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Bringing food from the farm to school
WORLAND – Seventh and eighth graders at Thermopolis Middle School are feeding their school with a new vocational learning course called "farm to school." Becky Martinez, a vocational teacher at the mi...
Sidewalk ordinance passes first reading
WORLAND – The Worland City Council approved on first reading an ordinance updating options for payment for streets and sidewalks improvements. Ordinance No. 837 was approved unanimously on first reading Tuesday night. The ordinance reads, “The Cit...
New Homeland Security director hired
WORLAND – A new Homeland Security and emergency management director will start mid-November after the Washakie County Commissioners approved a motion to hire an area resident. Jeff Schweighart, who grew up in Thermopolis, accepted the commissioners...
Sugar beet syrup: A Keller family tradition
WORLAND – "It's a time to get family together and revitalize tradition," Ed Keller said of his family's generation-old recipe for making sugar beet syrup. Last Saturday a conglomerate of family m...
Hospital construction update
WORLAND – Hospital renovations and security were discussed at the Washakie Medical Center Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday night. Brad McCaslin, with Banner Health Development and Construction, gave an updated schedule for hospital renovation c...
Milly Snider retires from her 'Hollywood' hospital
WORLAND – For the past 46 years, Amalia "Milly" Snider has been an integral element to Washakie Medical Center Banner Health in Worland. Snider has spent her nearly five-decade career as a c...
New anti-bullying program at East Side
WORLAND – Starting this week, teachers will have weekly meetings with their students at East Side Elementary School as part of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. Last Friday, Principal Kenneth D...
Worland first graders receive personalized free book
WORLAND – The first-grade students at East Side Elementary school were in a frenzy Wednesday afternoon reading and sharing pages of their own personalized version of the "I Like Me!" book. They m...
Commissioners to discuss Homeland Security reports, new director
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners will have a conference call Tuesday to discuss Homeland Security upcoming reports and hiring a new Homeland Security Director. The conference call is set for 2 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon at the scheduled W...
Work progresses on landfill scale house
WORLAND – The Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District (WCSWDD) gave updates on scale house construction at their scheduled meeting on Monday evening. Last month, the landfill received two bids for the concrete work portion for the scale h...
Public quizzes school, council candidates
WORLAND – Over 42 residents attended the Worland political forum/ debate and focused most of the questions toward school and council candidates. Candidates from State Senate District No. 20, Worland City Council, a mayoral candidate and Washakie C...
East Side discusses safety response with parents
WORLAND – Four parents attended the Standard Protocol Response (SPR) meeting last Thursday evening at East Side Elementary School. Principal Kenneth Dietz said the protocol is an action-based program and “is a classroom response for students and tea...
Air ambulance service 'busier than expected'
WORLAND – An eight-month review of Guardian Flight program was given at the Washakie County Commissioner meeting on Tuesday morning. Shannon Pollock, with Guardian Flight, met with the commissioners and went over response times and reflected on e...
Phase one complete
WORLAND – The public is invited to view patient rooms, nurses’ station and labor and delivery suites at the Banner Health Washakie Medical Center open house on Thursday. The patient rooms, nurses’ station and labor and delivery suites are part of th...
Final flight
WORLAND – An empty aircraft departed the Worland Municipal Airport at 12:29 p.m. on Friday afternoon, signaling the end of an era. During that time, Airport Manager Lynn Murdoch and two Great Lakes A...
Open candidate forum Wednesday
WORLAND – A political candidate forum/debate has been scheduled for Wednesday at the Worland Community Center Complex starting at 6 p.m. with Worland mayor, city council, District No. 1 school board candidates and state legislative candidates i...
Write-in candidate ready to serve
WORLAND – Mike Neufer is running for a seat on the Worland City Council, and the Ward 3 write-in candidate has the public’s support. Neufer received three write-in votes in the Aug. 16 primary election, enough to make him eligible as a candidate. Neu...
Fire Warden: Burn regulations are working
WORLAND – The Washakie County burn regulations are helping, according Washakie County Fire Warden Chris Kocher. Kocher, reflecting on the burn regulations six months after the burn regulations have been in effect, said, “I think having the burn reg...
Paraprofessionals, coaches hired
WORLAND – Five special education paraprofessionals and several coaches were approved at the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees meeting on Monday night. Superintendent David Nicholas said the hires were necessary because of studen...
70 go screen free for Public Health challenge
WORLAND – Last week Worland children and families were challenged to remain “screen free” from 4 to 8 p.m. with Public Health’s “Screen Free Week” campaign. Washakie County Public Health challenged families with children age 3 to eighth grade to re...
Council mulls curb and gutter improvements
WORLAND – The Worland mayor and city council discussed the street committee report at the council’s scheduled meeting on Tuesday evening. Months ago, a street improvement committee of three council members, one from each ward, was put together to...
From student to teacher
WORLAND – "I never thought I would come to America and never go back. As a little kid, you don't think much of it," Worland High School teacher Jesus Davila said. Jesus Davila moved to Worland in 2...
WHS counselor honored by Rocky Mountain College
WORLAND –Worland High School guidance counselor and history teacher Randy Durr was honored by Rocky Mountain College for his service contributions to athletics. Durr received the William 'Bill' W...
'Save the habitat, save the hunt'
WORLAND – A national wildlife organization started an initiative to reverse the declining numbers of hunters and increase access. The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) recently launched “Save the Habitat, Save the Hunt.” A national “init...
Hedge Music changes its tune
WORLAND – Hedge Music is going back to the start. Owner Dan Frederick said Hedge Music originally started in Powell in 1975. "It's kind of funny. Hedge Music started out with a band director (Paul H...
