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UPDATE: 12:19 p.m. March 18, 2020 Per a press release from the Washakie County Public Health, the City of Worland has also closed its offices and facilities to the public to follow the county's lead. Employees are still working and available for questions by calling city hall at 347-2486 The situation will be evaluated again in 14 days. The Ten Sleep Council will be meeting tonight to discuss whether to close to the public. Washakie Museum & Cultural Center is also closed to the public. WORLAND – An increase of four new COVID-19 cases T... Full story
Governor Gordon issues statement supporting President's coronavirus guidelines CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has issued the following statement Wednesday, March 18 in support of The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America. On Tuesday, the Wyoming Department of Health identified five new cases of COVID-19 in Wyoming, bringing our total number of confirmed cases to 15. Where counties find it appropriate, in consultation with our State Health Officer, I am supporting the C... Full story
Third Individual Has Tested Positive for COVID-19 in Cheyenne CHEYENNE – Wednesday morning, a third individual tested positive for COVID-19 in Cheyenne. The Cheyenne Laramie County Health Department, Emergency Management, and all elected officials in the city and county are working together collaboratively to ensure the safety of public health. More information regarding potential closures in the community will be shared as soon as they are available The announcement came through the City of Cheyenne website and Facebook pag... Full story
Worland, Thermopolis schools will be closed to classes starting tomorrow, Monday, per Washakie County School District No. 1 Business Manager Jack Stott. The decision comes after Governor Mark Gordon and State Superintendent Jillian Balow recommended schools close through April 3rd but left the decision to the local school districts. The official statement from the district is as follows: This evening we received notice that, “Governor Mark Gordon and State Superintendent Jillian Balow recommend that all schools remain closed to students t... Full story
Update from Dr. David Fairbanks Big Horn County Public Health Officer The Governor and State School Superintendent have recommended that we close school until April 3rd. We are implementing a Level 3 Health Warning: Level 3 (level 1 & 2 interventions plus:) 1. All public and private schools (K-12), and child care facilities will dismiss students for a minimum of 2 weeks (re-evaluation at 10 days). Administration, staff, and teachers may attend school to facilitate distance learning. 2. Eliminate community and faith-based gatherings of any... Full story
OK can someone please explain why people are hoarding toilet paper? It is understandable if you have to be quarantined because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). You might need some extra as you likely will not be leaving your home to be going out to buy some. But how much do you need. Remember COVID-19 is a respiratory illness, not stomach. You’re not going to be running to the restroom. Also, if you run low, don’t you have friends that can run to the store for it? And exactly how long do you think you’ll be quarantined that you need... Full story
TEN SLEEP - The Ten Sleep school board met on Monday night for their regularly scheduled meeting to set a date for their budget session, as well as approve a new contract for Principal Levi Collins. The school board ended the night in executive session to discuss personnel, and upon returned to open session to unanimously approve a contract extension for Collins through June of 2022. This extension came after Superintendent Jimmy Phelps’ contract was extended at last month’s meeting through Jun...
MILLS – The Bureau of Reclamation, at the request of, and in collaboration with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGF), has scheduled a one-time flushing flow in the Wind River downstream of Boysen Dam, according to Wyoming Area Manager, Carlie Ronca. “The Bureau of Reclamation is able to retime operations and provide the flushing flow due to the above average anticipated inflows to Boysen Reservoir, and the expectation of needing to pass excess water this spring,” said Wyoming Area Manager, Carlie Ronca. “The flush will be accompl...
WORLAND — Students will learn more about the University of Wyoming, UW alumni will connect with their alma mater, and members of the public will find out more about UW’s presence in their community during a “The World Needs More Cowboys” celebration Thursday, March 19, in Washakie County. The public is invited to the event from 5-7 p.m. at the Washakie Museum in Worland. Free appetizers and beverages will be served. UW Acting President Neil Theobald will be in attendance and speak during a brief program at the celebration, highlighting the val... Full story
The Washakie County Fair Board met March 9 for its regularly scheduled meeting and heard from a potential rodeo contractor. The Fair Board began advertising last week in the Northern Wyoming News for bid packages for this year’s County Fair Rodeo and County Fair Youth Rodeo. Rodeo contractor David Love of Gillette attended the meeting to express his interest and to learn what kinds of rodeo events the Board would like to see, as well to know its preferred timing and timeframe for these events. The Board asked Love to submit two proposals, a...
WORLAND — This year’s Poetry Out Loud State Finals Competition on March 2 at the Cheyenne Civic Center was the largest in its 15-year history, according to Mary Billiter, arts education specialist for the Wyoming Arts Council. The Wyoming Arts Council is the annual host for Poetry Out Loud. Billiter said she made a concerted effort in recruiting some schools that had not participated in the competition before. She said Wyoming has 365 schools, 52 of them being high schools. Last year they had eight high schools registered to compete with six...
GREYBULL — Bighorn National Forest officials are hosting two open house meetings for an upcoming project to address noxious, invasive and select native plant species on national forest lands. The project is known as the Invasive and Other Select Plant Management Project. A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is anticipated later this spring. The first open house will be Tuesday, March 17 at the Big Horn County Weed and Pest Building, 4782 US-310, Greybull, Wyoming from 4 to 6 p.m. A second open house m... Full story
CHEYENNE - The draft of Wyoming's Chronic Wasting Disease Management Plan will be presented to the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission for approval at the upcoming March meeting in Cody. The draft plan includes final recommendations from the CWD Working Group, the public as adopted by the Department and is posted online. During the final input period, Game and Fish received 148 comments from the public and feedback was incorporated into the draft. Many of the comments were directed toward feedgroun... Full story
Alvin Henry Nelson, 83, was born October 18, 1936 in Worland, Wyoming and passed away March 6, 2020 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Alvin graduated from Manderson, Wyoming High School in 1954. On February 27, 1964 married Carolyn Patras. He served in the Wyoming Army National Guard based out of Worland. He ultimately spent most of his working life as a farmer and rancher in the Big Horn Basin. Alvin enjoyed playing sports, particularly basketball and carried the enjoyment over to following the Wyoming... Full story
WORLAND - Coming off their first loss of the season the Worland Warriors responded pretty, pretty, pretty well as they stormed through the 3A West regional tournament in Lyman on March 5-7 to win their first regional title in 30-plus years. This is the first regional championship for Worland since the current WHSAA (Wyoming High School Activities Association) classification system was put in place during the 1984 season. The Warriors beat Lyman 90-58, in the quarterfinals, beat Lovell 66-44, in... Full story
Worland Middle School students in Joe Winkler's history class visited the Suffrage Exhibit at the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Winkler said the students were studying the women's right to vote in class and the exhibit is the perfect supplement to the coursework. Here, Sydnee Roady, Angelena Coleman and Rylee Anderson check out the suffrage timeline.... Full story
THERMOPOLIS - With a chance at making it to their first 3A State tournament since returning to 3A in 2016, the Hot Springs County Lady Bobcats fell a few possessions short of doing so at the 3A East regional tournament in Newcastle on March 5-7. The Lady Bobcats tournament started with a quarterfinal matchup against Torrington. An offensive drought in the second and third quarters hurt Thermopolis the most, as they only scored six points combined in both quarters. By the time the Lady 'Cats... Full story
Worland eighth grader Jaren Fabela plays his trombone solo with the jazz band during the Worland Middle School Pops Concert on Tuesday, March 3.... Full story
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