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Happy Veterans Day Monday. See our special tribute to veterans on B5-B7. Inserts included in this week's issue are Blair's and Bomgaars....
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners closed the sale during their meeting on Tuesday for the purchase of the Kennedy Ace Hardware Building at 801 Big Horn Ave and agreed to also purchase the Kennedy Ace Rental building at 124 North Eighth Street. The morning began with a discussion with public and officials alike regarding the additional building being purchased on Eighth Street. This brought about concerns with the building regarding the difficulty of traffic flow on Eighth Street r...
WORLAND — Nine members of the public attended and four spoke regarding the Worland City Council’s proposed rate increases for water and sewer customers outside the city limits. The city is seeking to set up a depreciation reserve for major repair or replacement projects on water and sewer lines in several outlying areas. The city sent letters to 115 residents in Hillcrest, Packerville, Ponderosa and Anderson subdivisions; an additional 245 residents on West River Road, Sorensen Industrial area, and from the city limits to the east tank on Oct...
ROCK SPRINGS - The horses gathered last month in the Bureau of Land Management's Fifteenmile Herd Management Area are adjusting well to their new home at the Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility. There were 607 ultimately gathered during the operation Oct. 18- 25 with some returned back to the management area, some headed to the honor farm and 493 settling in at the holding facility. According to BLM Rock Springs Office Public Affairs Specialist Nikki Maxwell, originally 499 horses from the...
WORLAND - Women and women's suffrage in the United States and Wyoming were celebrated by the Friends of the Worland Library during their fundraising luncheon last month. The keynote address by Christy Vickers focused on the women's suffrage movement both at the national and state level. Vickers noted that at the national level in 1860 a poll was conducted and found that most common fears of women getting the right to vote were: •Politics were dirty and immoral and women would become c...
WORLAND – The State Drama competition may be happening on Dec. 5-7 in Laramie, but the Worland High School Drama team is preparing hard this month to win the competition for the third year in a row for Class 3A. Being able to pull off a three-peat is difficult in any form of competition. Sports teams attempting to pull off these feats work night and day to pull off such an accomplishment, but the drama department does that much and more to ensure that every part of their play is perfect for t...
THERMOPOLIS — Main Street Thermopolis received honors last month at two recent conferences. Main Street Thermopolis President Suzanne Samelson reported that the volunteer organization received a certificate of recognition from the National Main Street organization for meeting the standards of performance in 2018. The certificate was presented to board member Howie Samelson at a Wyoming/Colorado Best Practices tour earlier this month. Suzanne Samelson said, “The president of National Main Street visited our community as part of her summer vac...
WORLAND – Typically art can take weeks and even months to finish and perfect, but the Mammoth Quick Draw challenges artists from around the region to complete entire masterpieces from start to finish, or finish an already existing piece of art in under an hour this Friday starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Washakie Museum and Cultural Center. This event started eight years ago, and will feature 32 artists this year during the insanity that is the Mammoth Quick Draw. One of those 32 artists who will b...
