Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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UPDATE: One entry Thursday into WHS The following statement was received from Washakie County School District No. 1 .. Law Enforcement Officials and Bomb dogs have searched the school and the school has been cleared. However, the nature of the threat requires us to also exercise caution tomorrow. As noted earlier, classes will be in session tomorrow at all schools. The threat was directed toward the High School. Therefore tomorrow morning all High School staff and students will only be able to...
WORLAND – At a special budget hearing held by the Washakie County Commission on Tuesday, Bob Vines with the county Witness and Victims Office and Allison Funk with the Department of Family Services explained the best use of $5,000 awarded to the county for helping troubled youth. The county currently holds a VOCA grant, and the money added by the state Wyoming Children’s Trust Fund, as announced Tuesday, will go toward helping area youth with alternative activities to help fight negative influences in their lives. The federal Victims of Cri...
CHEYENNE — Hundreds of federal employees in Wyoming could face furloughs next week. Unless Congress and President Donald Trump can break their deadlock over funding for a southern border wall, money for departments like Agriculture, Interior, Treasury and Commerce is set to run out at midnight Friday, leaving scores of locals in limbo. Lawmakers approved money for other parts of the government, including the Department of Defense, earlier this year, so airmen at F.E. Warren Air Force Base and the Wyoming Air National Guard should be spared. B...
WORLAND - Fifteen musicians and vocalists from Worland High School earned all-state honors this month and were honored by the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees at Monday's regular meeting. Named to All-State Orchestra were Andy Deniz, trombone (second all-state selection); Aaron Vigil, tuba (three-time all-state selection; Caleb Fraser, bassoon; Anja Sheesley, flute (two-time all-state selection); Carmyn Buckman, percussion (second all-state selection). Named to All-State...
Geraldine (Gerry) Burton age 94, passed away at Meadowlark Hills Senior Home in Manhattan Kansas. Gerry, as she liked to be called, was born in Missouri and moved to Tensleep and then to Worland. She graduated from Worland High School where she met and married Harold Burton. She spent many years working for various dentists in Worland. She enjoyed working in here garden and flower beds, working in the mountains and playing cards with friends. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold, mother Bessie Pearl, brothers C.J. and Gilbert Pearl...