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The number of confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday increased by 415 cases to 25,975. The record for cases in a day is 1,251 on November 23. The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) also reported 3,984 probable cases along with 202 deaths. There were 444 recoveries reported today, 408 from lab-confirmed and 36 probable…

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – In response to rising cases of COVID-19 and increasing strains on medical facilities, Governor Mark Gordon announced additional statewide measures to help slow the spread of COVID-19, ease the pressure on Wyoming’s healthcare system and preserve the viability of the state’s economy. The new health orders issued by the State Health Officer…

GREYBULL (WNE) — While a statewide order could still come from the governor’s desk, members of Big Horn County’s COVID-19 incident management team say they have no intention of requesting a local order that would require people in the county to wear masks. As of Tuesday afternoon, the state had approved local mask mandate requests…

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We knew it was only a matter of time before a mask mandate was coming, but we did not know how it would come about. While I write this Tuesday night Washakie County’s health order mandating masks, submitted by County Health Officer Ed Zimmerman, is under review by the Wyoming State Health Officer Alexia Harrist.…

Twenty-one more coronavirus-related deaths among Wyoming residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have been confirmed, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) in a press release on Thursday. An older adult Albany County woman died earlier last month. It’s unclear whether the woman was hospitalized; she was a resident of a local long-term care…

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WASHAKIE COUNTY – A mask mandate has been approved by Washakie County Health Officer Dr. Ed Zimmerman, state health officer Dr. Alexia Harrist as well as the State Attorney General’s Office. In an article released in tomorrow’s edition of the Northern Wyoming News it is noted that the order may have been in effect until…

BILLINGS, Montana – Darleen Smith, of Billings, passed away too soon on Nov. 12, 2020, after more than two weeks battling COVID-19. Born in Sheridan, Wyoming, on Aug. 17, 1933, she married the love of her life, Walter Smith, in 1953, and they started a family together, resulting in three children: Kim, Kristi and Kelly.…

Jerry Alexander, 70, a lifelong resident of Worland passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 doing what he loved to do. Jerry loved being raised here in Worland and was very active in gymnastics, track and cross country. Jerry was also extremely helpful in running the Chief Service Center as well as their family’s bulk fuel…

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WORLAND – More than 60 volunteers came out and helped support Ten Sleep and Worland organizations and clean up the Gebo Cemetery. During the Day of Service, organized by the Worland Stake Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that includes women who live in the Big Horn Basin communities of…

WORLAND — Livestock judging can pay for college? Yes, yes it can, and four Worland High School graduates and Chief Washakie FFA members are experiencing that right now, according to the Chief Washakie FFA advisor Grace Godfrey. Meg DeBolt, who graduated from WHS in 2019 as well as Liz Voss and Dani Warner, 2020 graduates,…

Belinda Daughtery fields a few questions during the ninth annual 2020 Mammoth Quick Draw at the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center on Nov…. Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

Alfred “Al” Vallee, 87, passed away November 14, 2020 at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis. A private Mass will be held and services will be in the… Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

Virgillia “Della” Brannon, 87, passed away November 13, 2020 at the Thermopolis Rehab and Wellness. No services are planned at this… Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

Wanda J. Crumpler, 88, passed away November 14, 2020 at the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis. Memorial services will be in Walnut Springs,… Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

WORLAND – After a nearly two-hour long discussion, Washakie County Health Officer Dr. Ed Zimmerman informed the Washakie County Commissioners on Tuesday that he had sent a order to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) for approval that would impose a mask mandate for Washakie County due to a recent uptick in cases and hospitalizations…