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    Nov 11, 2021

    Happy Veterans Day. Our office is open regular hours today. Check out the Veterans Day tribute pages on B4 and B5....

  • Local legislators still feel special session necessary, despite only one bill passing

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Nov 11, 2021

    WORLAND - Despite no bill prohibiting vaccine mandates, local legislators believe the special session that ended last Wednesday, Nov. 3, was necessary. Sen. Ed Cooper (R-Ten Sleep) voted in favor of the session and said despite only passing one bill there was "good discussion" and everyone understands the problem "even more than we did before." He added that even though they didn't pass legislation that he hoped to he now understands both sides better. "It was a worthwhile discussion. We did...

  • Design planning for new school underway Community meeting Thurs.

    KARLA POMEROY, Editor|Nov 11, 2021

    WORLAND — With a design firm hired last month, work has begun seeking input on the plans for a new Ten Sleep School. Ten Sleep Administrative Assistant Neysha Lyman said the school board hired Arete Design Group out of Sheridan after a special meeting Oct. 25. She said the company has teamed up with Fielding International, “an award-winning international education design firm,” according to their website. “We design school facilities for today and tomorrow with one primary goal in mind — to improve learning.” In a letter to parents and the com...

  • Governor Gordon ramps up his fight to protect Wyoming people from federal overreach

    Nov 11, 2021

    CHEYENNE – Governor Mark Gordon is announcing the next steps his administration is taking to stop President Biden’s unconstitutional vaccine mandates. Wyoming as part of an 11-state coalition filed its lawsuit this morning to halt the emergency temporary standard issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration which mandates vaccines on employees of private Wyoming businesses with over 100 employees. A Petition for Judicial Review was filed in the United States 8th Circuit Court of Appeals earlier Friday morning, and a Motion for...

  • Billy Ray Dyer

    Nov 11, 2021

    Billy Ray Dyer, 75-year-old Worland resident, passed away in Ogden, Utah, on Nov. 6, 2021. Billy was born in Denver, Colorado, on Sept. 16, 1946. Military services will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021 at Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery with a funeral service following at the American Legion Post #44....

  • Dr. Hilliard Edmond 'Ches' Chesteen

    Nov 11, 2021

    Funeral services for Dr. Hilliard Edmond “Ches” Chesteen, 93, were held Monday, November 8, 2021, at Mortimore Funeral Home in Thermopolis. Dr. Chesteen died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, at Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness....

  • Jerilyn Rae (Leithead) Wickard

    Nov 11, 2021

    Jerilyn Rae Wickard, 59, passed away at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne on Nov. 8, 2021. Jerilyn was born in Worland on Sept. 15, 1962. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, November 20, 2021 at the Ten Sleep Methodist Church....

  • The News Editorial: Our veterans deserve our utmost respect

    Karla Pomeroy|Nov 11, 2021

    2 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, an armistice was reached between the Allied nations and Germany effectively ending World War I, albeit the official end through the Treaty of Versailles would not come until June 28, 1919. But Nov. 11 came to be a time to honor our veteran servicemen and women. In November 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the day as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, an act on May 13, 1938, “made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday—a day to be ded...

  • WHS Drama Dept. brings 'Arsenic and Old Lace' to the stage

    KARLA POMEROY, Editor|Nov 11, 2021

    WORLAND - The Worland High School Drama Department premieres its fall play this Thursday, Nov. 11, "Arsenic and Old Lace." Curtain opens at 7 p.m. There is an admission fee. An encore performance will be Friday night, also at 7 p.m. at the Little Theatre in the high school. Drama director Rick Dorn said this is the first year in his 16-year tenure that they have performed "Arsenic and Old Lace," noting it is a "classic, fun comedy that the kids are really enjoying doing." He said it is set in...

  • Lady Warriors wrap up season at state meet

    Nov 11, 2021

    WORLAND - The Worland Lady Warriors closed out their season at the 3A State swimming and diving meet in Gillette on Nov. 4-5. The Lady Warriors had three relays and four individuals score points at the state meet. Kelli Frimml led Worland with the highest finish. The senior finished fifth in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:05.95. Shae Whitlock finished ninth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:16.37) and 10th in the 200-yard individual medley (2:13.56). Keira Warren finished 10th in the...

  • Wally Trembath

    Nov 11, 2021

    , 72, passed away in Tampa, Florida on October 24, 2021. Wally was born in Casper to Mildred and Wallace Trembath, Sr. on December 26, 1948. Wally was preceded in death by his parents and brother Bruce (Mary) Trembath. He is survived by his wife, Rebecca; son, Wallace (Wendy) Trembath III of Casper; brother Michael (Terry) Trembath of Sandy, Utah; and numerous nieces and nephews. Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, January 15, 2021 at the Silver Dollar Gun Club in Odessa,...

  • Charles Powell

    Nov 11, 2021

    Charles Powell, long time educator and coach at Hot Springs County High School, passed away peacefully in Longmont Colorado on October 28, 2021, at the age of 79. Chuck, a graduate of Black Hills State Teachers college, well known and loved as an English teacher, began his career in Ten Sleep and then taught in Thermopolis for over 30 years. He was deeply proud of his students, never more than hearing from them years later about how well his classes prepared them for college, taught them skills...

  • Carolyn Lu Robbins

    Nov 11, 2021

    Carolyn Lu Robbins, 72-year-old Worland resident, passed away peacefully on November 3, 2021, at home surrounded by her loved ones. Carolyn was born on September 15, 1949 in Omaha, Nebraska, to Hubert Eugene "Slim" and Vivian (Hubenka) Garrett. While attending high school, Carolyn met Larry Pulver, they dated throughout high school. After graduating from Riverton High School, they were married in Elko, Nevada on April 20, 1968. A baby girl was born to this union. Colette was born April 12,...

  • Douglas Lee Forsythe

    Nov 11, 2021

    Douglas Lee Forsythe, 61, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on November 6, 2021. He was born to LeRoy Eugene and Margaret Louise (Bolton) Forsythe on February 2, 1960 in his family home near Geneva, Wisconsin. Doug grew up on a dairy farm where he enjoyed driving tractors and helping wherever he was needed. He went to school at Madison High in Wisconsin. After high school, Doug pursued a career in auto body painting until he found his true passion in the trucking industry....

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  • Man reflects on letters he sent from Vietnam

    Jake Goodrick, Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News Exchange|Nov 11, 2021

    GILLETTE - Dave Olsen found them 26 years ago. He recognized them immediately while going through his mother's belongings after she died. That was in 1995. The sight alone took him 25 years into the past. Back to 1969. He never knew, or even suspected, that she had kept them. But there they were. The faded white envelopes with "free" written in lieu of a stamp were unmistakable. Almost a dozen letters a 24-year-old version of himself mailed across the world from war-torn Vietnam to small town...

  • Redistricting meeting in Worland Nov. 18

    KARLA POMEROY, Editor|Nov 11, 2021

    WORLAND — The Big Horn Basin Redistricting Working Group will be holding a meeting on Thursday, Nov. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Worland Community Center Complex. County clerks from Washakie, Park, Big Horn and Hot Springs counties have been working since October on redistricting plans for the House and Senate district in the Big Horn Basin region. Washakie County Clerk Mary Grace Strauch said they have also included Fremont County in the discussions as one proposal does impact the Fremont County districts. She said as they were working on t...