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WHSAA State Spirit Competition a show of unity
Worland High School's cheerleaders had two goals going into the Wyoming High School Activities Association State Spirit Competition on March 8: Zero deductions on their State Cheer Game Day...
Plant for pollinators this growing season
WORLAND – Eight hundred species of bees pollinate the state of Wyoming, and University of Wyoming Extension Small Acreage Outreach Coordinator Jenny Thompson taught how to attract them all to your yard during the Grow Washakie Workshop at Washakie...
Museum to consider lead paint options for bridge
WORLAND — Representatives from Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), Washakie County Road and Bridge, Washakie Museum & Cultural Center and contractor C&G gathered to discuss the ongoing Winchester Bridge project with Washakie County...
First session a learning and successful experience for Lawley
WORLAND - "It was a learning experience, fortunately I like to learn and I appreciated the opportunity," Representative Martha Lawley (R-Worland) said of her first legislative session. The 2023...
Worland's Victoria Boulom runner-up for High School State Journalist of the Year
WORLAND – "I really like how, in photography, it's kind of like a superpower. You capture moments and freeze time. In journalism, you capture people's real quotes and story-tell from their experienc...
Modern Motherhood
WORLAND – Adding up the lifetimes of her eight children, Judy Martinson has accrued 93 years' worth of motherhood experience. "I never envisioned myself having eight kids by any stretch at all,...
Lawley's property tax bill dies in committee
State House Rep. Martha Lawley (R-Worland) was disappointed to report the failure of her sponsored bill to amend the current property tax deferral program after it died in the Senate Revenue Committee on Feb. 24. The proposed legislation, House Bill...
Meet Worland City Councilmember Rebecca George
WORLAND - “I just wanted to be a public servant,” said Rebecca George, who was sworn into her first term on Worland’s City Council on Jan 3, 2023. “I had the opportunity and willingness to serve, so I did.” George was born in Canada....
Meet Worland City Councilmember Peter Calderon
WORLAND – As a young child in Las Vegas, Nevada, Peter Calderon grew up with his second cousin – Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) – as an idol. “It was my fundamental primary exposure to politics. Marco, as a kid, he had a picture of Reagan...
House report: Legislature discusses corporal punishment, school choice
CHEYENNE — State Rep. Martha Lawley (R-Worland) reported yet another busy week in Cheyenne, with the passing of the supplemental budget and several controversial bills. Lawley said that the supplemental budget was a demonstration of fiscal...
Lawley disappointed by resolution failure
Representative Martha Lawley (R-Worland) reported another busy week in Cheyenne as legislators continued to work on the supplemental budget as well as reviewing Senate Files passed over to the House of Representatives. Senate File 78, which Lawley...
Lifelong fan happy to see Super Bowl win
WORLAND – Over 30 years ago, a young Aaron Newell opened a present from Kansas City. Inside was a rubber football and a hand-drawn goal post with a football flying through it reading, "Merry Christm...
County discusses parking, life flight contract
WORLAND – Washakie County Commissioners saw members of the Washakie County Library and City of Worland Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission (BAPC) discuss parking during their meeting Tuesday. After a special BAPC meeting on Jan. 31, the...
Lawley's property tax bill advances to Senate
Representative Martha Lawley's (R- Big Horn, Washakie) House Bill 121 moved on to the Senate on Feb. 3. "It was definitely good news for me. I'm very thankful for that," Lawley said. "We'll see what...
Becoming fluent in love language
I was still at college in New York when my friend Sara sent me a survey question for her psychology class, "What is your love language?" I stared at my phone screen for a while and thought. My brain...
Rotary exchange student to graduate with WHS Class of 2023
WORLAND – Last August, a new student joined the ranks of the Worland High School senior class. Seventeen-year-old Aurora Pagani, from south of Milan, Italy, is part of the Rotary Exchange program, w...
Keep the food pantry in mind past giving season
WORLAND - Just inside the front door of the Washakie County Ministerial Association building on Big Horn Avenue stands a refrigerator stocked front-to-back, top-to-bottom with Styrofoam egg cartons....
Sixteen Valentine's Days... and counting
WORLAND – Cracking the clean glass door of Flower Exchange lets heavy floral scents out into the cold air on North Tenth Street. Happy pop music plays over the speakers and 360 degrees of gift...
Lawley's sponsored bill progresses
Last Thursday, Martha Lawley (R-Worland) presented her sponsored house Bill 121 to the House Revenue Committee. The bill would make amendments to the property tax deferral program, by raising the responsibility of property tax deferment out of the...
State spirit competition rescheduled
WORLAND – A bus full of Worland High School cheerleaders was on their way to Casper for the Wyoming High School Athletic Association (WHSAA) State Spirit Competition on Friday, Jan. 27 when they...
Busy week and many topics addressed by State House
WORLAND - State Rep. Martha Lawley (R-HD27, Worland) wrapped up another week of general session in the 67th Wyoming Legislature on Friday. "Probably the best word to describe the week was busy, but I...
Buck up, buttercup: Tackling men's mental health
Callouses, wads of chew, whisky, gun powder. Ready to shoot. Gruff men of few words. We love our punchy, gritty, down-in-the-dirt cowboys here in Wyoming. It’s been said, the world needs more of them. But when does the unflinchingly tough,...
What's going on with abortion in Wyoming?
As it stands, Title 35 – Chapter 6 of the Wyoming statutes reads, “An abortion shall not be performed after the embryo or fetus has reached viability except when necessary to preserve the woman from an imminent peril that substantially endangers...
Rep. Lawley discusses busy first week
WORLAND - State Representative Martha Lawley (R-Worland, HD27) wrapped up her first week of general session as a freshman legislator on Friday. She serves on the Education Committee and Minerals, Busi...
Pig wrestling out, tractor pull possibly in
WORLAND - The Washakie County Fair Board is looking for judges. “We would prefer that they have no children in 4-H,” Fair Board Member Beth Shaffer said at their Jan. 9 meeting, “but have an understanding of fair judging.” Cat, dog, rabbit...
