Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND – Banner Health Washakie Medical Center began offering home sleep evaluations at the beginning of April, Practice Manager for the Banner Medical Group Anna Venable told the hospital board Thursday afternoon,. She said they have conducted eight studies so far with at least four more “happening soon.” “We expanded our local specialty services to provide sleep medicine services to the region. Physician Assistant Joe Tritchler received extended training within the sleep specialty and he is working with board certified Banner Health sleep m...
WORLAND – Next Wednesday, May 8, Worland residents James and Sunny Pederson will celebrate their 60 wedding anniversary. The couple was married on May 8, 1959, on James Pederson's parent's small farm between Otto and Burlington. After getting married the couple spent a night, just one, in a motel in Cody, as James had to be back at work the next day. The couple met during an LDS (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) youth event. "We went on a hayride and we kind of met there, that w...
WORLAND – Every year, approximately 6.5 million animal companions enter animal shelters nationwide. Out of that number, it’s estimated that 3.2 million shelter animals get adopted every year. New Hope Humane Society in Worland provides an opportunity for people in the Washakie County area to adopt a pet and give a rescued animal a ‘fur’ever home. Several members of the Northern Wyoming News staff shared their stories about their adoptions leading up to this Friday’s Fur Ball fundraiser for New Hope at the fairgrounds. Staff writer Tracie Mitche...
WORLAND – Traveling more than 1,000 miles to serve another community is practically unheard of, but 27 high school students and eight adults from Valley Baptist Church, located in Bakersfield, California, did just that last week in Worland. As part of an annual mission trip, the students and adults helped Worland residents in many ways including offering a free car wash and babysitting. “This is our spring break mission trip; we go on a mission trip like this every spring. It gives [the students... Full story
EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY — Worland Public Transportation to Cody. 347-3208. FIRST and THIRD TUESDAY of EACH MONTH — Worland City Council meeting: 7 p.m. at city hall. FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY of EACH MONTH — The Washakie County Commissioners meeting: Commissioners’ room in the courthouse start at 9 a.m. SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH – Worland Acoustic Jam: 6:30 pm. at the Worland Senior Center. EVERY SECOND TUESDAY — The Washakie County Democrats meeting: 7 p.m. at the Worland Community Center Complex. EVERY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ... Full story
WORLAND — While the proficiency applications may have been judged in late March, proficiency results were not announced until the Wyoming State FFA Convention this past week and it was well worth the wait for the member of the Chief Washakie FFA chapter with 12 members earning state championships. The chapter has been working hard at increasing the number of proficiency applications submitted to the state level for the past four to five years, according to advisor Grace Godfrey. “We set a goal each year of how many we want to submit. Last yea...
WORLAND – Worland kindergarten through third-grade students attended the NED's Mindset Mission at the Worland Middle School Auditorium Wednesday afternoon, to follow cardboard NED through a series of adventures that teaches him important life lessons. Worland East Side Elementary School Principal Chris Peterson stated, "It's another positive interaction with kids as far as for the things we are trying to do at the school, as far as never giving up, encouraging others, doing your best. When y...
WORLAND – Worland speech and debate team’s assistant coach John Ryan received the Alumni of the Year award recently, at the speech and debate National Qualifiers tournament in Green River and Rock Springs,. The National Speech and Debate Association introduced several new awards this year. Alumni of the Year is meant to recognize NSDA competitors for accomplishment and volunteer activies. John Ryan has spent time the last year working with Coach Rick Dorn on the Worland High School speech and debate team. Ryan was born and raised in Worland, bu... Full story
TEN SLEEP – Ten Sleep School is bringing Rachel’s Challenge to Ten Sleep, April 15, with a 6:30 p.m. event for the entire community along with a program for the elementary students at 8:30 a.m. and a program for the high school students at 10 a.m., as a way to help students and the community understand the detriments of bullying. “We are excited to have Rachel’s Challenge come to Ten Sleep. Their emphasis on student’s treating others with respect, kindness, and compassion is representative of our community’s values. Cultivating a culture of... Full story
WORLAND – March 14, 15 and 16, students from all over the state gathered in Green River and Rock Springs for the National Qualifiers Competition for speech and debate. Qualifying for the National Competition is Nathaniel Nelson and Jade Hefenieder in duo interpretation, along with Zoe Fernandez and Madeline Martinson in World Schools Debate. Thirty Worland High School students attended this competition, competing in 13 different events: foreign exemption, domestic exemption, Lincoln-Douglas debate, cross-examination debate, public forum d... Full story
WORLAND — The new chair for the Washakie County Republican Party may be fairly new to Washakie County but he has a long history in the Republican party. Peter Calderon was elected as chair during the county party’s meeting March 14. Other officers elected were vice chair and state committeewoman, Tami Young, state committeeman and reporter Tim Young; treasurer, Ernie Beckley; and secretary, Elizabeth Bates. Calderon will serve two years in the position. He is a youth specialist at the Wyoming Boys School who moved here with his wife and two...
WORLAND – Every year, a coach is selected to receive the honor of the title of “coach of the year” in speech and debate. A coach is chosen for each class, 1A/2A, 3A and 4A. This year, five different coaches received nominations for 3A. However, it was Worland High School’s coach Rick Dorn who took home the honor. Coaches for the title are selected through nominations and coaches vote on the nominees. According to Dorn, other coaches vote with one vote per school in order to determine the winner. “I think it’s a sign of respect for what the coac...
