Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND – After a nearly two-hour long discussion, Washakie County Health Officer Dr. Ed Zimmerman informed the Washakie County Commissioners on Tuesday that he had sent a order to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) for approval that would impose a mask mandate for Washakie County due to a recent uptick in cases and hospitalizations in the county and statewide. Zimmerman told the commissioners that the request was in response to a letter recently sent by public health officers from 21 of t...
WORLAND – Thermopolis joined Ten Sleep moving students to online learning due to increased COVID-19 cases. Ten Sleep School decided to move their students from sixth through 12 the into phase two of Washakie County School District (WCSD) No. 2’s Adapted Learning Plan (ALP) earlier this month. They, along with Washakie County District No. 1 and Hot Springs County School District (HSCSD) provided an update regarding their plans with COVID-19 surging statewide. In a weekly update provided on Fri...
WORLAND – Eloy Madrid Aguilera, 41, appeared in Fifth Judicial District District Court via teleconference on Monday, Nov. 16, to enter into a guilty plea for an armed robbery that occurred on Feb. 13, 2020. The guilty plea that Aguilera entered into had him plead guilty to count two that was filed against him, , a felony count of aggravated robbery; along with count three, which was a misdemeanor count of conspiracy to commit theft. The felony count carries a minimum penalty of five years and a...
Alfred “Al” Vallee, 87, passed away November 14, 2020 at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis. A private Mass will be held and services will be in the spring.... Full story
Virgillia “Della” Brannon, 87, passed away November 13, 2020 at the Thermopolis Rehab and Wellness. No services are planned at this time.... Full story
Wanda J. Crumpler, 88, passed away November 14, 2020 at the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis. Memorial services will be in Walnut Springs, Texas.... Full story
Services for Ronald Dean Denniston Sr. of Worland will be at 11 a.m. this Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on U.S. 20 between Basin and Greybull. Ronald died Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, in Fort Collins, Colorado, after a short battle with cancer. He was born in Denver, Colorado, on June 26, 1953.... Full story
WORLAND - More than 60 volunteers came out and helped support Ten Sleep and Worland organizations and clean up the Gebo Cemetery. During the Day of Service, organized by the Worland Stake Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that includes women who live in the Big Horn Basin communities of Greybull, Shell, Basin, Manderson, Hyattville, Ten Sleep, Worland, Kirby and Thermopolis, there were projects in Basin, Worland, Ten Sleep and Gebo. According to Julie Edholm...
WORLAND — Livestock judging can pay for college? Yes, yes it can, and four Worland High School graduates and Chief Washakie FFA members are experiencing that right now, according to the Chief Washakie FFA advisor Grace Godfrey. Meg DeBolt, who graduated from WHS in 2019 as well as Liz Voss and Dani Warner, 2020 graduates, are attending Casper College, each with livestock judging scholarships under the direction of Dr. Jeremy Burkett and Colby Hales. Caylin Deniz, another 2020 WHS graduate, is on a livestock judging scholarship to Laramie C...
Belinda Daughtery fields a few questions during the ninth annual 2020 Mammoth Quick Draw at the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center on Nov. 13.... Full story
BILLINGS, Montana - Darleen Smith, of Billings, passed away too soon on Nov. 12, 2020, after more than two weeks battling COVID-19. Born in Sheridan, Wyoming, on Aug. 17, 1933, she married the love of her life, Walter Smith, in 1953, and they started a family together, resulting in three children: Kim, Kristi and Kelly. She lived in Worland, Wyoming, for many years until Walt died in 1983. Darleen worked as Deputy County Assessor in Worland until retiring in 1988. After the passing of her... Full story
Jerry Alexander, 70, a lifelong resident of Worland passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 doing what he loved to do. Jerry loved being raised here in Worland and was very active in gymnastics, track and cross country. Jerry was also extremely helpful in running the Chief Service Center as well as their family's bulk fuel distribution company. Jerry owned multiple service stations in town at one point. He graduated with the Worland class of 1968. Jerry was extremely generous with donations to... Full story
WASHAKIE COUNTY – A mask mandate has been approved by Washakie County Health Officer Dr. Ed Zimmerman, state health officer Dr. Alexia Harrist as well as the State Attorney General’s Office. In an article released in tomorrow’s edition of the Northern Wyoming News it is noted that the order may have been in effect until the end of January 2021, but according to a copy of the order received by the NWN it will go into effect on Sunday, Nov. 22, and last until Friday, Dec. 4. Other infor... Full story
We knew it was only a matter of time before a mask mandate was coming, but we did not know how it would come about. While I write this Tuesday night Washakie County’s health order mandating masks, submitted by County Health Officer Ed Zimmerman, is under review by the Wyoming State Health Officer Alexia Harrist. Nine other similar requests including for our neighboring counties Hot Springs and Park were approved on Tuesday. It also must be approved by Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill. Teton County was the first to have a mandate a...
Twenty-one more coronavirus-related deaths among Wyoming residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have been confirmed, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) in a press release on Thursday. An older adult Albany County woman died earlier last month. It’s unclear whether the woman was hospitalized; she was a resident of a local long-term care facility and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19. An older adult Big Horn County woman died late last month. She was n... Full story
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – In response to rising cases of COVID-19 and increasing strains on medical facilities, Governor Mark Gordon announced additional statewide measures to help slow the spread of COVID-19, ease the pressure on Wyoming’s healthcare system and preserve the viability of the state’s economy. The new health orders issued by the State Health Officer will take effect on November 24. There are no business closures included in the new orders. They reduce the size of indoor and outdoor gatherings. These are part of a series of measures the s... Full story
GREYBULL (WNE) — While a statewide order could still come from the governor’s desk, members of Big Horn County’s COVID-19 incident management team say they have no intention of requesting a local order that would require people in the county to wear masks. As of Tuesday afternoon, the state had approved local mask mandate requests from 12 of the state’s 23 counties, including Park and Hot Springs counties in the Big Horn Basin, as well as Teton, Laramie, Albany, Natrona, Sweetwater, Sheridan, Lincoln, Goshen, Sublette and Carbon countie... Full story
The letter in PDF form was written from the Washakie County Commissioners to all Washakie County residents. It will also be published in its entirety in this week's Northern Wyoming News.... 
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