Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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TEN SLEEP – While braving the weather on his drive back to Cheyenne on Sunday, Jan. 29, Senator Ed Cooper of Ten Sleep gave praise to Representative Martha Lawley of Worland, a freshmen member of the Wyoming House of Representatives who began her work in legislation at the 2023 General Session. Cooper said “She is the voice of reason on the House right now.” And “She has come into the position very well in a short amount of time. She’s doing a good job.” In his weekly interview with Northern Wyoming News, Cooper said of the last week in the...
Last Thursday, Martha Lawley (R-Worland) presented her sponsored house Bill 121 to the House Revenue Committee. The bill would make amendments to the property tax deferral program, by raising the responsibility of property tax deferment out of the counties to the Department of Revenue. “To date, only one county uses it. Every other county in Wyoming, in effect, doesn’t have the opportunity for a deferment of taxes under this statute. I’m amending it to try to address that, and a few other issues,” Lawley said. Currently, counties fund propert...
Florence Marie Nelsen, 98, passed away January 30, 2023 at Washakie Medical Center. She was born August 13, 1924 to Mike and Teresa (Morath) Hoffman on the family farm south of White Lake, SD. She attended school at the Kluthe School south of White Lake. Florence graduated from High School in 1943 from White Lake. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Springfield College. She taught school for 36 years, primarily in Aurora County and in Plankinton, SD. On September 14,... Full story
James Douglas "Doug" Smith, 83, of Ten Sleep, Wyoming, passed away on January 29, 2023, at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, surrounded by his loving wife and daughters. Doug was born in Gillette, Wyoming on December 12, 1939, to James Burr and Margaret Thelma (Sorenson) Smith. He attended grade school in Arvada later graduating from Sheridan High School. Doug grew up surrounded by family and spent most of his time in the Big Horn Mountains with his Uncle Glen, working with horses.... Full story
Duane Stuart Riedel, or Mr. Riedel as most of Worland knew him, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by those he loved, in Worland, Wyoming on January 21, 2023. He was 69 years old. Duane was born on April 14, 1953, in Madison, South Dakota, the third of six children born to Vernon Elmer and Doris Jean (Rollins) Riedel. Duane spent most of his youth living in the Wentworth, South Dakota area. He started working after school and weekends for Grover Vaughan, a Honey Business from Texas.... Full story
Just after I wrote about House Bill 141 and kudos that it had not been assigned to a committee, in fact probably about the time that the newspaper was getting off the press in Cody, it was sent to a committee. House Bill 141, which tries to limit or prevent voters from switching party affiliation, has been assigned to the Corporations Committee and a sister bill, Senate File 163, has also been assigned to the Senate Corporations Committee. Testimony was heard Tuesday in the Senate committee with sponsor Sen. Bo Biteman and Secretary of State Ch...
WORLAND – A bus full of Worland High School cheerleaders was on their way to Casper for the Wyoming High School Athletic Association (WHSAA) State Spirit Competition on Friday, Jan. 27 when they received a notification – the event had been cancelled due to winter weather advisories. "We got almost to the rest area, then had to turn around and come back," Coach Nickie Lloyd said. "There were a few tears, but we stopped in Shoshoni at the gas station and everybody got in a big circle, yelled out...
TEN SLEEP – The new warming hut in Ten Sleep opened on Jan. 28 and has completed the vision for the town’s park that Rachel Casteel of the Ten Sleep Recreational District set out to achieve years ago. The warming hut is a place to gather at the park while ice skating, offering warmth and a place to relax in between skating sessions. Casteel said that the hut has been a long time in the making, and that it has always been a part of the Recreational Board’s goal of finishing the park. She started with the district back in 2006 when it was just...
THERMOPOLIS - The Ron Thon is the toughest regular-season wrestling tournament in Wyoming, and placing is a grind. The Hot Springs County wrestling team had four wrestlers place at the Ron Thon in Riverton on Jan. 27-28. For the 'Cats, Roedy Farrell finished second in the 160-pound weight class, and 126-pounder Will Ward was sixth. Farrell's 5-1 loss in the championship to Sheridan's Dane Steel was his second loss of the season. Both of Farrell's losses this season have been to Steel. "Roedy...
Brief 2/6/2023 CyberWyoming Alert: With Valentine’s Day coming up, take this opportunity to talk to your friends and family about romance scams. Follow CyberWyoming on Facebook for tips at https://www.facebook.com/madesafeinwyoming and get your free romance scams toolkit from https://staysafeonline.org/resources/romance-scams-toolkit/. When ‘Do Me a Favor’ is a Scam: A Laramie citizen reported a scam where criminals pose as someone you know – a boss, friend, family, pastor/minister/priest – and ask you for a favor: buy some gift cards. The mess... Full story
LARAMIE – For Valentine’s Day 2023, CyberWyoming Alliance warns Wyomingites to beware of scammers taking advantage of their yearning for love and romance and is offering a free romance scams bookmark to those who bring awareness to the prevalence of online dating and romance scams. The FTC reports that romance scams were responsible for the theft of $547 million from unwitting consumers in 2021. Romance scams are also the second highest type of cryptocurrency theft. Typically, these scams start with a fake bio (called catfishing) which use... Full story