Week of December 5, 2024
Pictures from the Lighting Ceremony, a spotlight on local welding competition on A7, and many more local news stories and...
The Nov. 25 meeting of the Washakie County School District No.1 Board of Trustees was the last meeting for Jonathan Hake, who will be replaced next month by Becky Dooley, who was elected during last month’s general election. Towards the end of the meeting, longtime trustee Don Bryant took a moment to thank Hake for his four-year term on the board; he congratulated Hake for his service to the community and said Hake was great to work with. Bryant led the trustees and administrators gathered in the Administration Building in a standing...
The Bureau of Land Management completed a condition assessment of the Castle Gardens Scenic Area west of Ten Sleep that led to the removal of some shade structures. According to BLM Wind River/Bighorn Basin District Public Affairs Officer Sarah Beckwith the condition assessments thoroughly examined all developed site features, looking at things like maintenance, safety and vandalism concerns, as well as enhancement opportunities that the BLM could address. During the assessment, they noticed...
This weekend will provide several Christmas festivities for the entire family. First up is the 38th annual Pinnacle Bank Festival of Trees at the Worland Community Center this Friday. According to Jaime Craft from Pinnacle Bank, doors will open at 5 p.m., providing attendees with an opportunity to peruse the decorative offerings prior to the auction, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. This year's auction will present a diverse array of items, including 24 trees, five wreaths, and 16 assorted miscellaneous items. Last year's festival saw a...
The Battle of the Basin welding competition returned on Nov. 22 to offer local high school welders a chance to measure and showcase their skills, and it's gotten bigger and better in its second year. The competition was hosted last year in Ten Sleep by welding teacher Jason Thoren at Thoren's welding shop. There were welders from Ten Sleep, Greybull, Shoshoni and Worland competing for prizes with a $10 entry fee. Thoren said, "I had been talking to Brian [Aagard] since last year, and he wanted...
Washakie Medical Center (WMC) CEO Lisa Van Brunt announced at the Nov. 26 hospital board meeting that on Rural Hospital Day Nov. 21, the Chartis Center for Rural Health bestowed two awards on WMC. The hospital received the Outcomes and Quality awards — two of the three categories the Chartis Center tracks, with the third being Patient Perspectives. Chartis tracks data in these categories among all rural and critical access hospitals in the country, and WMC had the honor of being recognized as being in the top 25th percentile in the...
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Family and friends gathered together for a fun morning walk or run along the Worland Bike Path on Thanksgiving as part of the 17th annual Gobble Wobble in Worland. This year's Gobble Wobble had 247 people turn out and raised $2000 for the Worland High School and Worland Middle School cross-country...
This past weekend, with me taking a four-day weekend, my husband and I and our dogs enjoyed some time outdoors, taking advantage of the actual fall weather we are having in the Big Horn Basin this year. On Thursday we helped the cross-country teams by paying our entry fees to partake in the Gobble Wobble two-mile walk. My thought was it would be a family outing with both dogs. It was a partial family outing with Alan, myself and Shadow. Roscoe, an alpha male, was not going to play well with others, which became apparent just a few steps away...
