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Commissioner addresses Congress on flooding

Wolf testifies Worland ice jam flood costs could exceed $150,000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), welcomed testimony from Washakie County Commission Chairman Terry Wolf at a committee oversight hearing on “Flood Control Infrastructure: Safety Questions Raised by Current Events.”

Reading from a prepared statement, Wolf outlined recent flooding issues in the...