Articles from the January 7, 2021 edition
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Council members sworn in for first meeting of 2021
WORLAND - In an abbreviated Worland City Council meeting, appointments were made, new members sworn in and a liquor license transferred. At the start of the meeting Mayor Jim Gill, council members...
Commissioners discuss temporary EMS help
WORLAND – During their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 5, the Washakie County Commissioners discussed different ways to help offer temporary relief to the Washakie Ambulance Service w...
Lodging tax increases as of Jan. 1
WORLAND – Travelers in Wyoming on Jan. 1 and after found that they were paying more for lodging than they did in 2020, with a new lodging tax going into effect last Friday. The 2020 Wyoming L...
Karla's Kolumn: Starting the anti-resolution
I know, right now you are thinking there is a typographical error and that I meant to type revolution. You may be thinking this would have to do with protests regarding the 2020 presidential... Full story
County fair dates remain unchanged; slated for last week of July
WORLAND — The Washakie County Fair Board confirmed a decision to leave the 2021 dates for the county fair as originally scheduled, July 25-31. In November, and again at the December meeting W...
Galloway Ranch honored with Environmental Stewardship Award
After moving to Wyoming to raise their three boys, Keith and Laura Galloway purchased a ranch in Ten Sleep with the hopes of running an operation where conservation and agriculture could meet. In...
Robert M. Myers
Robert M. Myers died Sunday, January 3, 2021, in Billings, Montana, at St. Vincent Hospital. Full burial will be Monday, January 11, 2 p.m. at Monument Hill Cemetery in Thermopolis.... Full story
Millison Dee Grana
Millison Dee Grana, 87, passed away at Thermopolis wellness & Rehabilitation Center on January 4, 2021. Millie was born on February 21, 1933 in Iowa City, Iowa. Cremation has taken place and a family gathering will be held later this spring in... Full story
Wilma Jean (Paumer) Skeen
Wilma Jean (Paumer) Skeen passed away of natural causes at her home on December 30, 2020. Jean was born in Basin on March 18, 1934. Her parents were William and Nellie (Moon) Paumer. She grew up on... Full story
James Ronald Conner
As the new year began, so too, Ron Conner began his new life with his Eternal Heavenly Father on January 1, 2021 at Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody, Wyoming. He was born James Ronald Hunter in Ector... Full story
Ruth Puebla Bower
Ruth Puebla Bower, 100, passed away on January 2, 2021 at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Ruth was born in Casper, Wyoming on April 13, 1920. She was the oldest of three children... Full story
Charles (Mike) Thiel
Charles (Mike) Thiel passed away on January 3, 2021, surrounded by his family. Mike was born inWorland WY on February 4, 1944 and learned the value of hard work early, on the family farm. After... Full story
Nyla Jean Romero
Nyla Jean Romero (Logan) of Worland, Wyoming, passed on to join her heavenly Father on Dec. 30, 2020, in the presence of her husband and youngest daughter, at Billings Clinic in Billings, Montana.... Full story
Shirley Margaret (Bower) Goodrich
Shirley Margaret (Bower) Goodrich passed from this earth on Monday, December 28, 2020 at the Douglas Care Center in Douglas Wyoming. She would have turned 94 on January 10, 2021. She was born Monday,... Full story
PDFTwenty-five More Coronavirus-Related Deaths Confirmed
Twenty-five more coronavirus-related deaths among Wyoming residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have been confirmed, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), according to a release on Jan. 7. Deaths among Wyoming residents are added... Full story
Weston County commissioners oust health officer
NEWCASTLE — After the denial of their most recent public health order variance requests, the Weston County Commissioners voted 4-1 on Jan. 5 to remove Dr. Mike Jording, the county’s public health officer. Jording has been serving the community in tha... Full story
No one injured in emergency plane landing
RIVERTON (WNE) — No one was injured Monday after an aircraft landed without hydraulics at Central Wyoming Regional Airport. Airport manager Paul Griffin said he was notified just before 7 p.m. Monday that a Key Lime Air pilot headed to Riverton n... Full story
Gillette couple gives account of D.C. rally
GILLETTE — Most Wyomingites took in the violence and destruction in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday through their TVs, phones and computers. Mark and Patty Junek of Gillette were in Washington, D.C. — there to show their support for President Tru... Full story
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Governor Gordon Orders Flags Be Flown at Half-Staff Statewide Through January 13 in Honor Of United States Capitol Police Officers
CHEYENNE - Governor Mark Gordon, pursuant to President Donald Trump's Proclamation honoring U.S. Capitol Police Officers Brian D. Sicknick and Howard Liebengood, has ordered both the U.S. and State of Wyoming flags be flown at half-staff statewide...
