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WORLAND —Northwest College students received an alert Thursday shortly after lunch that the campus was on lockdown, classes were cancelled and students were to return to the dormitories. According to the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security press release, Thursday morning, the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security received notice of an anonymous email with threats made against state facilities, schools statewide and the Cheyenne Regional Airport. Several other states have received similar emails. The Wyoming Office of Homeland Security has s...
WORLAND – The Bighorn Forest Roadless Collaborative, a citizen-driven group established to make recommendations to Governor Matt Mead on roadless area management, held a meeting Wednesday at the Worland Community Center to outline goals for the group, and receive information from participating agencies. Wyoming Game and Fish Wildlife Management Coordinator Lynn Jahnke, of Sheridan, detailed wildlife concerns in the wilderness areas, and informed the group that Game and Fish are requesting that cow elk hunters in the northern Bighorn M...
WORLAND – Last week Worland children and families were challenged to remain “screen free” from 4 to 8 p.m. with Public Health’s “Screen Free Week” campaign. Washakie County Public Health challenged families with children age 3 to eighth grade to remain screen free from the week of Sept. 12 – 16 from 4 – 8 p.m. Nursing Manager Amanda Heinemeyer with Public Health said they received about 70 passports back from children and said families really enjoyed the program. Willing participants picked up a Screen Free Week Passport at Public Health t...
CHEYENNE - A Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services in Wyoming cities throughout October. Brad Cline is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Cline can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. His office is staffed in Cody, at 1026 Blackburn Ave., Suite 1, and he will also be available at the following l...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say woman freaked out by a falling spider flipped her car in Portland, Oregon. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office tweeted Wednesday that the spider dropped from the rearview mirror as the woman was driving on a rural road. Though the car was totaled in the rollover crash, the driver was not hurt. The sheriff’s office warned its Twitter followers that spider season is in full swing....
WORLAND - Thursday night at the Green Hills Golf Course Thermopolis Lady Bobcat Jules Ward broke a Worland Invite course record set in 1982 by Worland's Francine Faure. Along with winning the Worland Invite, Ward ran an 18:12.39 beating the original time of 18:31 set by Faure 32 years ago. To make the historic occasion even more unique Faure's niece is Ward's coach, Brenna Abel. "It was my aunt's record," said coach Abel, "it was really exciting for her. This was also her first official 5K...
UPDATE 9-23-16 -- Due to inclement weather the work day has been postponed until next Saturday, Oct. 1. WORLAND - The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office invites volunteers to join them at Castle Gardens Recreation Area Saturday for a day of community work and barbecue to celebrate National Public Lands Day. This is the BLM's 70th anniversary as an agency and 40th anniversary of their guiding policy which is FLPMA (Federal Land Policy Land Management Act) the BLM's guiding document....