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WORLAND — Fans requested a large concert for the Washakie County Fair and the board listened as they received word at Monday night’s meeting that they had secured booking the Academy of Country Music’s Best New Group 1993, Confederate Railroad. Confederate Railroad will perform Saturday night, July 30 on the regular bandstand at the fairgrounds. Tickets will be for sale online starting next month. According to their bio as listed on the band’s website, “Confederate Railroad first rolled onto the national country music scene in the early 90s...
WORLAND — After hearing a presentation for Dan Bilka, coordinator of the Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Coalition, the Washakie County Commissioners sent a letter of support for the project. In the letter, the commissioners wanted to “express our strong support for a major investment in rail transportation infrastructure. We hereby provide full support and formally request the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Deputy Administrator Amit Bose create a FRA Working group focused on the Gre...
Our family at the Pomeroy household grew by one more on Dec. 23, 2021, as we adopted a 6-month Australian shepherd mix male puppy from New Hope Humane Society. This brings our total fur children at our home to six – three cats and three dogs. Adopting Roscoe did not come easily but it was, as some would say and what I believe to be, a “Godwink” moment. Roscoe was pet of the week on Dec. 16. I figured he would be adopted right away. It was Christmas time, he was totally adorable. Now I see the pets of the week every week and joke about adopt... Full story
POWELL (WNE) — The remains of a 29-year-old woman who’d been missing for weeks were found Monday in Cody. On Wednesday, police identified the deceased as Rachel Sirman of Texas. Cody police said they’d had “intermittent contact” with Sirman between September 2020 and June 2021, describing her as transient. Sirman’s family had notified Cody police she was missing on Dec. 16, the department said; the report was not publicized at the time. It was around 10 a.m. Monday when landscapers who’d been working on a hillside above Sulfur Creek reporte... Full story
WORLAND - A project started nearly 18 years ago came to fruition at Christmas time for local author Diana Pickerel. Pickerel, who moved to Worland in 1979, has resided in Worland since then, except for six years when she lived in Lovell to take care of her mother Evelyn Wittick. Her first book, "My Caring Home," is about the Wittick family and how they overcome a tragic accident. She did note she did fabricate the name of the person who dies in the accident. According to the synopsis on the...
In bringing in the new year, I wanted to share another recovery story from our community. The gentleman is Nick McMartin. Nick has been a Worland resident most of his life. Nick started his drug use at the age of 16 with marijuana use when he was in high school. Nick was introduced to it from co-workers when he was working a job at a local fast food restaurant. Nick’s use became “almost daily.” At 17, Nick was introduced to alcohol by a “friend of a friend in an alley.” He was hanging out with friends who had alcohol and he decided to drink...
WORLAND - It has been a tough schedule for the Worland Lady Warriors basketball team, but last week they won their second game of the season at the Winter Classic in Rawlins on Jan. 7-8. Before going into the holiday break, the Lady Warriors played No. 1 Douglas. Coming out of the break, they played 4A's No. 2-ranked team, the Cody Fillies, in Worland on Jan. 4, losing 57-23. Then at the Winter Classic in Rawlins, two of their three games were against No. 2 Lyman and No. 4 Pinedale. Worland...
Merle Duane Pitz, 89, passed away on January 9, 2022. He was born in Edmonds County, South Dakota to John and Mary Hansen Pitz on August 11, 1932. Merle attended grade school in Edmonds County and high school in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Merle married Doris Moulton in 1952 and joined the Navy in March of that same year; serving until 1956. Merle worked as a welder for Craven Welding in Aberdeen from 1956 to 1958. He moved to a ranch in Forbes, North Dakota in 1958 and lived there for 17 years.... Full story
Margie Evy Fisher, age 94, of Worland, Wyoming passed away on January 4, 2022 in Durango, Colorado. Margie was born in Baird, Texas to Preston and Beulah Moore on December 9, 1927. She was raised on a farm near Baird. She graduated from Oplin Texas High School in 1944. She married Lewis D. Fisher on September 2, 1945 in Abilene, Texas where they lived until 1950. They lived in Ballinger, Texas and various places including Lander, Wyoming and Cortez, Colorado before settling in Worland, Wyoming... Full story
Bicknell, Utah – Our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend, Mary Jean "Jeannie" Chidester Griffin Dalton, died January 5, 2022, in Centerfield, Utah at the age of 89. She was born November 29, 1932, in Bicknell, Utah - 2 minutes before her twin brother John, the 6th of 7 children born to James Parker and Eliza Lucinda "Cindy" Smith Chidester. She attended Wayne High School, where she was proud to have been voted head cheerleader. Jeannie married Alvin Griffin of E... Full story
CASPER — On unit 2 of the Jim Bridger power plant, Wyoming isn’t taking no for an answer. State leaders and operating utility Rocky Mountain Power have doubled down on their commitment to resolving a dispute over pollution controls, and keeping the unit open past its impending April compliance deadline, after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this past week that it would propose disapproving the state’s alternative plan. The rejection wasn’t exactly surprising, according to Randall Luthi, Gov. Mark Gordon’s chief energy ad... Full story
POWELL — WYDOT announced seemingly uncontroversial plans in late December to use message signs to remind motorists of posted speed limits and the presence of wildlife along the North Fork Highway. But when a message on a sign at the entrance to the Shoshone National Forest proclaimed “Sheep Lives Matter,” it drew concerns from some who say it mocks the Black Lives Matter movement. “I feel WYDOT’s use of ‘Sheep Lives Matter’ is in poor taste,” said Melissa Maier, an activist for racial justice from Cody. “There are so many other ways to get... Full story
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