Articles from the February 27, 2020 edition
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February 27, 2020
It's National FFA Week. Check out our special FFA section inside this week's issue. Inserts in this week's issue are Blair's, Bomgaars, Arby's and Pizza Hut....
Karla's Kolumn: Learning from the animal kingdom
One recent event and one recent statement got me thinking about the animal kingdom and the myths we are told in childhood and what is the reality. First, was last month the town of Greybull tried to... Full story
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Budget differences could impact small communities
By KARLA POMEROY WORLAND — Both the House and Senate passed the 2020 budget bill last week with issues going to consensus committee this week. Rep. Mike Greear said one of the issues is regarding a...
Recon study next step in Washakie Avenue corridor project
WORLAND — Washakie County and the City of Worland are combining resources to help pay for a Washakie Avenue reconnaissance report, for a total cost of $2,950. Both the commissioners and the city c...
Worland school board begins discussion on maternity leave
WORLAND – The Worland school board met at their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday night to approve different projects happening in the district, as well as begin discussions on making paid m...
Candidate uncertainty as Ten Sleep election looms
TEN SLEEP – With Ten Sleep’s current mayor declining to run for re-election this May, no mayoral hopeful has yet filed the necessary papers to become a candidate. “Not as of today,” said Ten Sleep town clerk/treasurer Lori Hughes on Tuesday. Two sea...
Felony assault charges filed against Ten Sleep man
TEN SLEEP – Michael L. Burrington Jr. of Ten Sleep was bound over on additional charges to district court on two felony counts of aggravated assault and battery for an incident that occurred on D...
Worland man bound over on felony theft charges from local business
WORLAND – Dennis Jones, 45, a former Northern Wyoming News (NWN) employee, has been bound over to district court on three felony counts of theft that occurred during his employment at the paper. J...
County GOP gears up for caucus, convention
WORLAND — The Washakie County Republican Party is gearing up for their county presidential caucus, county convention and for the annual Lincoln Day fundraising dinner both in March. The caucus is u...
USDA approves Wyoming hemp plan
CHEYENNE — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the Wyoming hemp regulatory plan and has granted authority to the Wyoming Department of Agriculture (WDA) to regulate the hemp industry in Wyoming. The WDA resubmitted the Wyo... Full story
WESTI Ag Days: Wyoming leads the way with archaic wheat varieties
Wheat varieties that were first farmed as far back as 10,000 years ago are making a strong comeback in Wyoming. Caitlin Youngquist and Carrie Eberle of the University of Wyoming Extension described a...
Ten Sleep superintendent's contract extended through 2023
TEN SLEEP – The Washakie County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees met on Monday, Feb. 10 for their regularly scheduled meeting to discuss a new policy, new calendar, as well as perform a s...
'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!'
Hillary Wall and Scott Mattis perform one of the opening scenes in the final performance of Washakie Museum & Cultural Center play, "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!"... Full story
Pamela Lanell Jackson
Pamela Lanell Jackson, 52, passed away at her residence on February 22, 2020. Pam was born in Houston, Texas on August 10, 1967 to Bill Gene Jackson and Nellie Mae (Umfress) Jackson. She grew up in Te... Full story
Leon Jerry Sisk
Leon Jerry Sisk, 75, passed away February 17, 2020 at his home in Worland. Leon was born on September 12, 1944 in Valley City, North Dakota to Leonard James and Amy Catherine (Gates) Sisk. He... Full story
Dena Arlene Hill
Dena Arlene Hill, 89, passed away at Washakie Medical Center on February 24, 2020. Arlene was born in Tonkawa, Oklahoma on November 26, 1930 to Tracy Elbert Peck and Dena Leona (Smith) Peck. She... Full story
Deidra Michayle Walker-Rowe
Deidra Michayle Walker-Rowe died at her residence on February 15, 2020. Deidra was born in Worland, Wyoming on September 28, 1986, the only child born to Mel Walker and Kendra (Foland) Brazelton.... Full story
Jason A. Haworth
Former Billings resident, Jason A. Haworth, 46, died February 14, 2020 following a vehicle accident. Jason was born on March 16, 1973 in Billings, Montana to Robert Dean and Tillie Marie (Kilwein)... Full story
Lloyd Albert Lungren
Lifetime Worland resident Lloyd Albert Lungren, Sr. died Feb. 19, 2020 in Billings, MT following surgery. His wife and children were at his side. Lloyd was born March 18, 1925 on the L.E. Laird farm... Full story
Larry Dean Bear
Larry Dean Bear, 81-year-old Worland resident, passed away suddenly in Greybull, Wyoming on February 25, 2020. Larry was born in Hulett, Wyoming on April 20, 1938. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, March 2, 2020 at the Crosspoint Baptist... Full story
Missing female located safely in Seattle, Washington, Thursday morning.
On Sunday, February 23, 2020, WHP troopers located Ms. Lampus’s vehicle abandoned along Interstate 80 east of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Troopers and other law enforcement agencies searched the area but were unable to locate Ms. Lampus. The Wyoming H... Full story
Wyoming News Briefs, Friday, Feb. 28
Woman sues VA for wrongful death CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Cheyenne Veterans Affairs Medical Center and other VA agencies are being sued for wrongful death over alleged medical negligence. Victoria Pike, as the wrongful death representative for William P... Full story
FROM WYOFILE: Dems emotional late-night stand against abortion bill fails
At 10 p.m. Tuesday, beneath near-empty galleries, outnumbered Democrats in Wyoming’s House of Representatives mounted a failed but emotional stand against a bill to impose a 48-hour waiting period on abortions. Midnight, the deadline for House b... Full story
