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WORLAND – At the request of resident Mike Healy, the Washakie County Commissioners clarified funding for the new Washakie County Library project. Confusion from Mike Healy was expressed due to an article previously printed in the Northern Wyoming News on Oct. 8 that depicted the incorrect funding from the one-cent sales tax. Funding for the…

WORLAND — Eleven students from Worland schools are out on quarantine this week, according to Business Manager Jack Stott. Stott emphasized that none of those quarantines were a result of school attendance. He noted that last week the district also had one staff member test positive for COVID-19. “They had been on site for 1-plus…

TEN SLEEP – Former Ten Sleep School ag education teacher Adrienne Forshee returned to her position this year after about an eight-year break. Forshee was the ag teacher 12 years ago for about four years, when she decided to focus on running the family ranch with her husband, along with being a mother to their…

Check out inserts from Blair’s, Bomgaars and Range in this week’s… Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

“Vote early and often,” a phrase originally attributed to Al Capone, is a phrase joked about every time an election rolls around. When President Donald Trump made a comment about making sure your absentee vote has been counted and if not then go to the polls to vote people perceived that to mean he was…

WORLAND — Worland Building Official Randy Adams addressed the city council Tuesday night about what he called “gross misconduct” of some council members. He said, “I am addressing this Council in regard to the gross misconduct, lack of leadership, lack of judgement and lack of integrity being demonstrated by some of our city council members.…

Bruce Ernest Stratmann, 90, passed away on October 11, 2020 at the Washakie Medical Center in Worland. He was born on November 2, 1929 in Holyrood, Kansas. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 17, 2020 at St. Luke’s Lutheran… Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

Lanny Frank Myers, a resident of Bountiful, Utah, for 50 years, passed away peacefully, with his daughter by his side, at Lakeview Hospital, on August 4, 2020, after a brief fight with Covid. Lanny’s wife, Doris, was in a rehabilitation center, due to Covid related health issues, at the time of his death. Lanny was…

WORLAND – Last year’s sugar beet harvest was hindered by three hard freezes that amounted to about 40% loss of sugar for Wyoming Sugar, according to Wyoming Sugar CEO Mike Greear. This year, they have to concern themselves about above average temperatures. In the 2019 harvest, Greear said they were able to process all but…

Donald Wayne Short died on Oct. 3, 2020, at his home in Powell. Don was born on Oct. 25, 1945, in Worland. Celebration of life will be held on Saturday, Oct.17, at 10 a.m., at Faith Community Church, located at 1267 Road 18 in… Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

Embry JoAnn Reid-Ward was born and passed on Friday, October 9, 2020 at the Washakie Medical Center in Worland. There will be a private family service at a later… Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

Graveside services for Janet Heinze Parrent, 82, will be Friday, October 16, 2020 at Monument Hill Cemetery in Thermopolis. Mrs. Parrent died Monday, October 12, 2020 at Hot Springs County Memorial… Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

WORLAND – While they lost their Oct. 8 dual to the Cody Fillies, 102-82, the Worland Lady Warriors swimming and diving team continued to put up some of their best times in the pool or scores on the board. “I was just thinking about when I first moved here and began coaching it was a…

TEN SLEEP – Ten Sleep School’s homecoming week is set to kick off today Thursday, Oct. 15, and according to High School Student Council sponsor Paula Beck-Acord, this year is set to look a little different due to the COVID-19 pandemic but will include most traditions from years past. The week will kick off today…

WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners received board updates from department heads, received bids and discussed potential changes to upcoming staffing in the courthouse during their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Tom Schmeltzer of building maintenance appeared before the board and discussed the preparations for winter and that all heating is set to…

TEN SLEEP – The Washakie County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees met for their regularly scheduled meeting in person and over Zoom on Monday, Oct. 12, to discuss two policies, discuss the Wyoming School Board Association (WSBA) Convention, approve a new mission and goals statement and receive updates on different subjects. The board…

Voters will have to decide on one Wyoming Constitutional Amendment during the general election. The League of Women Voters of Wyoming has provided a Guide for the 2020 General Election. The information on the amendment comes from LWVW voter’s guide. Constitutional Amendment A Ballot language: This amendment will remove the constitutionally specified limit on the…

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WORLAND – More than three years after an ice-jam flood event that flooded homes on the west side of Worland, figures were provided for a feasibility study to determine what actions could help prevent future flooding. On Tuesday, Oct. 6, Washakie County Emergency Management/Homeland Security Director Kami Neighbors presented to the Washakie County Commissioners, the…

WORLAND — With this year’s Washakie County Fair fading into a memory, the Washakie County Fair Board turned its attention to the 2021 fair. The 2021 fair will be July 24-July 31. The board has already asked Daniel Kosel to handle the musical lineup for the fair. During Monday’s meeting, board member Tamara Drake noted…

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