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Mental health news and lots of fun leading up to Halloween!...
Cloud Peak Counseling Center hosted its groundbreaking ceremony for their new Lighthouse facility on North 10th last week on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Cloud Peak Counseling Center CEO Mary Johnson opened the ceremony saying, "We're so proud of the work that's been done up to this point." The groundbreaking ceremony had various community members present, including staff from Cloud Peak Counseling, Dick Anderson Construction, Plan One/Architects, and others. Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon attended as...
Although uplifting messages were shared, with the subject matter of mental health and suicide in Wyoming, the atmosphere at Governor Mark Gordon’s Mental Health Town Hall at the Wyoming Boys’ School on Oct. 25 was a somber one. In the wake of the news of House Bill 65 replacing the permanent funding plan for the 988 Wyoming Suicide Prevention Hotline with a biennial funding system, the future of mental health activism in Wyoming has become uncertain. To be transparent and combat this uncertainty, Governor Gordon held a mental health Town Hal...
Marlene Ann Moore, a beloved and cherished member of the Worland, Wyoming community, peacefully passed away on October 27, 2023, at the age of 85, at Washakie Medical Center. Marlene was born in Dickinson, North Dakota, on December 10, 1937. She was the daughter of Frank and Veronica (Gotterbarm) Martin. On June 21, 1960, Marlene married the love of her life, Jesse James Moore, in her hometown of Dickinson. Together, they built a life filled with love, laughter, and family. Marlene and Jesse... Full story
Juan Manuel Garay-Vasquez, 63, passed away at his home in Greybull, Wyoming on October 30, 2023. He was born in Santiago Aguascalientes, Mexico on Feb. 8, 1960. A Mass of the Christian Burial will take place on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at 10 a.m., at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Greybull.... Full story
What things do you hate? What people do you hate? One mild definition of hate is “intense dislike” and I think that’s what we use the word as when we say we hate broccoli or hate spiders. Perhaps hate is thrown around too much and we just don’t see hate as it really is, “intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger or sense of injury,” per Meriam Webster. I feel that is the most accurate definition of hate. I remember growing up and when we would use the word hate my mother would suggest that we didn’t hate broccoli and if w...
As flu season approaches and flu shots are being administered, the COVID-19 virus still lingers, and Washakie County is receiving the latest boosters. According to Washakie County Health Officer Dr. Stephen Asay, “Reporting and monitoring the number of active COVID cases has been difficult. The state health department is working on ways to streamline case reporting to compile that data, but there is no reliable estimate for the past few months.” The Wyoming Department of Health website reported five lab confirmed cases in Washakie County dur...
Wyoming Hunter Education Instructor Kody Outland is Wyoming's lone recipient of the International Hunter Education Association-USA Instructor of the Year Award for 2023. According to the IHEA website, "With over 45,000 volunteer hunter educators in the United States (the second largest volunteer corps to volunteer firefighters) vying for the award, this prestigious IHEA-USA Instructor of the Year Award presented by SIG SAUER honors only one hunter educator in each state for rising above and...
The Oct. 24 meeting of the Washakie Medical Center Board of Directors began with the board receiving thanks from the Washakie Hospital Foundation. Representatives of the foundation Keith Van Brunt and Mary Jo Hake came to the meeting to express thanks to hospital employees who participated in an optional payroll deduction campaign to raise donation funds for the organization. Van Brunt said, “Our initial goal was for employees to have 5 percent participation and raise about $2,000. But we have such an amazing community that we had almost 29% pa...
By ALEX KUHN Sports Editor The Worland Lady Warriors are returning to the 3A State volleyball tournament after going 2-2 at the 3A West regional tournament in Lander on Oct. 27-28. Earning the 4-seed out of the West regional, the Lady Warriors opened the regional tournament with a win over Pinedale, 3-1 (25-23, 26-24, 18-25, 25-21). "We worked all week about being aggressive with our hitting," said WHS volleyball coach Becky Wassum. "Sometimes, when you get tight, your first instinct is to...
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