WORLAND — About 85 fourth-graders from Worland West Side Elementary School got a glimpse into the inner workings of the city’s sewer lagoon during a recent field trip. Public Works Superintendent Brian Burky and Jodie Crawford, chief wastewater treatment plant operator, said the tour was the first for the city. They set up three stations, teaching the students about work in the laboratory, about the Clean Water Act and the process of the lagoon. Crawford said the city’s system does not use chemicals to clean the water before it is relea... Full story
WORLAND — Meg DeBolt, senior at Worland High School, and daughter of Tad and Betsy DeBolt, has earned the Regional Star in AgriScience. The best of the best among the State FFA Degrees recipients from the region. Regional Stars have mastered skills in production (farmer), finance (placement), management (entreprenueship) and/or research (agriscience). FFA Advisors from around the region: Ten Sleep, Thermopolis, Meeteetsee, Cody, Powell, Rocky Mountain, Lovell, Greybull, Basin and Worland reviewed the state FFA degree application and the Star B... Full story
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) has been an area ripe with fraud for many years. The Wyoming Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) is seeing an increase in fraudulent phone calls and media ads directed to Medicare beneficiaries, offering back, neck, and other types of braces. In many situations, the caller falsely claims to be a Medicare representative checking on a patient’s arthritis or back pain. The scammers then obtain the Medicare recipient’s personal information, add the name of an unknown referring medical provider to the order, ship the DME to...
WORLAND - For more than 15 years the Worland Senior Citizens Center has been an AARP tax preparation site and they are again this year, starting the free service this week. According to coordinator Sherry Stottler, each year the preparers help with 150 tax returns. The preparers are certified to prepare taxes by the IRS under the auspices of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance/Tax Counseling for the Elderly. Stottler said each preparer goes through 30 to 40 hours of training and testing to...
WORLAND – One hundred years ago, on Feb. 19, 1919, Claire Lais was born to Joseph and Ida Boyd in Campbell County near Savageton. She joined five half-siblings and two full blood siblings, during a blizzard, with temperatures below zero and the snow piling up. "I was born on a ranch out here in a sheep herders shack, probably a 10 X 12 sheepherder's shack. The snow was over the top of the fences and dad went to get a midwife to have me delivered," Lais said. Her daughter Pat Wiseman added, "... Full story
WORLAND – Valentine’s Day is something often seen has as a love holiday that’s more often than not only promoted by the greeting card industry. However, angel babies and boxes of chocolates seem to only work as a mask to hide the true, much darker history of the holiday. Some know of Saint Valentine with the Roman-Catholic Church. However, it’s lesser known that there are at least three different saints who go by Valentine or Valentinus. Many legends lead to belief, however, that at least o... Full story
WORLAND – The seventh annual men’s CatchAFire event is Friday evening in the Worland Middle School auditorium from 5:30 – 9 p.m. and Saturday, for those desiring a deeper walk with the Lord, from 8 – 9 a.m. at the Worland First Southern Baptist Church located at 821 S 15th Street in Worland. The event is open to all men age 16 and above. The vision for the men’s CatchAFire event came from event co-coordinator James Scott when he was helping with a women’s conference several years ago. The idea of bringing men together to bond with each other, t... Full story
WORLAND – Thursday will kick off the Worland High School's two-day drama showcase. The drama showcase will feature two one act plays and a handful of various types of small acting pieces. Thursday night will start off with the production of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Deprived from its original version to adjust to a time slot of 30 minutes, the play is under the direction of high school senior Rachael Carver. The play features Sullie-Ann Keuntjes as Anne, Emily Bleicher as Edith, Raeth Tolman a...
WORLAND — From agricultural mechanics to vet science and on to livestock judging the Chief Washakie FFA attended the University of Wyoming Cowboy Classic on Wednesday. Sidnee Martinez and Wyatt Wyman participated in the ag mechanics contest that consisted of overhead lap ARC welding to small engine specifications and wiring to skid steer part identification. Olivia Shaffer, Skylar Tharp and Jade Hefenieder participated in the veterinary science that consisted of parasite, animal and equipment identification, a written test as well as h...
WORLAND - Grain bin safety was a highlight of the Washakie County Women's Ag Expo in Worland last month. Connie Werbelow of the Farm Service Agency in Greybull discussed how a person standing in a grain bin when grain is poured out can be buried up to their knees in four seconds and fully engulfed in grain by 20 seconds. She said the time did not seem to differentiate much with different types of grain. During the presentation, Werbelow invited Worland volunteer firefighters Tony Nelsen and...
Ten Sleep Youth Rodeo results TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep Youth Rodeo Saturday drew people from all over the Big Horn Basin despite the heat showing the cowboy spirit of the local youth. RESULTS: — Costume class: First place, Emily Rice. Second place, the Greet Girls. Third place, Emersyn Barent. — Steer riding: First place, Virginia Lohr. Second place, Walker Cooper. Third place, Tim Nichols. — Stick horse race: Dahlia Lara. — Muttin bustin’ 5 and under: First place, Tucker Lee Bass. Second plac...