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The historic Ludlow house may have a new location and be on display for the public with the City of Worland working with Jim Gillman and John Davis to preserve the home of widowed seamstress Katherine Ludlow. According to an article in the Northern Wyoming Daily News in Sept. 2015, Originally a home to widowed seamstress Katherine Ludlow in Camp Worland, the Ludlow house has taken a long, circuitous route to its current location at the Washakie County Fairgrounds in Worland. In 1905, when the Burlington Railroad resurveyed and established the...
Washakie County Commissioners on Tuesday, June 4 approved $5,631 in funding for the Oxbow Center to address problem gambling in the community. Oxbow Center CEO Mary Johnson presented the commissioners with a proposal for programming that would raise awareness of problem gambling behaviors, help those affected by problem gambling to access support, provide staff training and certification in evidence-based practices, and provide resources and treatment to people seeking care, through purchase of treatment materials and assessment tools....
Shirley Jean Runge, a lifelong resident of Worland, Wyoming, was reunited with her loving family and Lord in Heaven on Friday, January 5, 2024. She passed away peacefully at the grand old age of 93 with her daughter, Kristin, by her side and surrounded by the love of family that were unable to be present during her final hours. Shirley had resided at BeeHive Homes in Helena, Montana, since June 2023. Although her mind began to falter toward the later years of her life, her wonderful sense of... Full story
Ralph Eugene Wortham, 91, passed away on June 1, 2024, at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Born on April 24, 1933, in Worland, Wyoming, to Albert and Goldie (McGarvin) Wortham. Growing up on his parents' dairy farm south of town, he learned the values of hard work, integrity, and a deep-seated love for Worland, Wyoming. While attending Worland Senior High School, Ralph met Maxine Gilmore, the love of his life. Both Ralph and Maxine graduated with the class of 1951. One year... Full story
Robert Fay Thorne, 83, passed away on June 2, 2024, at Washakie Medical Center in Worland, Wyoming. He was born on July 20, 1940, in Worland, Wyoming. Services will be 3 p.m., Friday June 28, 2024, at the United Methodist Church. A full obituary will follow.... Full story
Many kudos go out to all the participants and organizers of the second annual Safe Community Day. I missed last year’s inaugural event but no matter how great last year’s event went, in my opinion, unlike many movie sequels, this sequel was not a dud. There were many demonstrations, many informative booths, some food booths and plenty of fun for the whole family. As I wandered around Newell Sargent Park taking photos of the various demonstrations I also watched people and their interactions. Kids were having fun, adults were having fun and the...
On March 16, a grassroots committee hosted the Worland Mental Fitness Fair at the Worland Community Center. Members of the panel were Dr. Ralph Louis, psychologist from Oxbow Counseling in Basin; Janae Harman, owner of Family Circle Counseling in Worland; Mary Johnson, CEO of Oxbow Counseling in Worland; and Carol Bell, provisionally licensed therapist at Foundations Counseling in Cody. The panel answered prepared questions that came from the committee and from similar events in Shell, Greybull and Cowley. The Northern Wyoming News will be...
Maintenance and construction updates provided by Washakie Medical Center Plant Operations Manager Steve Weicki were the prominent topic of business during the hospital’s board of directors meeting May 28. During his report he announced that the hospital’s new MRI machine, its components and its containing room would be fully assembled by June 17, and then the process of calibrating the machine would begin. “The first part of July everything should be getting signed off on and back up and running, and we’ll say goodbye to the mobile MRI trailer,...
Science teacher Donna Hunter retired from Washakie County School District No. 1 at the close of the 2024 school year, marking an end to 30 years of teaching in Worland. Hunter grew up in the small town of Overgaard, Arizona, where she graduated high school in 1983. After high school she got an associate's degree from Northland Pioneer College in Show Low, Arizona, and lived and worked in Arizona until 1989 when she moved to Wyoming. She obtained a bachelor's degree in education from the...
Two Hot Springs County High School teachers spoke on the topic of salaries and benefits, stating that they appreciate the board’s efforts to keep salaries competitive with districts in neighboring communities, but expressed that more work needed to be done. London Jenks, a chemistry, physics and computer science teacher in Thermopolis, said that there are currently seven open positions in the state that would increase his pay, including one in Carbon County that would amount to a base pay increase of over $15,000. Lyle Wiley, an English, p...
A Washakie County man wants to make sure county residents know that the county membership with AirMedCare only covers transports by AirMedCare as he learned after his wife was transported by another carrier earlier this year. In a letter to the county commissioners, Washakie County resident Ernie Skretteberg expressed frustration with comments made by Wes McAden of AirMedCare (Guardian Flight) regarding coverage of air medical evacuations for Washakie County residents. Washakie County has contracted with AirMedCare since 2015. Under the...
Washakie County residents are encouraged to sign up for CodeRed and OnSolve emergency alert system, before a county wide test this coming Monday. Emergency Management Coordinator and County Homeland Security Director Kami Neighbors said, “We are hoping to get more people signed up before the day of the test. We have not had a test since 2018.” The test in 2018 was deemed a success with then Washakie County Emergency Management Director Jeff Schweighart telling the Northern Wyoming Daily News that there was an 88 percent connection rate for the...
Back for another season, the American Legion Post 44 Worland Chiefs got their baseball season underway last week, starting 1-3 in their first set of games. Playing a C-class schedule (15U), Worland opened the season in Buffalo on June 1. The Chiefs dropped the doubleheader, losing 14-5 and 10-5. Braylon Kidgell, Dallon Lara and Canon Tidemann each had two combined hits in the doubleheader in Buffalo. Kidgell also threw a strong four innings for the Chiefs from the mound. On Monday, Worland...
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