Mitigation study for ice jam flooding approved

WORLAND — Washakie County’s ice jam flood mitigation proposal is one of 10 pilot projects selected in the northern region for study.

Washakie County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director Jeff Schweighart said the funding for the project was approved through the Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, recently signed by President Donald Trump.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected t...