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Redistricting in Wyoming seems to have gotten harder this year than in past decades due to declining population in certain areas. Listening to a portion of the Joint Corporations Committee work on the plans from all 10 regions in the state, it appears there are issues in several regions with at least three of them outside the preferred plus or minus 5% deviation from the ideal population. The ideal population per each legislative district is based on the entire state’s population and dividing by 60 — number of House districts — or 30 — number... Full story
At the Washakie County School District No. 1 school board meeting on Oct. 25, a number of students and members of the community approached the board with a simple request: to start a Gay-Straight Alliance club, also known as a GSA. The board unanimously approved the club. Personally, I was ecstatic for these kids and their club. Growing up as part of the LGBT community, I didn’t have this kind of support. I didn’t know there was anyone else going through what I was until I met my friends, and even then it was difficult at times. When I had got... Full story
SHERIDAN —With a 9-2 vote Tuesday, the Wyoming Legislature’s Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee opted to forward a bill that would raise the state’s fuel tax for the first time in a decade. The bill suggests a 15-cent fuel tax increase from 24 cents to 39 cents by July 1, 2024. The fuel tax would be increased by 5 cents per year for three consecutive years. All funds raised through the increase would go to the Wyoming Department of Transportation, particularly for highway construction, repair and maintenance. The bill... Full story
Deanna Jeanne Blincow, 77, passed away at the Thermopolis Rehabilitation Center on Monday, December 6, 2021. Deanna was born in Worland, Wyoming to Thomas and Mayme (Breeden) Bader on June 23, 1944. Her childhood years were spent in Ten Sleep, Wyoming, graduating high school in 1962. Deanna met the love of her life, Gary Blincow and got married on Sep 7, 1963 in Worland, Wyoming. To this union they were blessed with two girls, Camille and Kim. She is preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and... Full story
J. Connor Roussel was born in Bryan, TX to Drs. Allen Roussel and Patricia Holland. Connor attended Louisiana State University (LSU) and graduated from Texas State University with a degree in Public Relations. He proudly and honorably followed in his maternal grandfather's footsteps, serving in the United States Marine Corp from 2009 - 2014 as a CBRN (chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear) specialist. He was employed as an Area Manager at Amazon in San Marcos. The most important event of... Full story
Tori Lynn Rollins lost her courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by her family on the 29th of November at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center in Colorado sixteen months after being diagnosed with Synovial Sarcoma Cancer. Tori was 23 years old; born on July 10th, 1998 at Hot Springs County hospital to parents Justin and Elaine Rollins. The Rollins family lived in Thermopolis briefly before moving to Manderson Wyoming in 2000 where she grew up and went to school. Through hunting, fishing,...
WORLAND – This is the season for giving and in Washakie County there are several giving opportunities in the area to fulfill your generous mood. For the entire month of December, Worland Middle School and West Side will be hosting a canned food drive. Non-perishable food items can be donated by anyone. All canned food items that are brought to will be donated to the food bank. There are giving opportunities for residents of all ages. The Washakie Ministerial Association (WMA) is again sponsoring the angel trees for children and the Christmas f...
Next Thursday will be the annual Memory Tree ceremony. Each Christmas season, this celebration is put on by parents and supporters of Washakie County Special Olympics. This is a fundraiser in which a person’s name can be placed on an ornament that is hung on the large evergreen tree at Pioneer Square. For a small monetary donation to Special Olympics, a name can be placed in memory of a loved one who has passed on or in honor of someone living who holds a special place in your heart. An invitation can be sent to one person per order to let t...
WORLAND — What is harder than winning a 3A State boys basketball championship? The answer, defending a 3A State title. That’s the position the No.1-ranked Worland Warriors are in as they head into the 2022 season. What the Warriors have going for them is that they return three starters and seven players from that state title team. What the team will need to figure out is how to replicate the production from Mack Page and Rudy Sanford. Sanford scored 389 points last season, averaging 16.9 per game, and Page led the team with 416 points with 18....
WORLAND — Worland Mayor Jim Gill appointed and the council approved the appointment of Alain Poncelet to the Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission (BAPC). The BAPC has been missing its seventh member since Jenn Rasmussen’s resignation in the spring. Poncelet, in his letter of interest and at Tuesday night’s council meeting said he is originally from Belgium and moved to Eugene, Oregon, seven years ago. He moved to Worland almost a year ago and is employed at Wyoming Sugar. He said he just bought a house a few months ago and plans on st...
WORLAND – Nearly five months after opening, the Washakie County Library will be hosting their official grand opening from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday. The open house will start with a Welcome from library director Karen Funk at 11 a.m. and a ribbon cutting Speakers include John Davis, Jamie Markus and Mike Healy. HISTORY The Worland library was first founded in 1909, only three years after the town had settled on the other side of the train tracks. The “library” had first started as a collection of books and magazines kept in the Bapti...
WORLAND — After staving off a late amendment, the Big Horn Basin’s Region 8 plan for redistricting remains intact at this time after the Joint Corporations Committee meeting last week. State Rep. Mike Greear (R-Worland) said that while he did not seek the appointment to the House Corporations Committee, thus a member of the joint committee, “There were two times yesterday I was happy I was on there, and happy to be able to Zoom in.” Greear, with work commitments for Wyoming Sugar attended the two-day meeting via Zoom from his office. The com...
It is with deep sorrow we mourn the passing of our beloved Josephine Dorothy Garretson. Josephine passed on November 25, 2021 at the age of 93 at the Billings Clinic in Montana. Josephine was born in Sheridan, Wyoming July 23, 1928, the only daughter born to Dominck and Jennie (Gricoli) Montagne. She grew up watching baseball with her brothers and fell in love with the sport. She never missed a New York Yankee game. At a young age, she met her husband, Lee Garretson, in Clearmont, Wyoming. The... Full story
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