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  • January 12 2023

    Jan 12, 2023

    Read about what is happening in the General Session of the Wyoming Legislature....

  • Personnel items highlight Ten Sleep school board meeting

    Sean Mortimer, Staff Reporter|Jan 12, 2023

    TEN SLEEP – Changes in staff highlighted the brief January 9 meeting of the Washakie School District No. 2 Board of Trustees. Principal Robert Griffin opened the meeting by congratulating students that had been exemplary of the month of December’s character traits of focus at the Ten Sleep School: charity and goodwill. Students who went out of their way to help fellow students or school staff were recognized for their actions. During executive session, the trustees discussed personnel and the Superintendent contract. Returning back to pub...

  • Pig wrestling out, tractor pull possibly in

    AVERY HOWE, Staff Reporter|Jan 12, 2023

    WORLAND - The Washakie County Fair Board is looking for judges. “We would prefer that they have no children in 4-H,” Fair Board Member Beth Shaffer said at their Jan. 9 meeting, “but have an understanding of fair judging.” Cat, dog, rabbit and poultry judges are the most-needed volunteers at the moment. Those looking to help can contact Fair Board members via their website, washakiecountyfair.com Double D out of Greybull is unable to provide pigs for pig wrestling this year, so the Fair Board plans to fill that slot with a tractor pull event o...

  • New bill fights vaccination, mask discrimination

    AVERY HOWE, Staff Reporter|Jan 12, 2023

    WORLAND – General Session began on Jan. 10 for the Wyoming State Legislature in Cheyenne. Around 170 pieces of legislature were prefiled including criminalization of discrimination based on masking and vaccination. Representative Jeanette Ward (R-Natrona County) is sponsoring House Bill 0066, which would criminalize discrimination, publishing or advertising based on vaccination, face covering or medical testing status. Under this legislation, it would become illegal to withhold or deny services, goods or facilities of a public nature to a p...

  • Bruce Wayne Imfeld

    Jan 12, 2023

    Bruce Wayne Imfeld, 82, of Worland, WY, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Born November 30, 1940 in Woodbury, NJ, he was the son of the late John F Imfeld and Welhamina Anderson Imfeld. Mr. Imfeld attended Thomas Edison High School, an all-boys high school, in Philadelphia, PA and then served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Bruce continued his education completing his undergraduate studies at Colorado State...

  • Maria del Socorro Garcia Arellano

    Jan 12, 2023

    Maria del Socorro Garcia Arellano, 72-year-old Worland resident passed away on January 4, 2023 at the Billings Clinic. Socorro was born on July 25, 1950 in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. The fifth child born to Juan T. and Catalina (Gonzales) Garcia. Socorro (or Coy as her family called her), migrated to the U.S. early in her childhood, spending the majority of her younger years in Crystal City, Texas, which she called home. The Garcia family migrated across the U.S. following the...

  • Roger Dale Johnson Sr.

    Jan 12, 2023

    Roger Dale Johnson Sr., 87-year-old Greybull resident, passed away at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Worland, Wyoming on January 4, 2023. Roger was born in Lansing, Michigan on Aug. 3, 1935. Cremation has taken place and a family gathering will take place this summer in the Donald J. Ruhl Cemetery in Greybull....

  • Richard John Beaver

    Jan 12, 2023

    Sheridan resident, Richard John Beaver, 59, died December 30, 2022, at Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness. He was born in 1963 in Worland. Cremation has taken place....

  • Jack Carlton Chatwell

    Jan 12, 2023

    Jack Carlton Chatwell, 97, died at his Thermopolis residence, Jan. 6, 2023. Graveside services will be Thursday, Jan. 12, 2 p.m. at Riverside Cemetery....

  • A what were they thinking episode

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jan 12, 2023

    A couple of things happened during the past week that had me scratching my head and made me wonder what people were thinking. First the legislators seeking a tax holiday for school supplies in the first weekend of August. It sounds great for those shopping for supplies except that there are limits and the exemption does not apply to high ticket items. Here’s the problem, first it will be a logistical nightmare for retail stores who use upc codes for scanning items, which most do. They have to put all the items under the threshold in as n...

