John Wilfred Greet

John Wilfred Greet passed away at the age of 91 on November 12, 2022. He was born in Worland, Wyoming on December 24, 1930, the youngest of Frank and Edna Lucile (Pyle) Greet’s six children. He attended grade school in the one room “Greet School” and went from a class of three to his first…

Sunnie Dawn Bates

Sunnie Dawn Bates, also known with the last names Seghetti, Maser and Sanderson, passed away in her sleep in the early morning hours of November 6th, 2022. She lost her long battle to breast cancer that had spread around her body and to her brain. Sunnie was preceded in death by her parents, Ann and…

November 17, 2022

Veteran Groups honored inside this week’s issue. Local swim team season wrap up and Much… Top Featured Tags: – Wyoming News Press Release Distribution Service

Flags at Half Staff

Governor Orders Wyoming Flag be Flown at Half Staff at the Capitol and in Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie Counties on Friday, November 18 CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has ordered the Wyoming State Flag be flown at half staff at the Capitol in Cheyenne and in Big Horn, Fremont, Hot…

PUBLIC NOTICE: Nov. 1 county Commissioners

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Kathryn (Kathy) Idelle Colton

Kathryn (Kathy) Idelle Colton, skilled horsewoman and beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed away peacefully in her sleep at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center on November 6, 2022. She was 96 years old. Kathy was born March 19, 1926 in Medford, Wisconsin to Daniel Albert Shaffer and Estelle Jane (Hughes) Shaffer. She earned a Bachelor…

Rudy Sanford

Rudy Sanford, 81 of Worland passed away October 29, 2022 surrounded by family. Rudy was born March 29, 1941 in Jackson, Wyoming to Charles and Selma Sanford. He was the fifth of five children, and the only boy. Rudy spent his childhood in Jackson exploring with friends, hunting and fishing, and skiing on Snow King…

Game and Fish pursues land for public access

BUFFALO — The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission will vote at an upcoming meeting on whether to purchase the Ellis Sheep Company Ranch off of Hazleton Road for $3.45 million. The 2,640-acre parcel located in Johnson and Washakie counties would become a Wildlife Habitat Management Area. According to the property listing by Pfister Land Co., the…

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Shannea Danielle Brown

Shannea Danielle Brown, 32, passed away unexpectedly in her home on November 3, 2022 in Worland, Wyoming. She was born in Worland to Steven John Brown and Shannon Michelle (Goggin) Craft on July 24, 1990. She was a beautiful soul, who would help anyone if she was able. She had one of the biggest hearts…

The News Editorial: Winners but no losers Tuesday night

Congratulations to Tuesday’s winners and to the others who were on ballots around the Big Horn Basin. Those who also ran are not losers. They cared enough about their communities, their counties, their state to put their name on the ballot. Filing for office and having your name on the ballot is not an easy…

Last day to apply for Emergency Rental Assistance Program is today

WASHAKIE COUNTY – Today, Nov. 10 is the last day to apply for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). According to Kassie Nolting with Wyo Help, ERAP was created using money from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to assist qualifying low income households in paying their rent and utilities. It began…

Lady Warriors finish fourth at state tournament

WORLAND – After surprising everyone at the 3A West regional volleyball tournament, the Worland Lady Warriors kept it rolling on their way to a fourth-place finish at last week’s 3A State tournament in Casper Nov. 3-5. Entering the tournament as the No. 4-seed out of the West, the Lady Warriors took on the 3A East…

Three incumbents, one new face, win seats on Worland school board

WORLAND — All three incumbents running for re-election for the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees won their races on Tuesday along with a newcomer who won her first term on the board. That’s according to unofficial election results. Worland-area Washakie County voters granted Don Bryant (1,641 votes), Sarah Lungren (1,182 votes)…

Voters support sales, lodging taxes by wide margins

WORLAND — Washakie County voters overwhelmingly approved continuing the one-cent general purpose tax and the 2% lodging tax on Tuesday. The sales tax was approved by 69.7% of the voters casting ballots on Election Day, with 2,125 in favor and 925 opposed. The tax will be distributed to eight entities over the next four years…

Aging irrigation infrastructure to be discussed in Worland

WORLAND — It wasn’t a secret to Wyoming’s agriculture community that thousands of tunnels, ditches and canals were creeping up in age — the majority exceeding being older than a century or more — but the 2019 tunnel collapse in Goshen County that left thousands without irrigation during the most critical part of the growing…

November 10, 2022

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Wyoming News Briefs Nov. 9, 2022

Average gas prices up 0.4 cents per gallon since last week in Wyoming CHEYENNE (WNE) —Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have risen 0.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.65 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 20.8 cents per gallon lower than a…

Dorthea Mae Lewis

Dorthea Mae Lewis was born on May 17, 1922 to Perle Mortimer Lewis and Bertha Mae Sheesley in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. In May of 2022, she celebrated 100 years of joyful living and passed away peacefully on October 22, 2022 in Newcastle, Wyoming. Dorthea was raised in Ten Sleep, WY. Due to World War II…

Helen Schoeler

Helen Schoeler, 93, passed away on October 19th, 2022 in Mesa, Arizona. Helen was born on April 2, 1929 in Jamestown, North Dakota. Helen was raised on the family farm outside of Jamestown, North Dakota and was the daughter of Herbert and Grace Vondergeest. She shared her life on the farm with her sister, Dorothy…

PUBLIC NOTICE: Oct. 18 County Commissioner Minutes

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