Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Blair's and Sutherland's inserts inside this week's issue. The Northern Wyoming News will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5 for Labor Day. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday....
CASPER — Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Buchanan is set to assume his judgeship next month, leaving his office with three months remaining on his term. The departure means Wyoming’s top elections official will be gone before the general election in November. It will also mean an interim secretary of state will need to be appointed until the candidate that wins the election takes office in January. Buchanan told the Star-Tribune that it “looks like” he will depart Sept. 15. He will take the bench on Sept. 19, WyoFile first reported. Rep. Chuck G... Full story
Monday afternoon I listened to a nearly hour-long hearing regarding the proposed ambulance station at 603 North Road 11. The hearing was for the sole purpose of the judge listening to arguments regarding the motion to dismiss the petition for review of administrative action filed. What does that mean? Richard Kroger, a resident at 609 North Road 11 has been vocal about his opposition to the proposed ambulance station since the purchase agreement was first reported in May. Following a ruling by the Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission... Full story
WORLAND — All but one incumbent for the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees has filed for re-election with a total of 14 candidates seeking four seats on the board. The filing period for the Nov. 8 general election ended Monday. There are four four-year seats on the board. Incumbents Don Bryant, Sarah Lungren and Terri Logan have filed for re-election. Duane Whitlock opted not to seek re-election. Challenging the incumbents are Ray Black, John Burns, Kelly Erickson, Angela Leone, Kathy Mercado, Rance Neighbors, Casey R...
WORLAND - Congressional staffers got a firsthand look at industry in the Big Horn Basin - namely agriculture - during a tour in August. Staffers representing Congress members throughout the country met up with county commissioners from Big Horn, Washakie, Park and Hot Springs County for a four-day tour that took them from a bentonite mine to the crown jewel of Wyoming's state park system. According to the itinerary, staffers touched down at the Cody airport the evening of Sunday, Aug. 14. From...
WORLAND — Washakie Medical Center has a new board member. The Washakie County Commission recently appointed Worland resident Chuck Glade to the hospital’s oversight board. Located in Worland, Washakie Medical Center is a county-owned building operated by Banner Health. Glade grew up in a farming community “even smaller than Worland” roughly 50 miles west of Des Moines, Iowa. He’s called Worland home since 1976, nearly half a century. “I’m a small-town kind of guy,” Glade said. Glade said he was encouraged to seek a spot on the board after a f...
WORLAND — The motto for the Worland High School cross-country team this season is “Rise Above.” In their first meet of the season, that motto was tested and held true as the Worland runners battled a wild array of weather. Competing at the Billings Invitational on Aug. 26, the Warriors and Lady Warriors had to run through a wild stretch of weather filled with a downpour of rain and hail with multiple delays due to lightning and hail. Even with the weather testing them as much as the competition on the course, the Worland runners still poste...
Edward John Gross, III passed away in his home in Worland, Wyoming on August 22, 2022 unexpectedly after a brief illness. Ed was born in Pasadena, California on May 6, 1957, the oldest of five children born to Edward John, Jr. and Marilyn Jean (Brown) Gross. He received his education in Alcester, South Dakota, graduating in 1975. He went on to attend USD Springfield where he received a certificate in Auto mechanics. As a young boy, Ed enjoyed making model kits and being in Boy Scouts of... Full story
Alma Hopp Bower went home be with her Lord on August 25, 2022. She passed away peacefully at the Worland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center after living 96 years on this earth. Alma was born on a farm near Melbeta, Nebraska in 1926. She was raised with three brothers and five sisters. The family worked together on the farm and Alma often said she worked very hard in the beet fields as the family labored together in those days prior to current farming practices. Alma met a young area farmer... Full story
Robert Neal Pennock, 58, passed away in his home on August 24, 2022 in Worland, Wyoming. He was born in Riverton, Wyoming, the third of five children born to Alvin Ray and Karan Jo (Goff) Pennock on November 20, 1963. Throughout his life, Rob enjoyed camping and bicycling with friends. He had a passion for cosmetology, excelled in coloring hair and was a phenomenal make-up artist. While living in Riverton, he spent most of his time as a make-up artist for the Riverton Arts Council Theatre. In... Full story
Judith Lynn (nee Merz) Glaeseman born July 27, 1946 Climbed her last mountain on August 24, 2022 Aged 76 years Judy passed away peacefully on August 24, 2022 after living with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease for several years. Her three children and husband were by her side and amplified the strength, love, compassion and grace that her family held at their core and leaned on whenever they needed fortification. She joined her Mother Ivis and her Father Martin as well as her Aunt Wilma in... Full story
CODY (WNE) —A raccoon, not a storm, is to blame for Cody’s Aug. 24 power outage, the second time in two years that a raccoon has turned off the lights. The outage lasted for approximately two hours, from roughly midnight to 2 a.m. According to Cody Public Works Director Phillip Bowman, a raccoon entered into the Glendale substation, causing equipment to short out and knocking out all of the circuits. The substation serves three separate circuits in the vicinity of Cody and Markham reservoirs, Bowman said. The raccoon died during the inc... Full story
POWELL (WNE) — A Park County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed a suspect who had charged the deputy with a gun Tuesday afternoon after fleeing down a canal road, according to a sheriff’s office release. The incident occurred at 2:56 p.m. and involved a suspect with an active warrant, the release said. The deputy attempted a traffic stop on the suspect, at which time a pursuit ensued. The suspect attempted to flee down a canal road. He eventually stopped his vehicle, exited with a firearm pointed at the deputy, and charged at the deput... Full story
GILLETTE — The sounds of metal against metal rang out Saturday morning, with two-and-a-half pound horseshoes clanking against stakes in the dirt after traveling more than 25 feet in the air. Forty-two competitors took part in the Wyoming Horseshoe State Championship at Fireside Horseshoe Club behind Fireside Lounge Saturday and Sunday. The tournament, put on by the Wyoming Horseshoe Pitching Association, included nine people from Gillette, but it also brought in people from all over the state, from Riverton and Green River to Shoshoni and L... Full story
GREYBULL — A Burlington High School graduate has created an app that aims to provide rural youth the mentorship they need to thrive. The app, called Positivity Outward, empowers middle school, high school and college students to choose from 45 different mentors from 14 different states and three countries to help them in tasks such as filling out job applications and applying to college, exploring career directions, developing life skills and even navigating mental health challenges. "We have more mentors signing up every week," founder Z... Full story
POWELL- The family of Thomas "TG" Howard wanted to make sure they didn't hide his mental illness and depression, listing it as his cause of death in his obituaries. It was important to find a positive in the unthinkably hard reality of how he died. Howard took his own life Christmas day, 2015. The popular athlete at Cody High School who joined the Navy after graduation had first turned to alcohol and then opiates in an effort to deal with his mental illness. "A lot of people that struggle with m... Full story
Shoshoni resident, Steven L. Taylor, 80, died at Hot Springs Health in Thermopolis, August 31, 2022. Graveside services will be Wednesday, September 7, 11:00 AM at Monument Hill Cemetery in Thermopolis.... Full story