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Washakie County Public Health challenged our youth to go screen free for four hours each day last week. To get off the couch, get outside and do something besides stare at a TV screen, tablet or smartphone screen. I thought about it briefly, but I had a good excuse, so I told myself, at least during the hours they had planned 4-8 p.m., because I’m working through more than half of that time period, thus I’d be staring at a computer screen. It’s a great idea though, for everyone, just to show us how addicted we have become to our techn...
BASIN — Longtime District Engineer Shelby Carlson is leaving the Wyoming Department of Transportation this week for an administrative position with the Wyoming State School Facilities Division in Cheyenne. WYDOT District Maintenance Engineer Pete Hallsten of Basin will serve as the Interim District Engineer until Carlson’s permanent replacement is hired. Carlson has served as WYDOT’s district engineer in Basin for 12 1/2 years. “I will miss all the people I have had the opportunity and privilege to work with in District 5 and with WYDOT,...
By Karla Pomeroy Editor WORLAND — “I like to ride. I liked that kind of work,” Carl Schweighart said in describing his life as a cowboy, first on his family’s ranch on Cottonwood Creek and then 30 years on the LU Ranch. Carl Schweighart Schweighart is one of three Washakie County cowboys who will be inducted tomorrow morning in Casper into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame. The celebration begins tonight with the official induction ceremonies on Sunday at the Casper Events Center. John W. Greet a...
By Tracie Mitchell Staff Writer TEN SLEEP — It’s rare in life for people to have a job that they really love and look forward to every morning. It’s even rarer to not only love your job but to be honored for doing something you love. Ten Sleep resident John Greet is getting that rarest of moments by being inducted into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame this weekend in Casper. “I’ll tell you, nothing I liked any better than sitting on a good horse sorting cows. That was really my highlight of being...
LANDER — Ninth Judicial District Court Judge Norman E. Young, after hearing arguments for about three hours Friday in Lander, announced that a decision to dismiss will take two to three weeks. Young is presiding over the civil lawsuit Joe and Barbara Campbell versus Tri-County Telephone Association. Arguments were heard from attorneys on both sides Friday, regarding the defendants motion for dismissal of the suit. The lawsuit, filed in December by Campbell, a former board member of TCT, and his wife, claims that the original, 2014 sale of t...
WORLAND - The weather was wet, cold and miserable, well, miserable for the Jackson Broncs (1-3) as they went up against the WyoPreps No. 5 ranked Worland Warriors (3-1) and the Warriors routed their 3A West conference rivals 42-13. The rain wasn't letting up Friday night and neither were the Warriors, as their punishing defense and physically, unrelenting offense wrecked the Jackson Broncs securing a homecoming victory for the second straight season. With the night's dominating performance WHS...
WORLAND - Thursday afternoon Worland Middle School cross-country runners dawned pink laces and/or bracelets to raise awareness for breast cancer. The laces and bracelets were provided by the Playing for Hope Foundation as part of Breast Cancer Awareness month in October. Playing for Hope offers assistance for those battling cancer. The Worland Invite was the first of many "Pink Out" events Playing for Hope will have, those events include volleyball games throughout the Big Horn Basin, Worland...
Our precious, loving Kimberly Sue Tolman passed away in Thermopolis, Wyoming on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at age 58. Kim was born on August 22, 1958 in Worland, Wyoming, a daughter of Lonna A. (Atkinson) and Marvin H. Tolman. She grew up in Worland and loved to spend time with her dad on the Tolman Ranch where she could ride her horse, "Paint." She liked raising "bum" lambs, and all of the ranch animals. Being at the ranch meant that she was with her dad! At a young age she started living... Full story
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