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Statewide voter turnout above average for 2018
WORLAND – According to reports released by the Office of the Secretary of State, Wyoming Election Division and the Office of the County Clerk for Washakie County, voting numbers for both the state primary and general elections were up over p...
Commission meets Tuesday; road issues on tap
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commission will meet Tuesday to hear regular department reports and revisit with the Road and Bridge department regarding limiting access to two county roads. Previously, the commission discussed a plan to restrict t...
Thermopolis reinstates deer management program
THERMOPOLIS - The Thermopolis Police Department will restart a deer management program again this year, after taking a year off in 2017. Originally, the program began to mitigate vehicle/deer accidents and property damage in-town. “We had reached a...
Worland Fire stresses winter prevention
WORLAND – As colder temperatures blanket the Big Horn Basin, Worland Fire District Chief Chris Kocher would like residents to think about preparations and safety for winter. “We’ve seen a lot of chimney fires [in the past] but with new techn...
Ten Sleep examines traditions for Veterans Day
TEN SLEEP – Veterans of all military branches and conflicts reaching back to World War II lined the wall of the gymnasium at the Ten Sleep School on Monday, in observance of Veterans Day, before an a...
Judge Overfield sworn in, robed in official ceremony
THERMOPOLIS – Wyoming Governor Matt Mead appointed Thermopolis attorney Bobbi Dean Overfield to be District Court Judge for the Fifth Judicial District in August, serving Big Horn, Hot Springs and W...
Ten Sleep awards bid to fix town lagoon
TEN SLEEP – The Town of Ten Sleep awarded a bid to fix the town’s lagoon, which has breached its original bentonite liner, during Wednesday’s town council meeting. Bornhoft Construction of Riverton won the bid, at a total of $675,225. Two other...
Worland, Ten Sleep welcome new school board members
WORLAND – Washakie county voters went to the polls Tuesday, electing new members to the county’s two school boards, and cementing county seats for incumbents who ran largely unopposed. For Washakie County School District No. 1 (Worland) new boa...
Worland community garden ends fourth year
WORLAND — This year, the Worland community garden had another successful year, thanks in part to Action Resources International and a support from the AmeriCorps VISTA program. Located across from the baseball fields at Newell Sargent Park in W...
Voters to decide on lodging tax
WORLAND – Voters on Tuesday in Washakie County will decide whether to continue a lodging tax. Washakie County already charges 4 percent to visitors for lodging, with revenues going toward the county Visitor’s Council for advertising and tourism ini...
Rural district could expand after Tuesday vote
WORLAND – A measure on Tuesday’s ballot could allow South Worland Water Users to join the Washakie Rural Improvement and Service District, after a nearly year-long effort to combine the two groups. A petition to join the Washakie Rural system was...
Area students to attend national drug-free conference
WORLAND – Thanks to a drug-free community grant, three area students will be attending a national convention of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America in the Washington, D.C., area in February. On Tuesday, Washakie County Youth Alternatives A...
County secures contract with AirCareMed
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commission met Tuesday to hear regular department reports, and finalized a contract to continue air medical services for the county with Guardian Flight, now part of the AirMedCare Services. Holly Anderson with A...
Halloween safety tips from Worland Police
WORLAND – Chief Gabe Elliott with the Worland Police Department shared Halloween safety tips on Monday, in advance of the holiday on Wednesday, when trick or treaters are expected on the streets of Worland and Ten Sleep. For home owners, Chief Elliot...
County to review AirMedCare services
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commission will meet today to hear regular department reports, and move forward with a contract to continue air medical services for the county with Guardian Flight, now part of the AirMedCare Services. Holly Anderson w...
Absentee voting continues in Wyoming
County Clerk Mary Grace Strauch reports that there are currently 3,927 registered voters in the county, and, so far, 362 absentee ballots have been sent out and 203 have been returned. Absentee voting continues until Nov. 5. Strauch also reminds...
New banks on the rise in Worland
WORLAND – Big Horn Federal Savings Bank in Worland, located at 1006 Big Horn Avenue, is still in a temporary facility while the former bank building was removed this summer and replaced with a new, upgraded and larger building. Construction is s...
County clarifies, roads not to be closed
WORLAND – In response to some public concern and outcry, Washakie County Commissioner Fred Frandson reiterated on Wednesday that the county has no plans to close two heavy-traveled roads, but rather to restrict them to local-only traffic. The two roa...
Country grants contract with AirMedCare for Guardian flights
WORLAND – After a recommendation by the county attorney, Washakie county commissioners voted on Oct. 2 to move forward with a contract to continue air medical services for the county with Guardian Fli...
Watershed study kicks off with area meetings
WORLAND – The Wyoming Water Development Commission, with sponsorship by the Washakie County and South Big Horn Conservation districts, kicked off a two-year watershed study last week with public meetings in Basin and Worland, to inform the public of...
County consults with state on closing two roads
WORLAND – Washakie County Commissioners met Tuesday to hear department reports, and gave a brief update on a plan to restrict two county roads to local traffic only, enforced by ordinance. As explained last month by Commissioners Aaron Anderson a...
Ten Sleep council meets Tuesday
TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep Town Council will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. to hear regular department reports and get an update on the town’s ongoing U.S. Department of Agriculture project to upgrade the town’s lagoon. Going forward, Mayor Jack Hagge...
Commission to add Prevention grant to budget
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commission will meet Tuesday to hear regular department reports and hold a budget hearing to add a Prevention Management grant to the annual operating budget. The $218,000, two-year grant, obtained through the office o...
Prevention Coalition discusses alternatives to substance abuse
WORLAND – The Washakie Prevention Coalition held a lunch meeting on Thursday, to discuss a new grant to combat substance abuse, and look at ways to combine forces and grant opportunities to offer area at-risk youth pathways to healthy choices. The c...
Stepping down from the bench
WORLAND – After 40 years of practicing law and serving as a county, circuit and district judge, Judge Robert Skar is retiring this week, to spend time on his hobbies and travel the United States. A g...