Articles from the August 8, 2019 edition
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August 8, 2019
Inserts this week are Blair's and Bomgaars (print and online) and Reese & Ray's (print only)...
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Vacancy officially declared for Ward 2
WORLAND — Worland Mayor Jim Gill officially declared a vacancy for Ward 2 following the death of council member Dennis Koch on June 27. Koch was elected to the council in 2012 and re-elected to a seco...
Commissioners continue discussions on future library plans
WORLAND — The Washakie County commissioners continue to discuss the future of the Washakie County Library in Worland. A third concept of the first-floor plan was discussed at the commissioners r...
Ed Luhm enjoys transition to Circuit Court Judge
WORLAND – Wyoming Fifth Judicial District Circuit Court Judge Ed Luhm has recently made the transition from attorney to sitting on the bench and making impactful decisions in the community. Luhm took...
Red tape delays hemp planting
CASPER — This winter, lawmakers voted to allow hemp in Wyoming, hoping the crop will become a boon for the state’s agricultural industry. But farmers will have to wait at least one more growing season before they can plant hemp in Wyoming soil. Sub...
Worland student appointed to UW Presidential Search Committee
LARAMIE — Sixteen people representing a wide range of interests have been named to the committee that will help select the next president of the University of Wyoming including a Worland student. UW trustees, faculty, staff and students are r...
4th annual Battle of the Bands cancelled
WORLAND — The fourth annual Battle of the Bands has been cancelled. According to Worland Community Center Complex Marketing Director Sheryl Ley the Battle of the Bands, which was slated for Aug. 2...
Christine Nicole Stagner
Christine Nicole Stagner passed away at the age of 44, on June 24th, 2019 at Northwest Hospital in Seattle, WA. Nicole is preceded in death by her parents Gayle and Donald Stagner. She is survived by her two children, Maya Quinanola, age 17 and...
Patricia Jean (Patterson) Price
Patricia Jean (Patterson) Price passed away on July 25, 2019 in Pueblo West, Colorado. Born Dec 7, 1939 to Charles Benson Patterson and Thelma Patricia (Sublette) Patterson in Worland, Wyoming. She...
Billy Gene Huhnke Sr.
Billy Gene Huhnke Sr., 83, of Branson, Mo., passed away in Branson on June 21, 2019. Billy was born on Sept. 14, 1935, in Smith Center, Kansas. No services are planned at this time....
Rubie Cassie Koskyn
Memorial services for Rubie Cassie Koskyn, 85, will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 10, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Thermopolis. Mrs. Koskyn passed away July 18, 2019 at the Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness Center....
Marilyn Yvonne 'Bunny' Lindsey
Marilyn Yvonne Lindsey, 83-year-old former Worland resident, passed away on May 30, 2019 at Central Wyoming Hospice in Casper. “Bunny” was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming on Feb. 23, 1936. A celebration of Bunny’s life will be at 10 a.m., Frida...
Karla's Kolumn: How do we stop it? Stop the hate
It was a horrific weekend in America with 31 people killed, dozens injured by mass killers in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. The shootings were less than 13 hours apart and less than a week from...
PDFWyoming News Briefs AUGUST 8
Former tribal judge pleads guilty to drug charges CASPER (WNE) — The former chief judge of the Wind River Tribal Court pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two federal drug felonies. Judge Terri Smith entered the guilty pleas to a single count each of c...
Whistleblowers sue Teton Weed and Pest
JACKSON — Thomas Spatafore worked as a seasonal weed technician for Teton County Weed and Pest for a decade. By all accounts, he enjoyed the job and was good at it, moving up the ranks to lead his own crew, including on an important contract with the...
Mixed reactions to Pendley appointment as BLM chief
BUFFALO — In a move that spurred mixed reactions from sportsmen, ranchers, former Bureau of Land Management employees and the state's congressional delegation, Wyoming native William Perry Pendley was named acting director of the BLM in an order from...
Cody murder trial begins, defense says killing accidental
CODY — With the Dennis Klingbeil murder trial now underway neither side is arguing whether Klingbeil shot and killed his wife, but the defense has said the state cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt he did so as a premeditated, first-degree act. D...
Man arrested on federal sex trafficking charges
CHEYENNE - A man was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges in Cheyenne. Keith Anthony Crawford was arrested July 25 after Cheyenne Police investigated him on suspicion of sex trafficking. Crawford's case is making its was through U.S. District...
Wyoming News Briefs AUGUST 12
Grand Teton visitor bitten by rabid bat JACKSON (WNE) — A Grand Teton National Park visitor has been treated for rabies after being bitten by a bat that later tested positive for the disease that’s fatal if not treated. The incident occurred last wee...
UW requesting $31.3 million more in state funding
LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming has requested the Legislature appropriate $31.3 million more in biennial funding for the 2021 and 2022 fiscal years. The bulk of that, $28 million, is being requested to boost the university’s standard ope...
