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Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Retirements, Christmas festivities and other local news. Merry Christmas!...
Edna Scott celebrated her 108th birthday on Nov. 24 marking two milestones: the obvious one of achieving the age of 108, and celebrating her first birthday in Worland. Previously, Edna lived in Powell until 2000, then moved to an apartment in Laurel, Montana, where she lived until she took a fall. Afterwards, Edna moved in with her great-niece Fawnette Greff in Bridger, Montana, in 2022. Fawnette finally relocated the two of them to Worland this August to be closer to Fawnette's niece. Fawnette...
Bonnie Rae Baker, 91, passed away at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center on Dec. 18, 2023. She was born on April 5, 1932 in Worland, Wyoming. Services are pending at this time, a full obituary will follow....
Aileen (Tietjen) Hudson, 89, passed away on Dec. 16, 2023, at her home in Worland, Wyoming. She was born in Gallup, New Mexico, on Sept. 13, 1934. Memorial services will be held 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, at the Bryant Funeral Home Chapel....
Donna Jean Simonson, 85, passed away December 19, 2023 at the Washakie Medical Center in Worland, Wyoming. She was born on April 12, 1938 in Worland, Wyoming, the only child of William Elmo and Lena (Albert) Graff. The hospital was on Big Horn Avenue and was above Veile's flower shop. She attended school in Worland, graduating from WCHS in 1956. She attended the University of Wyoming for one year and then worked at Farmers State Bank in Worland before marrying Joe M Simonson on September 12,...
Charles Edward Gilmore, Jr. 84, passed away peacefully at his home on December 12, 2023. Charles was born September 18, 1939 in Upham, North Dakota, the third child born to Charles Edward, Sr. and Florence (Wik) Gilmore. Charles graduated from Manderson High School in 1957 and furthered his education by earning a degree in accounting from Northwest Community College in 1959. In 1961, Charles and his wife, Vasca, made their home in Worland. Charles embarked on a distinguished career, working for...
Geraldine Mary Mull, 78, returned to her heavenly home surrounded by her family on Dec. 14, 2023. Geraldine was born in Lewiston, Maine on May 28, 1945 to Armand J. Gauthier and Loretta Gauthier. She grew up in Auburn, Maine with her three other siblings, John Gauthier, Bob Gauthier and Lorraine Luce. On February 8, 1964 Geraldine married her soulmate, Darrell Leon Mull. Together they raised 4 children, David, Randy, Lori and Mike. Geraldine had a profound love for her children, and each one of...
Richard Schoeler, 97, passed away December 5th, 2023 in Mesa, Arizona. Richard was born October 17th, 1926 in Valley City, North Dakota. Richard was raised on the family farm located in Courtenay, North Dakota and was the son of Albert and Helen Schoeler. He shared his life on the farm with his younger brother John and his sister Marilyn. After graduating from high school in Courtenay, Richard attended Valley City Teacher's College in Valley City, North Dakota. Richard soon realized that educati...
Dear Santa, Hello, It's me Roscoe again. I'm over 2 years old now and this Saturday will be my two-year anniversary with my furever family. I know I thanked you last year for them but I have to thank you again. Having a furever family and furever home is the best. Mom and Dad have given a great furever home to many animals including us five - yours truly, Ivy, Shadow, Tigger and Fluffy. We are all extremely grateful. We love it here so my Christmas wish this year is that all the doggies and...
During the Washakie County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 19, Jim Butterfield and County Attorney Anthony Barton spoke to the commissioners about dissolving the Cottonwood Grass Creek watershed improvement district (WID). Butterfield said, “I’m here again to ask that the WID be dissolved. There’s no activity, and no future activity. Hot Springs County should have already dissolved, and if not, they will shortly, because their county commissioners approved to dissolve it. That’s over 80% of the watershed.” The WID was initially...
Ten Sleep School administrative assistant Janet Collen said she spent most of her life in Ten Sleep, where she grew up on a small ranch outside of town and went on to graduate from Ten Sleep School. After returning to the school to work 14 years ago, Collen now finds herself retiring on Dec. 21, the final day of the semester. Before starting her job at Ten Sleep School, Collen said she had primarily worked in Worland and had to commute every day for work. Collen said she liked her jobs in...
During the creation of RT Communications now Range, Becky Dooley was hired in 1994 as the human resource coordinator and now at the end of 2023, Dooley will be retiring after 29 years with Range/RT Communications. Dooley, who said she is from Worland and has familial ties to the area dating back to 1898, said, "I was the only local manager that was hired [...] I felt very fortunate in that regard." Dooley found herself moving up the ladder as time went on and became the vice president and...
An anonymous bomb threat was sent to school districts across the state of Wyoming at approximately 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13. According to an article by The Salt Lake Tribune, schools across Idaho and Utah were affected as well. The threat, making the claim that an explosive device had been planted on school grounds, was e-mailed to over 100 school administrators across the state according to Washakie County Sheriff Austin Brookwell. Brookwell confirmed that the threat had been received by administrators in Worland, Ten Sleep, Basin and Gre...
For their annual home dual tournament, the Worland Warriors wrestling team finished second in the silver bracket at the Battle in the Big Horns on Dec. 15-16 at Worland High School. "Whether they're freshmen or seniors, or in between, the kids know that high level of expectation from our program. They weren't afraid and didn't back down from any competition. That definitely showed in some of those tighter duals. I couldn't be prouder of our kids," said WHS wrestling coach Josh Garcia. In their...
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