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WORLAND – Absentee voting is underway in Washakie County and the deadline for registering to vote in the Aug. 21 primary election is approaching. Washakie County Clerk Mary Grace Strauch reports that there are currently 3,927 registered voters in the...

WORLAND – Washakie County Commissioners approved the projected county budget and revenues for 2018-19 at their last July meeting, and reported on revenues for 2017-18. According to records provided by the Office of County Clerk, the county had a g...

WORLAND – A proposal by the South Worland Water Users Corporation to join the Washakie Rural Improvement and Service District was met with a vote to approve by the county commission on Tuesday, although the measure was left open Tuesday morning d...

WORLAND – According to documents provided by the Washakie County Assessor’s Office, valuations for the county are up in 2018, due to a positive return of oil and gas money generated in the county over the last year. The Board of County Com...

TEN SLEEP – Thanks to a state grant, the town of Ten Sleep will undergo “place making” with new benches and public areas, it was announced during Monday’s town council meeting. Last month, Councilperson Constance Sweeney reported that the town had ap...

WORLAND – The Washakie County Fair Board released the final schedule for the 2018 fair on Monday, featuring four nights of live music, rodeo, pig wrestling and shooting events. The fair will feature opening-act performances from four local bands, a...

WORLAND – Some quick, intense flooding was witnessed in Washakie County on Thursday, following a thunderstorm over the area, with the majority of the flooding in the Sand Creek area. Responding to the scene to provide road safety measures, Worland Vo...

TEN SLEEP – Fourth of July festivities kick off Wednesday in Ten Sleep with an Old West-inspired town parade, and a full day of rodeo activities, culminating with fireworks after dark. The Hyattville-Ten Sleep Pony Express will arrive with the m...

TEN SLEEP — On June 28, 1943, a B-17 Flying Fortress departed Pendleton Army Air Base in Pendleton, Oregon, to meet up with the rest of the 383rd Bomber Group, 541st Bomber Squadron in Nebraska, before departing for the war in Europe. The plane n...

TEN SLEEP – At a special meeting of the Ten Sleep Town Council on Monday, the town addressed a handful of subjects, including paying bills for June, voting to join a tax resolution voter drive, and approving the operating budget for 2018-19. The c...

WORLAND – A Worland man will face up to eight years behind bars for his role in the heroin-related death of a Worland man in September of 2016, after being sentenced in Fifth Judicial District Court on Wednesday. Earlier in May Joseph A. Leyva, 2...

LANDER - Ninth Judicial District Court Judge Norman E. Young has denied a motion for partial summary judgement filed on behalf of the plaintiff, in the case Campbell versus Tri-County Telephone Association. The lawsuit, filed in December 2016 by a...

WORLAND – A Sunday night theft of a pickup truck resulted in damage to Pepsi property and multiple charges for a Worland man, who attempted to elude police on foot, following the crash. Trae M. Thackston, 18 of Worland, made an initial appearance i...

TEN SLEEP – Washakie County Emergency Management Director Jeff Schweighart and officials from the National Weather Service office in Riverton evaluated tornado damage to parts of Washakie County this week, in advance of a report to be issued on t...

WORLAND – To boost recycling efforts in Washakie County, a group of community leaders took the initiative and ordered a dozen, portable recycling bins for area events, to be used by anyone that would like to help the recycling effort. Working c...

TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep Town Council swore-in three members on Tuesday night, to continue their roles on the council, during the town’s regular June meeting. After a special election in Ten Sleep on May 8, Ten Sleep Council members Constance Swe...

THERMOPOLIS – Engineers from the Wyoming Department of Transportation hosted a public meeting for Thermopolis residents on Thursday to outline an upcoming road project that will effectively replace 2.6 miles of U. S. Highway 20 / 789 through the t...

WORLAND – Filing for state and local offices ends today, for a variety of offices on the primary ballot, scheduled for voting on Aug. 21. Applicants for state offices must register through the Office of the Secretary of State, while county p...

WORLAND — Washakie County’s Wyoming Public Lands Initiative (WPLI) Advisory Committee met Tuesday at the Washakie County Fairgrounds to finalize a year-long consensus process, effectively agreeing on three recommendations to determine best-use for...

TEN SLEEP – An abundance of overnight rain on Sunday caused at least three creeks in the Big Horn Basin to flood their banks, and emergency crews to be mobilized. In Ten Sleep, the Tensleep Creek crested overnight Sunday, after a flood warning was is...

TEN SLEEP - The National Weather Service in Riverton has issued a flood warning for Northern Washakie County in central Wyoming due to rain and snowmelt. A gauge along Ten Sleep Creek near the town of Ten Sleep was at 4.4 feet at 2 a.m. Thursday....

WORLAND – Filing for state and local offices began last Thursday and runs through June 1, for a variety of offices on the primary ballot, scheduled for voting on August 21. Applicants for state offices must register through the Office of the S...