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There is a lot to showing rabbits
THERMOPOLIS – Showing a rabbit at the fair isn't as simple as bringing any old rabbit to the fair and showing it to the judge. There is a lot of preparation entailed, not only for the rabbit but f...
Hospital Board elects new officers
WORLAND – Thursday evening during the July Banner Health Washakie Medical Center Hospital Board meeting new officers were elected and the board welcomed Franco Romero as the newest hospital board memb...
Dog show kicks off Hot Springs County Fair
WORLAND – The Hot Springs County Fair in Thermopolis runs from July 30 – Aug. 3, officially beginning with the dog show at 6 p.m. Monday evening. However the horse show is Saturday beginning at 8 a.m. in the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds mul...
New playground equipment coming for Kiwanis Park
WORLAND – The City of Worland and the Worland Kiwanis Club are working together to bring additional playground equipment to Kiwanis Park on 20th Street in Worland. The additional equipment will be f...
Cowboy Preacher amazed by hunger for the Lord
This is the second part of a two-part series on Pastor James Scott's three-week mission trip to Africa. The first part of the series ran in Friday's Northern Wyoming Daily News. WORLAND – Going on a t... Full story
Malawi mission changes Cowboy Preacher forever
WORLAND – When Shell Cowboy Church pastor James Scott, known as the Cowboy Preacher, left on June 13 to go on a three week mission trip to Malawi, Africa, he knew that he would be going to a poor c... Full story
Ten Sleep School board receives security recommendations
TEN SLEEP – In the effort to keep their students as safe as possible, Ten Sleep School Superintendent Jimmy Phelps asked Kurt Steinke who has a master’s degree in criminal justice to do a security audit. Tuesday evening, the Ten Sleep School Board an...
County Extension offers creepy crawly weekend workshops
By TRACIE MITCHELL Staff Writer WORLAND – The University of Wyoming Washakie Extension Office is hosting two activities this weekend to help community members get closer to and learn about which bugs are beneficial, detrimental and pollinate their ga...
Terek Fire Update
UPDATE Tuesday morning: Wyoming Highway 31 between Manderson and Hyattville remains closed. Local traffic must show proof of land ownership to pass. Big Horn County Sheriff's Office reporting fire has burned up to 47,000 acres. WORLAND – Lightning st...
Terek Fire: 14,000 acres and growing
WORLAND – Lightning struck twice, thunder boomed and the Terek Fire, located in the Bonanza Oil Field area was born around 10:30 p.m. Sunday evening keeping firefighters from Washakie and Big Horn Cou...
New pastor at First Southern Baptist Church in Worland
WORLAND – The Worland First Baptist Church has hired John Burns from Bakersfield, California, to be their new pastor. Burns comes to Worland with his wife Amy and their five children. "I knew God w...
Suicide does not discriminate
WORLAND – Nobody likes to talk about suicide, but it is a subject that needs to be addressed, as people from all walks of life take their own life or attempt to on a daily basis. Just recently, two c...
Stand your ground: new law began Sunday
WORLAND – On July 1, the Stand Your Ground bill became law. Following approval by the State Legislature, the bill was enacted without Governor Matt Mead’s signature. According to a Wyoming Tribune Eagle March 18 article by Katie Kull, Governor Mea...
Dan Scheuerman retires from hospital board
WORLAND – Current hospital board chairman Dan Scheuerman announced at Thursday’s meeting that it would be his last meeting as after 15 years he had decided to retire from serving on the board. Scheuerman’s five-year term ends today and Scheu...
Rain, funnel clouds and fire: June weather brings it all
WORLAND – Be prepared this weekend if you are planning on doing any outdoor activities because Mother Nature has once again decided to bless the area with more showers and isolated thunderstorms. The amount of precipitation the storms could drop h...
14th annual Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous Rodeo this weekend
WORLAND – The Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous Rodeo Association’s first big PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) of the year, the 14th annual Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous Rodeo is this weekend at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. “We are g...
Meeting community needs for half a century
WORLAND – For 50 years now HASCO (H.A. Smith Company), owned by Bill and Sandy Smith, has been meeting the community needs by providing requested services for the Big Horn Basin. The H.A. Smith Compan...
Local chiropractor receives national award
WORLAND – During the 10th annual Symposium for the American Chiropractic Association’s Council on Chiropractic Pediatrics in Dallas, Texas, Worland chiropractor Dr. Sarah Radabaugh became the first recipient of the Annual Pediatric Chiropractor of th...
King's Carpet wins first Bloomin' Business of the month award
WORLAND – King's Carpet in Worland has been announced as the June Bloomin' Business winner with their flower garden and planters filled with purple, pink and yellow flowers. Kathy Mercado and M...
Mike Buckman voted 2018 Unsung Hero
WORLAND – Every year the Washakie County Homemakers select someone whom they feel is worthy of the name "Unsung Hero," someone who makes the Worland community a better place to live, a person who v...
Martin retires to reconnect with family
WORLAND – Worland third-grade teacher of 12 years, Alisa Martin accepted the incentive offered by Washakie County School District No. 1 for early retirement to reconnect with family. Martin e...
Big Horn County Courthouse turns 100 years old
BASIN –Despite the uncertain weather many Big Horn County residents assembled on the courthouse lawn in Basin to celebrate the 100th birthday of the courthouse Friday afternoon. Big Horn County C...
Cowboy Preacher heads to Africa
WORLAND – Shell Cowboy Church pastor James Scott, known as the Cowboy Preacher, is leaving on a three-week mission to Malawi, Africa, June 13 to share the good news of Jesus Christ. "This is just o...
Diving into retirement: Pike retires after 32 years
WORLAND – After 32 years of teaching for Washakie School District No. 1, 10 years at the Worland Middle School and 22 at the Worland High School, Worland elementary swim instructor and high school p...
Hammond passes final test, retires after 28 years
WORLAND – After more than 28 years teaching, Worland fifth-grade teacher Dave Hammond has decided to take advantage of the retirement incentive package offered by the Washakie County School D...
