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Easter egg map for Washakie County
The Tuesday, March 26, 1940 edition of Northern Wyoming Daily News reported that 700 children gathered 2,000 candy Easter eggs at the 10th annual American Legion Easter Egg Hunt in Worland. In 1964, the candy eggs numbered 8,000. That was one of the...
Commissioners take new approach to old business
Business from roughly 2012-2014 was resurrected at the Washakie County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, March 4. Road and Bridge Supervisor Stuart Bower said that Pam Holland of Holland Ranch had brought to his attention that a previous agreement...
Deer, antelope populations down, season changes proposed
“At least in my district, mule deer, antelope, and now we’re seeing a little bit of white-tails – the population is probably the lowest that I’ve ever seen,” said Worland Game and Fish Wildlife Biologist Bart Kroger at a public meeting at Washakie...
BAPC approves day care, subdivision
The City of Worland Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission approved a special exemption for 2290 Gregg Avenue to become a preschool and daycare during the Monday, March 27 meeting. Building Official and City Planner Randy Adams reported that...
Erickson honored as Ten Sleep Teacher of the Year
Ten Sleep School Superintendent Annie Griffin gathered students and staff in the Ten Sleep gym on Tuesday, March 14 to announce the 2023 Teacher of the Year. Words of praise echoed off the walls as...
Winchester bridge looking for new home
At a Washakie Museum and Cultural Center meeting on March 14, the Board of Directors decided not to accept the relocation of Cottonwood Creek Bridge in Winchester to museum property. In 2021, the...
Debbie Hammons speaks on female leadership and representation
When Debbie Hammons was first elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives in 2005, a reporter asked her how it felt to be a minority. She replied, "Which minority are you talking about? Being a...
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 M...
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 C...
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 experiences...
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, e...
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. Growing u...
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 in his...
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 d...
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 Christmas...
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 B...
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, whi...
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 d...