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Worland school board recognizes staff and students
There was no shortage of award-winners or recognitions at the May 22 meeting of the Washakie County School District No. 1 board of trustees. The meeting began by recognizing Paul Ramos as the recipient of the Bell Ringer Award. This award is given...
Thermopolis school board renews focus with policy revision
Discussion of policy regarding public comment was a prominent feature of the lengthy Hot Springs County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees meeting on May 18. During the segment on policy revision, board Trustee Clay Van Antwerp suggested a...
Worland CTE students exchange signs for SkillsUSA funds
A partnership between Brian Aagard's SkillsUSA team and Bryan Barthelmess of McGarvin-Moberly has resulted in mutual benefit; McGarvin-Moberly has received two brand new signs, and Aagard's team will...
Worland graduation events set
Worland High School seniors will don their caps and gowns and walk down the track this Sunday as they celebrate their graduation ceremony at Warrior Stadium. WHS Principal Wade Sanford said, “This class has been strong academically and they have...
Communication boards installed at Worland schools
With the theme of this year's Better Hearing and Speech Month being "Building a Strong Foundation," Washakie County School District No. 1 Speech Language Pathologist Sally Hamer is doing exactly that...
Safety a key feature in new Ten Sleep School design
Washakie County School District No. 2 Superintendent Annie Griffin assured that as the district transitions their students into a new school, safety is not only a priority but a key feature of the design of the school. The list of safety features...
Worland hospital Leader and Employee of the Year award winners announced
In the early afternoon of May 4, Washakie Medical Center staff quickly gathered in the facility's cafeteria to honor two individuals selected as recipients of annual awards given to outstanding...
Local special education administrator wins Director of the Year award
In her 23rd year at Washakie County School District No. 1, Kim Sanford was recognized as the Director of the Year 2022 by the Wyoming Association of Special Education Administrators. Sanford was...
Two Worland welding students place in top three at SkillsUSA competition
The 2023 SkillsUSA Wyoming Championship took place from April 24-April 26 in Casper, hosting 891 competitors at the high school and state level from across the state to compete in a competition of...
Skelton concedes there was no budget violation
Jean Skelton, who has been investigating the annual audit report for Hot Springs County School District No. 1, provided an update on her findings last week during the April18 meeting of the school board. Skelton has been specifically interested in...
Students celebrated by Thermopolis school board
Hot Springs County High School Principal Catelyn Deromedi introduced the segment on student celebrations at the Hot Springs County School District 1 board meeting April 18, by calling upon Lyle Wiley, who won Speech and Debate Coach of the Year for...
Forensics Club fresh on the scene at Worland Middle School
The eighth grade science room at Worland Middle School looked like a scene out of an episode of CSI on Monday when the Forensics Club met to run experiments on blood spatter. The club's founder, middl...
Fur Ball on Friday a fun way to help
If you are looking for a good time or to help a good cause, you can do both at the 13th Annual Worland Fur Ball coming up on Friday, April 21. Deb Coronado, an organizer of the event, shared what the...
Concerns expressed on summer camp transgender inclusion
Visitor input about the Teton Science School summer camp that Ten Sleep sixth graders will attend in Jackson this summer began the April 10 meeting of the Washakie County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees. Dan Hampton, who is signed up to...
Tired of tragedy
On Monday of last week there was another mass shooting in the United States. What a dreadful sentence to write, that is. It sounds so nonchalant, like something that just "is"; like saying "it snowed...
Record finish for Worland Science Olympiad
Coach Karen Grzybowski, a science teacher at Worland High School, was happy to share that her Science Olympiad team was able to place at the competition for the first time since the first competition...
New deputy attorney had storied journey to get to Washakie County
Coming from a place of rural upbringing to spending much of her life practicing law in the metropolitan Northwestern United States, Washakie County Deputy Attorney Amy Smith is excited to have...
Award banquet honors firefighters
The Worland Volunteer Fire Department held their annual awards banquet on March 25, where volunteers were celebrated for their achievements in service to the community. Three main awards were given...
Hageman voices disapproval of Biden Administration
Following her Town Hall meeting in Ten Sleep on March 16 U.S. Representative Harriet Hageman (R-WY) told Northern Wyoming News that she was disappointed in the decision to exclude Wyoming from the Wildfire Defense Strategy. This program is a 10-year...
Miss Rodeo Wyoming inspires Washakie County girls to get involved in fair royalty
Reata Cook made a visit to the Washakie County Fairgrounds on March 15 to get young girls excited about fair pageantry. Cook, who was crowned Miss Rodeo Wyoming 2023 in August of last year, and was...
'Boardsmanship' and personnel highlight Thermopolis school board meeting
School Board Chairman Sherman Skelton introduced the topic of boardsmanship during the March 16 meeting of the Hot Springs County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees to remind the board and the community on their responsibilities as a board....
U.S. Rep. Hageman introduces Native American land lease bill
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyoming hand delivered news from her work in Washington, D.C. during her Town Hall meeting at the Ten Sleep Senior Center on March 16. Hageman, who was sworn into office i...
Contract renewed for Ten Sleep principal
The Washakie County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees, following an executive session voted to renew Principal Robert Griffin’s contract for another two years. Griffin is in his first year as principal at Ten Sleep. Senior class Also during...
Rep. Winter's wolf depredation compensation bill passes after years of consideration
State Rep. John Winter (R-Thermopolis) excitedly announced the passing of House Bill 188 during the recent 67th Legislature General Session. In an interview March 9, Winter spoke about his experience at the General Session. He said “It was...
Two Worland Speech and Debate students earn state title
The Worland Speech and Debate team finished in fourth place in 3A at the state tournament in Cheyenne last weekend, with two team members having earned first place overall. Coach Rick Dorn said...
