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Worland, Ten Sleep and several area schools began in-school classes this week. Washakie County School District No. 1 postponed the start of East Side Elementary until today (Thursday) due to two staff members testing positive for COVID-19 at the start of the month. Across the state and across the country school districts have had to…

WORLAND – Unofficial results from Tuesday night’s primary showed a tightly fought race between Ed Cooper of Ten Sleep and Linda Weeks of Basin for the Republican nomination split by just over 200 votes with Cooper winning at an unofficial total of 2,300 votes (47.6%) to Weeks’ 2,084 (43.1%). Cooper outperformed Weeks in Washakie County,…

WORLAND – U.S. House of Representatives Democratic candidate Carl Beach stopped in Washakie County last Tuesday on a trip around northern Wyoming. He said he had an event in Thermopolis scheduled and he reached out to his Worland campaign volunteer Phyllis Roseberry about hosting a small event at Pioneer Square. He then went to Ten…

David Bayert – Republican Where do you currently live? I have lived in Basin for the past 25 to 30 years. How long have you lived in House District 28? I have lived in District 28 since 1976 with a short interval of 1.5 years. I am a Hot Springs County High School graduate from…

WORLAND – Washakie County Commissioner Aaron Anderson has announced his bid for re-election as he seeks his fourth term as a commissioner. Anderson was first elected to the Board of Commission in 2008. “I am seeking another term as Washakie County commissioner for two basic reasons,” Anderson said. “One, I feel like I have a…

The number of confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Wednesday increased by 59 cases to 2,909. The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) also reported 521 probable cases, along with 34 deaths. The state reported 27 recoveries, 22 from lab-confirmed cases and five from probable cases. New cases today were reported in Albany, Campbell, Carbon, Converse,…

WORLAND – U.S. Senate Republican candidate Mark Armstrong of Centennial describes himself as a different kind of politician, not wanting to make the millions of dollars that career politicians do and limiting himself to two terms. Armstrong, in a stop in Worland on a northern Wyoming tour late last week said he understands that a…

WORLAND – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Donna Rice made a stop in Worland on Saturday to attend the annual Lincoln Day Dinner, a Washakie County Republican fundraiser typically scheduled for April to meet candidates. Rice was born in Newcastle and raised in Casper prior to graduating from Kelly Walsh High School, Casper College, and the…

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The number of confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday increased by 21 cases to 2,850. The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) also reported 513 probable cases, along with 34 deaths. The state reported 60 recoveries, 55 from lab-confirmed cases and five from probable cases. A new death was reported today in Fremont County. New…

The death of a Big Horn County man who previously tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been added to Wyoming’s total number of deaths linked to the virus, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). The older adult man had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness…

Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

CHEYENNE – The Bureau of Land Management has approved the development of up to 4,250 oil and gas wells for the Moneta Divide Project on over 300,000 acres of mostly public lands managed by the Lander and Casper field offices.  “I appreciate all the hard work and attention put into this project,” said Duane Spencer,…

U.S. Sen. John Barrasso is circulating a draft bill that’s drawing opposing reactions over its provisions to create five new Bureau of Land Management non-motorized wilderness areas in Wyoming. The draft Wyoming Public Land Initiative Act of 2020 addresses only about 23% of the 758,044 federal wilderness study acres in Wyoming. The draft bill addresses 176,454…

Sal R. Fabela passed away on August 6, 2020 at St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Montana with his family by his side. Salvador Ramos Fabela was born on October 13, 1940 in Worland, Wyoming. He was the second of six children born to John Anthony and Carmen (Ramos) Fabela. He received his education in the…

TEN SLEEP – Ten Sleep School has not been open since mid-March due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) but is set to open on Wednesday, Aug. 19, and house a full school of students for the first time in about five months. Washakie County School District No. 2 has been working with the Wyoming Department…

WORLAND – Dani Warner is a champion breeder and showman and the long-time 4-H and Chief Washakie FFA member won many accolades at the Washakie County Fair last month and is likely going to add to those awards at this week’s Wyoming State Fair. Warner won the Champion Bred and Fed Award in both the…

WORLAND — On Aug. 9 and 10, the Washakie County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) and the Washakie County Search and Rescue Squad (WCS&R) were called out to search for a missing 80-year-old male subject, identified as Jim Cornegg. Cornegg had gone missing in the west Little Gooseberry Creek drainage area while conducting paleontology and fossil searches.…

WORLAND — In a week, Worland and Washakie County has seen an increase of 33 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, Aug. 11. Four of the cases are reported as recovered by the Wyoming Department of Health, leaving 29 active. On July 29, Washakie County had 0 active cases, less than a week later there…

WORLAND – The Washakie County commissioners met last Tuesday, Aug. 4 for their regularly scheduled meeting to hear board reports and to approve different forms. Tom Schmeltzer of building maintenance reported to the commissioners that at least five contractors and a large amount of sub-contractors appeared for the pre-bid conference regarding the construction of the…