Increase to ambulance budget approved for paramedic

WORLAND — The Washakie County commissioners listened to a request from Washakie County Ambulance Director Luke Sypherd for a potential increase to the ambulance department’s budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.

The original county budget includes $37,000 for the department, but Sypherd was seeking an increase to the budget in order to gauge options to hire either more part-time help, seek a partn...