Articles from the September 26, 2019 edition
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September 26, 2019
Blair's and Bomgaars (print and online) inserts in this week's issue of the Northern Wyoming News. Also, don't forget our football contest, pick your teams and enter for a chance to win $50 or $100....
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Karla's Kolumn
I had a wonderful week-long vacation earlier this month in the Black Hills of South Dakota with my husband and our two dogs and while I won't bore you with the family vacation photos I would like to...
Worland school board seeks more information on girls softball
WORLAND – The Worland school board met Monday night to discuss how the first month of school went, as well as the future of girls fast-pitch softball in the Worland community. Softball was brought up...
Ten Sleep Council works to amend fireworks ordinance
TEN SLEEP – On Sept. 3, the Ten Sleep Council approved on first reading ordinance 218 regarding the mayor salary and councilmen payments and ordinance 219 regarding fireworks usage. Ordinance 219 amends section 4-5-3 of the Town of Ten Sleep Town c...
From darkness to light
WORLAND - Entering the foster care system can be a scary, dark time for any youth, and one young Worland youth came out into the light several months later through equine and art therapy. For six...
Rachel's Challenge returns for second successful year
WORLAND – Rachel’s Challenge has been a part of promoting kind acts every day through schools across the country the past 18 years, and on Monday, Sept. 16 and Tuesday, Sept. 17, the program came back...
FBI relaunches #ThinkBeforeYouPost campaign
DENVER, Colorado - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Denver Division has relaunched a public awareness campaign to educate the public about the consequences of making threats and reminding community members hoax threats are not a joke. In...
Worland homecoming kicks off Saturday with burning of the 'W'
WORLAND — Worland High School’s homecoming week kicks off Saturday night with the burning of the W. The event begins at 8 p.m. behind Warrior Stadium. Classes will decorate their respective hal...
The giants are coming to Worland
WORLAND – The eighth annual Wyoming State Championship Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off is Saturday at the Worland Big Horn Co-op, located at 400 W Big Horn Ave. This event also marks the second year the w...
Washakie County 4-H Week begins with pancake breakfast Saturday
WORLAND — The Washakie County 4-H Week begins this Saturday with the annual community pancake breakfast. Washakie County Extension and 4-H Youth Educator Amber Armajo said last year the breakfast a... Full story
Ruth Clare Yonkee Johnson
Ruth Clare Yonkee Johnson, 97, passed away Sep. 22, 2019, at the Thermopolis Rehab and Care Center. Funeral services will be September 28, 10:30 a.m. at the Thermopolis Community Federated Church.... Full story
Warriors finish second at state
WORLAND - The 2019 golf season ended with another runner-up finish for the Worland High School boys golf team at the 3A State meet in Afton on Sept. 20-21. Sophomore Karsten Simmons also came in... Full story
Bomengen wins final home meet
THERMOPOLIS - The Hot Springs County High School cross-country team held their own on their home course last week as they hosted the Bobcat Invitational at the Legion Town and Country Golf Course in... Full story
Hear Me Out...NBA wading into troubled waters
When the Jags Jalen Ramsey requested a trade at the end of Week 2, all the NFL guys lost their minds and were claiming the NFL was turning into the NBA. Obviously, it was an overreaction because... Full story
School plans for possible rain during homecoming parade
TEN SLEEP – After seeing the forecast of a 40 percent chance of rain tomorrow morning, Ten Sleep School has come up with a contingency plan for the community tailgate party around 11:30 a.m. and t... Full story
GAO: BLM bonds insufficient for reclamation
BUFFALO — Bureau of Land Management regulations could leave some Johnson County landowners waiting decades for oil and gas operators to reclaim wells, while saddling American taxpayers with millions in costs nationwide, according to a new G... Full story
Wyoming News Briefs SEPTEMBER 26
Body of missing kayaker found AFTON (WNE) — The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the body of a missing Opal kayaker had been found at Lake Alice on Monday, September 23. That notification came following a search that extended over a mon... Full story
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Out-of-state Democrat announces U.S. House bid in Wyoming
CHEYENNE – Carol Hafner has only read about Wyoming. The only Democratic candidate so far to announce her intent to run for Wyoming's sole seat in the U.S House of Representatives plans to officially... Full story
Vigil attendees ask police to release shooting information
CASPER — Dozens gathered in Riverton Thursday evening to remember the man police fatally shot Saturday while calling for authorities to disclose more information about the incident. A police officer shot and killed 58-year-old Northern Arapaho man A... Full story
