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WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners met Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Washakie County Courthouse to read a letter of recommendation from their engineering firm TSP, and draft a notice of intent to award the bid for the remodeling of the former Kennedy Ace Hardware building at 801 Big Horn Avenue into the new Washakie…

WORLAND – Bronze sculptor Chris Navarro of Casper has been sculpting full-time for 35 years, creating countless masterpieces around the state of Wyoming, and opening a new traveling exhibit at the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center (WM&CC) last Thursday, Aug. 20. Navarro has had a large impact on the museum over the years, as he…

CHEYENNE — A state of Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services around Wyoming cities throughout September. Brad Cline is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Mr. Cline can also help…

WORLAND — Write-in nominations have filled out the races for Worland City Council. Keith McDonald accepted a write-in nomination to challenge Jim Gill for mayor. The two faced off in 2016 with Gill winning 1,320 votes to 844 votes. According to Washakie County Clerk Mary Grace Strauch, there were five qualified write-in nominations for mayor…

WORLAND – The Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees met on Monday night, Aug. 24, via Zoom to hear updates from administrators and to hire several positions to start the year. Administrators that spoke throughout the night continually gave praise to the cleaning staff and to the teachers for the job that…

WORLAND – There is a five-way race for three seats on both the Washakie County School District (WCSD) No. 1 Board of Trustees and Washakie County School District (WCSD) No. 2 Board of Trustees after filing ended Monday. In District No. 1 David Tommerup has filed for re-election, with Tim Wright, Tami Young, Jonathan Hake…

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We like to have fun in our newsroom and last Tuesday as we were beginning to digest election results and add up numbers from various precincts one of our reporters asked jokingly, “Are we using COVID math or regular math?” I emphatically said no, there would be no COVID math involved in election vote tallies.…

Happy Almost September. Look for Blair’s, Bomgaars and Arby’s inserts inside this week’s print edition. Blair’s and Bomgaars are available for online… Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

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Michael Jones Paris passed away on August 15, 2020 in Lacey, Washington with his family beside him. Mike was born in Worland, WY on March 11, to Scott Graham and Harriett Ann (Jones) Paris. Growing up in Worland, Mike was drawn to the cowboy way of life at an early age. His favorite book as…

Donald Gene McCormac, 88, of Fort Collins, CO peacefully died surrounded by family at his home on August 13, 2020. His death is preceded by his parents Myrtle and Perry and brother Glen of Oshkosh, Ne. He is survived by his wife Carol, daughter Kathy of Carlsbad, CA, daughter Kim Hosp of Denver, CO and…

“Miss Bosch,” as she was known to her many 4th and 5th grade students in Santa Maria and “Bev” as she was known to her many friends and colleagues, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at her home in Santa Maria, California after losing a short battle with cancer. Beverly grew up on her…

WORLAND — Several disasters this spring and summer have provided for the ability of emergency assistance to ag producers. According to a press release from the Farm Service Agency, a drought has caused severe damage in all areas of Washakie County. A fire has caused severe damage south of Worland — the Neiber Fire area…