Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND — Jeff Igleheart recently completed the Marine Combat Instructor for Water Survival (MCIWS) course based out of the Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado, California. MCIWS is designed to train and equip United States Marines for amphibious combat operations, and is one of the most physically and psychologically demanding training courses offered by the Marine Corps, according to a press release. Igleheart recently returned from deployment to the Republic of South Korea to the Marine Corps Base in Hawaii where he has been serving as a p...
RIVERTON — National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists expect that early winter weather conditions are possible between this upcoming Sunday and into early Monday from west through southeast Wyoming. In preparation for the upcoming snow potential and colder weather, NWS and the Wyoming Department of Transportation are encouraging people to build a vehicle winter safety kit and know where to get the latest weather forecasts and road conditions. According to the NWS, Friday night and Saturday strong to high winds are possible across the Cody F...
BASIN — A former senior engineer on Togwotee Pass during reconstruction of U.S. 26/287 is the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s new leader of District 5’s traffic program in northwest Wyoming. Jack T. Hoffman, 39, is three months into leading his district traffic team, which has offices in Lander and Basin. His crews are responsible for signs, traffic signals, lighting and pavement markings. “The best thing about working for WYDOT is the people you work with every day. It’s a cliché, but it’s true,” Hoffman said. “My grandfather, Rol...
WORLAND — The Worland Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission (BAPC) is working on accomplishing goals set forth in the Master Plan, specifically updating a list of organizations in the community and working on ideas of beautifying the downtown area. The bulk of discussion Thursday centered around the BAPC efforts to beautify the downtown. An idea they have been discussing is painting dumpsters along Big Horn Avenue and in the downtown area to promote the area. They have also discussed having manholes in the downtown area painted as a way t...
WORLAND – The Council for the Bighorn Range held a public workshop Wednesday evening in the Worland Community Center Complex to educate interested persons on the dangers of the state taking control of managing public lands. “There are a variety of bills out there now to change how our public lands are managed and shifting the control from our local land managers to state control. One of the biggest things that you see in almost every one of these bills is to exempt or exclude the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 from public land man...
WORLAND - Taking down the best team in the state leaves little room for error and for the Worland High School volleyball team, Thursday night had too many errors for them to pull off the upset. The Lady Warriors (1-3 3A East-West division, 14-7 overall) hosted 3A East –West division foe the No. 1-ranked Rawlins Lady Outlaws (4-0 3A East-West division, 20-6 overall) at Worland High School and fell 3-0, (25-13, 25-19, 25-21). Going into the match the Lady Warriors knew if they were going to take d...