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CODY — After months of buildup, the policy known as CKA became a rule last Thursday without fanfare. Only two people spoke, both in favor of the rule. In addition to a two-year review, trustees were required to make the policy a rule after a change in the state statute. The review the concerning concealed…

TEN SLEEP – The Washakie County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees met for their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Aug. 10, to hold second readings on three policies, receive their annual audit and to approve different agenda items prior to school starting yesterday. The three policies in questions were Bylaw Article XII, Bylaw…

WORLAND – Four community members have filed for both Washakie County School District (WCSD) No. 2 Board of Trustees and Washakie County School District (WCSD) No. 1 Board of Trustees, three have filed for the Worland Fire Protection District No. 1 board, two have filed for Ten Sleep Cemetery District, two have filed for Washakie…

WORLAND — All Worland municipal candidates will advance to the Nov. 3 general election based on unofficial results from Tuesday’s primary election. Mayor Jim Gill, seeking a second term, received 1,149 of the 1,213 total votes cast. There were 64 write-ins cast. A person needs only three write-in votes to be eligible. If there is…

WORLAND — In person hearings and bench trials were slated to begin Tuesday for Worland Municipal Court following action by the city council Monday night. Discussion originated at the Aug. 4 meeting, continued at the Aug. 10 work session with further discussion and official motion on Monday, Aug. 17. Municipal Court Judge Marcy Argeris told…

WORLAND – Washakie County School District No. 1 held a town hall discussion via Zoom on Thursday, Aug. 13, one day after the Worland school board decided to delay the reopening of East Side School after reported COVID-19 cases among staff. The presentation featured administrators highlighting points of the reopening plan that was used when…

Remember school is back in session. Observe school speed zones, look for students walking or biking to and from school. Inside this week’s issue are Blair’s and Bomgaars… Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

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…

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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,…