Articles from the January 4, 2024 edition
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4-H volunteer Kathy Bush earns statewide recognition
Washakie County 4-H volunteer Kathy Bush said that winning the Wyoming 4-H Northwest Region Outstanding Lifetime Volunteer award came to her as a surprise. According to a previous Northern Wyoming...
Commissioners consider granting sheriff vehicular signal boosters
Washakie County Sheriff Austin Brookwell attended the Washakie County Commissioner meeting to inform the commissioners about a phone signal booster that he found to be beneficial after initial use and now hopes to install signal boosters on all vehic...
City water main line leaks being repaired
Two minor leaks in the City of Worland’s water pipeline are being addressed this winter. City of Worland Director of Public Works and Parks Nick Kruger detailed plans to repair the section of pipeline that went into service in 1983. Kruger said t...
Colleen Joyce Bose
Colleen Joyce Bose, 90, passed away on December 28, 2023 at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Born on August 13, 1933, in Wilsonville, Nebraska, Colleen was the daughter of Robert...
Virginia R. Ottinger
Virginia R. Ottinger, Age 85 passed away October 9, 2023 in Billings Montana. She was born July 19, 1938 in Davis City, Iowa to Layton and Doris (Hart) Baker. Virginia attended Davis City Public Schoo...
Charles Clifford Ferree
Charles "Charlie" Clifford Ferree passed away on December 25, 2023. He was born on June 28, 1964. Charlie was a man of many hobbies and trades; we never quite knew what was coming next. The latest...
Edra Luzelle Snider
Edra Luzelle Snider, 95, passed away December 11, 2023 at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Edra was born in Maysville Missouri, February 29, 1928, the second youngest of six children...
John Keith Johnson
A funeral service for John Keith Johnson, 78, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, January 5, 2024 at the Gorman Funeral Homes – Platte Chapel in Wheatland, Wyoming. John Johnson passed away on T...
Bonnie Rae Baker
Bonnie Rae Baker, a beloved resident of Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, passed away on December 18, 2023, at the age of 91. She was born on April 5, 1932 in Worland, Wyoming to Oliver...
Frances 'Yvonne' Wiltsey
Frances “Yvonne” Wiltsey, passed away in Worland, Wyoming on Nov. 23, 2023. She was born on Dec. 4, 1939 in Greybull, Wyoming. Services will be held on Jan. 12, 2024 at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Worland, Wyoming....
Carl Elbert Johnson
Carl Elbert Johnson, aged 96, passed away peacefully on December 31, 2023 in Powell, Wyoming. A funeral service will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 114 Cedar Avenue in Burlington, on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at 11...
Happy New Year; New facilities, election highlight, what's to come
As a new year rolls in one of the common sayings is “out with the old, in with the new” and that is exactly what 2024 will be bringing to Washakie County. Ten Sleep School is moving forward and app...
Don't forget to recycle your Christmas tree
For your tree to be recycled into mulch this year in the 29th annual Washakie County Conservation District Christmas tree recycling event, you’ll need to have it out no later than 8 a.m. this Saturday, Jan. 6. Worland residents who live within the c...
Lady Warriors ready for tough set of games to open 2024
The New Year brings new beginnings and new challenges, and for the Worland Lady Warriors girls basketball team, three of their next four games are against ranked opponents. Tonight, in their home...