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  • Overseas father attends baby's birth via Skype

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Oct 9, 2015

    WORLAND – Thanks to modern technology, an enlightened doctor and a very accommodating hospital staff, Samuel Warner, deployed overseas with the Navy Reserves, was able to attend the birth of his son Samuel Eli Warner Wednesday at 10:23 a.m. Both Washakie Medical Center in Worland and Dr. Rodni Cruz allowed Samuel to attend his wife, Beth's C-section via Skype on a tablet. Beth's mother, Sandy Dittmer who is from Thermopolis, held the tablet so that Samuel could talk to and support Beth and s...

  • Warm fall pushes late garden harvest

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Oct 9, 2015

    WORLAND -October's unusually warm climate and lack of frost in Washakie County is creating opportunity for area farmers and gardens, as the 2015 harvest yield continues well past season. For Caitlin Youngquist, educator with the Washakie County Extension Office, the warm weather is a chance to provide even more food for local charities and residents. Located across from the baseball fields at Newell Sargent Park, the County Extension garden grows melons, pumpkins, tomatoes, sunflowers, and a...

  • Wyoming loses 1 of its 2 Affordable Care Act insurers 

    Oct 9, 2015

    CHEYENNE (AP) — One of the two companies offering health insurance coverage in Wyoming under the federal health care law has decided to drop out of the program after receiving word that the federal government would be providing drastically less financial help than it expected. The news comes as state leaders debate whether the federal government can be trusted to help pay for expansion of a health insurance program for the working poor. WINHealth President and CEO Stephen Goldstone said the company was expecting about $5 million in federal r...

  • Worland eighth graders visit Legend Rock Petroglyph site

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Oct 9, 2015

    THERMOPOLIS – Worland Middle School eighth graders visited the Legend Rock Petroglyph site 29 miles northwest of Thermopolis Wednesday. After the 106 students were divided into three groups, each group was assigned to one of three stations. The groups spent about 45 minutes at each station learning about different aspects of the site. At station one students were led down the trail to see the petroglyphs, and each panel or group of petroglyphs was explained to the students. Before going down t...

  • Oct 9, 2015

    Public Notice Advertisement for Bids Lane 10 Bridge...  Website

  • Oct 9, 2015

    Public Notice WCSD #1 Warrants paid in September 2015...  Website

  • Oct 9, 2015

    Public Notice - Washakie County Notice of Final Payment Wild Horse Creek Culvert Project...  Website