circumstance is covered under the district’s liability insurance, the board saw no issues approving the l...
As Wyoming experiences more West Nile virus (WNV) activity this season than over the past decade or so, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is emphasizing mosquito bite prevention. There have been 20 cases reported, including a death in an older adult Fremont County woman, among Wyoming residents so far this year. Of these, 12 cases have involved the more severe neuroinvasive type of illness. Cases have been reported from Campbell, Fremont, Goshen, Laramie, Natrona, Park, Platte, Sheridan and Washakie counties. Mosquito pools and animals... Full story
Powder River District Ranger Thad Berrett is planning a prescribed burn in the South Willow (Dry Tensleep Canyon) project area above Tensleep Canyon over the next few weeks. The burn is needed for livestock allotment management planning, wildlife habitat improvement, and fuels reduction. Similarly, Medicine Wheel District Ranger Mark Foster is planning a prescribed burn in the Beaver Creek (near Hunt Mountain) project area over the same time period. This burn is also needed for livestock... Full story
Jacqueline “Jackie” Lou (Lemke) Kremer, 92, passed away Aug. 7, 2023, at Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Jackie was born June 12, 1931 in Stanton, Nebraska. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m., Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, at Riverview Memorial Gardens.... Full story
The highlight of the Sept. 5 meeting of the Ten Sleep Town Council was the approval of an amendment to a contract between the Town of Ten Sleep and HDR Engineering Inc. from Gillette. The contract for the project of extending the water/sewer network in the town was set to award just under $50,000 for the initial phase of the project. The new amendment, which will go into effect at the time of project completion, adds $359,250 to the contract and brings the engineering cost to $489,186. Mayor Ernie Beckley said the total cost of the project is...
Last Tuesday, those attending the Worland City Council saw a balanced government at work. In dealing with a citizen request to close one block of a street off for a neighborhood block party, Mayor Jim Gill expressed concern about citizens making requests for street closures. Organizations and businesses have for years made requests regarding events, some open to the public and some strictly for that organization. There was concern about setting a precedent and about liability for a citizen requesting a street closure. After hearing from the cit...
September is National Suicide Prevention Month. It is dedicated as a month to remember the lives lost to suicide, to those who have struggled with suicidal ideation, and to acknowledge the individuals, families and communities that have been impacted by suicide. The World Health Organization came out with an article in August 2023 stating that, “Every year 703,000 people take their own life and there are many more people who attempt suicide.” Suicide was the fourth leading cause of death among 15–29-year-olds globally in 2019. Statistics conti...
Like many who travel through Ten Sleep, Grace Kienzle mused on what it would be like to live in such a place. She said, "My now husband and I went on a trip to Yellowstone last August, and we drove through Ten Sleep on our way. As soon as we got here, I said 'Oh my gosh, where are we? I want to live here.'" Fate would have it that Kienzle would do exactly that when she accepted the position of K-12 music educator at the Ten Sleep School for the 2023-2024 school year. A 2023 graduate of Dakota...
It was another big week for the Worland Lady Warriors swimming and diving team. Three athletes qualified for state, one of which was diver Haley Kinghorn. A sophomore, Kinghorn put together an excellent week of dives. On Sept. 8, at the first home meet of the season, Kinghorn qualified for state in 1m diving. Kinghorn scored 161.05, finishing fourth. The next day in Powell at the Gene Dozah Invitational, Kinghorn scored a season-best 180.30 and finished sixth. “Haley Kinghorn qualified in diving with a 160, which was awesome. In Powell, she s...
Admits she tried to avoid paying $2.5 million in taxes A Cody businesswoman recently pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return, admitting she withheld and then manipulated several years of returns in an attempt to avoid paying more than $2.5 million in taxes. As part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors, Susan K. Patrick acknowledged that she’d hidden $10 million of business income — and, in turn, $9.5 million of personal income — between 2012 and 2014. Patrick is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 19 in U.S. District Court in Balti... Full story
CASPER — Drive through downtown Casper on a typical summer afternoon, and more likely than not, you will see nothing remarkable. You may notice that the traffic is mild and the sidewalks are tidy and mostly empty — save for maybe a few shoppers and businesspeople wandering about. Visit during the evening, and you may have some angst finding street parking, especially if there’s a concert going on. Life downtown is pretty ordinary, in other words. Which might surprise you if you’ve Googled Casper lately. A rash of recent attention from nationa... Full story
None of the eight proposed expert witnesses for the plaintiffs challenging Wyoming’s abortion bans should be allowed to participate in the case, a lawyer for the state argues in a new filing. The witness list includes four of the plaintiffs, two religion experts, an OB-GYN medical expert and a well-known prosecutor in Wyoming: Michael Blonigen. All provide arguments against the bans. In his filing, Special Assistant Attorney General Jay Jerde argues none of them should be allowed to participate or provide testimony, mainly citing Rule 702 of t... Full story
Texas man dies near Shell Falls GREYBULL (WNE) — A 59-year-old man from Texas died in what appeared to have been an accidental fall Monday night in the Big Horn Mountains. Big Horn County Sheriff Ken Blackburn withheld the man’s name, saying it would be released after his family had been notified. While it will be left to the county coroner to determine the cause of death, Blackburn said investigators do not suspect foul play and that it appeared the man fell to his death. Dispatch received its first report around 7 p.m. of a vehicle that had... Full story
Brief 9/18/2023 Please pray for us…and click on this link: A Laramie citizen received a text message asking for prayers and to click on a link. CyberWyoming note: After researching the link, we found that it was for a political campaign. But it could have just as well been a scam. As the political season heats up, be careful with clicking on links in emails and texts, even if the link appears to be from a candidate you support. It’s best to look up the candidate’s website through your browser. I can help you fix your website…if you have on... Full story
Governor Orders Wyoming Flag be Flown at Half Staff at the Capitol and in Big Horn and Park Counties on September 20 CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Governor Mark Gordon has ordered the Wyoming State Flag be flown at half staff at the Capitol in Cheyenne and in Big Horn and Park Counties from sunrise to sunset on September 20 in honor and memory of Charles Hessenthaler. Mr. Hessenthaler represented District 26 in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1997-2002. He passed away June 11, 2023. Please note that this notice is only for the Wyoming State Flag... Full story
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