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Deborah Ann Goncalves, 66, passed away peacefully at her home on June 6, 2023. Deb was born October 28, 1956 in Merced, California to J.D. and Geraldine (Sneed) Dixon. She received her education in California, graduating from Merced High School in 1974. She married Michael Louis Goncalves on July 13, 1974 in Reno, Nevada. The…

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GILLETTE – The Gillette City Council remained split on a proposed malicious harms ordinance, but the group passed it on a third and final reading Tuesday night with a 4-3 vote. Amendments were made to the ordinance, with the biggest change being the addition of age as a protected class. The votes on the ordinance…

CODY (WNE) — The City of Cody will bring in a third party to review its investigation and findings regarding Cody Police Officer Blake Stinson’s conduct during an arrest of a 17-year-old juvenile in January. A formal complaint was filed in early May that “expressed concern over the officer’s professional conduct” during the arrest, a…

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For the first time since 2008, the Worland American Legion program is back and out on the diamond. The last time Worland had a team was the 2008 season when they combined with Lander. The Worland Post 44 Chiefs played their first games of the season in a doubleheader against Thermopolis on May 30 at…

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Michelle Doyle observed an occupational therapist at work back when she was attending Worland High School and found a calling. Now, she has helped 31 years’ worth of Worland students as an OT for Washakie County School District No. 1, bidding her last classes goodbye in her retirement this year. “I was always a Wyoming…

Stacie Fronk was born and raised in Worland. So were her two children and six grandchildren, all of which graduated from Worland High School, where Fronk worked for 18 years until her retirement last December. Fronk started out in the kitchen at Worland Middle School in 2001, moved to West Side Elementary School that fall,…

Ten Sleep School employees Betty Lyman and Larry Moody bid adieu to students and staff during a retirement celebration on May 19. Washakie County School District Number 2 Superintendent Annie Griffin read aloud several memories and farewells submitted by coworkers about Lyman, who served in the cafeteria and as a bus driver for a total…

Robert Henry Fritzler went to his heavenly home on May 29, 2023 after a brief battle with cancer. He was born in Worland, WY on May 21, 1937 to Henry H. Fritzler and Edith O. Bower. “Bob” graduated from Worland High School and attended the University of Wyoming. He owned the Conoco Station on Big…

Vicki DeVita was born August 7, 1942, to Jim and Donna Brownell in Denver, CO. On May 25, 2023, she went to be with the Lord, she was 80 years old. A closed casket funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, June 3 at the Sterling Berean Church with Pastor Daniel Holsten officiating.…

The other day when I was putting out our flag at the Northern Wyoming News, a gust of wind knocked the flag out of my hand. I know etiquette says that the flag should not touch the ground, but it was not intentional. I gently picked it up and put the flag in the stand…

U.S. Representative Harriet Hageman paid a visit to Washakie County Republicans for her “quarterly report” during their Lincoln Day Dinner fundraiser on Saturday, June 3 at Green Hills Golf Course in Worland. Hageman informed attendees that she had been appointed to the two committees she most desired to be on – Judiciary and Natural Resources,…

Andrea Cooley, a fourth grade teacher at West Side Elementary, was selected by the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board as the 2023 Master Teacher Award winner and was presented the award at the May 22 board meeting. “It’s such an honor to be acknowledged,” said Cooley. This award is given annually by the…

Washakie County Conservation District Manager Amanda O’Keefe and Education Coordinator Janet Hofmann made an appearance at the June 6 Worland City Council meeting to advocate for the resurrection of the town composting system. O’Keefe pointed out that the last effort to create a workable compost lot at Newell Sargent Park was headed by the Conservation…

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Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp inmate escapes custody CHEYENNE (WNE) — An inmate at the Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp escaped during a work detail assignment Monday, according to a news release from the Wyoming Department of Corrections. Monday morning, three forestry work details left the facility north of Newcastle, according to the release.Two details had 10…

CHEYENNE – The library book policy in Laramie County School District 1 is set to expand, but it will remain opt-out for the immediate future. English language arts secondary curriculum coordinator Joe Evans said he hopes to present four options in the coming months to district stakeholders when it comes to their schools’ media centers:…

CHEYENNE — Earthquakes were recorded two nights in a row almost exactly 24 hours apart along the Continental Divide in southeastern Wyoming this week. The first incident, a 3.9 magnitude earthquake that occurred at 2:14 a.m. Friday, had an epicenter near Antelope Hills, a rural subdivision between Saratoga and Encampment in Carbon County. Its depth…

CHEYENNE – The charges against a second Cheyenne teen who was allegedly involved in a shooting at Lincoln Park will be bound over to district court. Julian Espinoza, 16, will face felony conspiracy and aiding and abetting first-degree murder charges in district court, Circuit Court Judge Antoinette Williams Healy ruled early Friday afternoon. He is…