  • Living a sober life

    WENDY WIECKI, Cloud Peak Counseling Center|Jan 12, 2023

    Often times when someone enters treatment for addiction they have a difficult time seeing their life clean and sober. They see their lifestyle of using substances as the only way they can have fun, and that without it, life would be “boring.” There’s the misconception that if you’re sober, you as an individual are not fun, and you won’t be able to enjoy your life to the fullest. Living a life of sobriety and recovery is anything but boring! Sober living isn’t just interesting; it’s fulfilling and meaningful. The benefits of being sober include...

  • Ten Sleep School competes in Knowledge Bowl after lengthy hiatus

    SEAN MORTIMER, Staff Reporter|Jan 12, 2023

    TEN SLEEP - Ten Sleep had a team compete in the Knowledge Bowl on Dec. 7, an event for students in the Big Horn Basin to test their knowledge in various academic disciplines against teams from other schools. The Ten Sleep team took sixth place overall out of 15 teams representing 11 schools throughout the Big Horn Basin. This is the first year in a long time that Ten Sleep had a team compete in the event in quite some time, according to their coach Donald Anderson, an educator at Ten Sleep...

  • Swimming Strokes

    AVERY HOWE, Staff Reporter|Jan 12, 2023

  • BLM seeks input on future wild horse management in the McCullough Peaks

    Jan 12, 2023

    CODY -The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office requests your input as it begins to analyze future wild horse fertility control and bait trap gathers in the McCullough Peaks Herd Management Area east of Cody. The public scoping period is open Jan. 9 – Feb. 7. To protect the health of public land and support healthy horses, the BLM works to achieve and maintain a population of wild horses in the McCullough Peaks within its appropriate management level of 70–140 horses. The current pop...

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  • Warriors continue excelling in the pool

    ALEX KUHN, Sports Editor|Jan 12, 2023

    WORLAND - Coming off a disappointing dual in Buffalo on Dec. 29, 2022, the Worland Warriors bounced back in a strong way during last week's dual and meet in Powell. "We brought six guys, and it was the worst meet we've ever had," said WHS boys swimming coach Justin Howe. "We were so flat, and it was like a practice. We worked extra hard the next week and last week went 10 times better." Led by senior Gage Stanek, the Warriors had one of their best weeks of practice after that Buffalo dual. "The...

  • Flags To Be Flown at Half-Staff Statewide on Jan. 15 in Honor of Wyoming EMT

    Jan 12, 2023

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Governor Mark Gordon has ordered both the U.S. and State of Wyoming flag be flown at half-staff statewide on Sunday, January 15 in honor and memory of Tyeler Harris, an Emergency Medical Technician from Saratoga. On December 21, Harris was responding to an accident on Interstate 80 during a winter storm when he was fatally struck by a semi-truck. Services for Harris will be held Sunday in Riverton. “Jennie and I extend our deepest condolences to Tyeler's family and friends, and we hold his wife and children in our prayers," G...

  • AmeriCorps CEO Statement on Unity through Service to Honor MLK Day

    Jan 12, 2023

    AmeriCorps calls on nation to bring communities together, help others stand together against hate, build bridges, and heal divides to honor Dr. King's legacy WASHINGTON, DC – To commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service, AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith released the following statement: "Martin Luther King, Jr., Day is the only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King by improving their c...

  • Cyber Security Weekly Briefing

    Jan 12, 2023

    Brief 1/16/2023 Service Notification Scam: If you receive an email from 'Service Notification' at a tut.com email address with the subject line of "[Redacted Name], Track your package ID#29194773" be sure not to click on the link. Reported by a Sheridan citizen. You have won $500 gift card: If you receive an email from 'American Airlines' at tut.com email address with the subject line of "[Redacted Name], believe it or not! You have won $500 gift card" be sure not to click on the link. Reported...