Funeral Services for Stanley Clair Graham will be held at the First Baptist Church in Basin on November 7, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Aaron Gesch officiating. Internment with full military honors will take place at Donald J. Ruhl Memorial Cemetery in Greybull following the service. Stan Graham accepted his promotion to join his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on November 2, 2019. Stan was born on August 20, 1935 to Howard Charles Graham and Nellie Isabelle Deardoff Graham; he was their baby... Full story
Bette A. (Outland) Wortman 80, of Mankato, MN, died Wednesday, October 30, 2019. A Celebration of Bette's Life 1:00 p.m., Saturday, November 16, 2019 at Centenary United Methodist Church, Mankato. Visitation 5-7 p.m., Friday, at the church and one hour before service. Northview- North Mankato Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Allen and Bette Wortman Choral Music Scholarship at MSU – Mankato or the Centenary United Methodist Music Program. B... Full story
Marion Catherine Barngrover Black, 90, passed away October 29, 2019, at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Marion was born January 9, 1928, in Worland. Memorial services will be held 2 p.m. Friday, November 22, 2019 at the United Methodist Church.... Full story
Terry James Cogdill, 39, of Ten Sleep passed away at his home on Nov. 4, 2019. Terry was born on March 8, 1980, in Casper to Terry Lee and Roberta “Bobbie” (Harper) Cogdill. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, at Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery In Worland.... Full story
No one truly communicates any more and social media platforms are not really for socializing anymore and that's unfortunate. NFL starting safety Jermaine Whitehead for the Cleveland Browns played Sunday and was waived on Monday, not because of his performance, but rather it was after he tweeted threatening language to some fans. According to media reports Whitehead was getting criticized by fans for missing two big tackles during the Browns loss to the Denver Broncos. Social media makes it easy... Full story
POWELL — Law enforcement officials say evidence indicates that a former local resident murdered a woman in Cheyenne over the weekend, then attempted to hide her body in a remote area south of Cody Saturday afternoon. The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation has identified the victim as 40-year-old Angela Elizondo; agents believe Elizondo was killed in Cheyenne, where she lived, the division told media outlets on Tuesday. The suspect charged in connection with the case is 45-year-old Joseph C. Underwood of Cheyenne, a former Cody r... Full story
CHEYENNE — A bill that would have essentially doubled the state’s excise tax on alcohol in order to provide more funding for substance use treatment programs was rejected by lawmakers during a committee meeting Wednesday. The bill would have brought in slightly more than $2 million annually to the state, with the Department of Corrections and the Department of Health evenly splitting the funds for various mental health and substance use programs. But members of the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee rejected the bil... Full story
Feds: Guernsey schools acted appropriately in sexual misconduct allegations CASPER (WNE) — Federal investigators concluded that Platte County School District No. 2 responded appropriately to reports of sexual misconduct involving kindergartners last year. “After careful consideration of all the evidence, (the Office of Civil Rights) concludes that the District has taken steps to understand what occurred and respond appropriately,” an attorney for the office, which is part of the U.S. Department of Education, wrote to the family who made the c... Full story
CHEYENNE – A committee of state lawmakers voted Thursday in support of a bill that would establish a task force to study Wyoming’s mental health services. The bill would create a 12-member group consisting of legislators, mental health-care providers and representatives from the state Department of Health, and law enforcement. It also would include a spot for somebody who has received mental health or substance use services within the state. By a 10-3 vote, members of the Legislature’s Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Commi... Full story
Man accused of assaulting person with machete deemed competent CHEYENNE – A man accused of attacking a person with a machete has been deemed competent to stand trial, it was announced Thursday morning in Laramie County District Court. Lamont Dion Walker has been charged with aggravated assault and battery with bodily injury with a deadly weapon. At his arraignment on June 20, he entered a plea of not guilty by way of mental illness. Walker’s defense attorney raised no objections to the competency ruling at his status hearing. According to cou... Full story
CASPER — The Worland Lady Warriors advanced to the 3A State volleyball championship match Friday night, beating the Douglas Lady Bearcats 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-23) in the semifinals at the Casper Event Center. The Lady Warriors were dominant while also taking every Lady Bearcat haymaker in stride, powering through to end it in three games. Worland matches up against Rawlins in the championship stage for a shot at bringing home the program's sixth title, their first since 2015. Read more about the Lady Warriors state tournament in the Nov. 14 e... Full story
CHEYENNE — State lawmakers on the Joint Revenue Interim Committee voted 8-5 Tuesday to move forward with a bill authorizing Gov. Mark Gordon to expand Medicaid coverage in Wyoming. If approved by the full Legislature next year, the bill would allow for expanding Medicaid to uninsured people whose income is at or below 138% of the federal poverty level. An estimated 19,000 people in Wyoming would be newly covered within 24 months of the expansion, according to recent estimates from the state Department of Health. Wyoming would cover 10% of t... Full story
Investigation continues into apparent murder-suicide AFTON (WNE) — The investigation into an apparent murder-suicide in the Town of Star Valley Ranch continues this week. According to information provided by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, Nov. 4 a request for a welfare check came in to the dispatch center. “We received a call from an individual who had not heard from their family members in a little while and was concerned,” said Lincoln County Sheriff Shane Johnson. “Deputies went out on a welfare check and discovered a crime s... Full story
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