Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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CODY — After two years of fewer-than-normal influenza cases due to public health measures implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic, local health officials are expecting the virus to come back in force this flu season. “The last few years there has been very little flu because people were generally doing what we asked them to do: wearing a mask, washing their hands, things like that,” Park County Public Health Officer Dr. Aaron Billin said. “But it’s generally expected that will change significantly this year.” Laura Farnworth, registered...
Lana Suzanne White passed away at Wyoming Medical Center on October 3, 2022, at the age of 76. Lana lived in Southern California for many years, raising her daughter, Stephanie, in Long Beach, California then moving to La Quinta, California for a short time before making her way to Turlock, California. After being injured on the job, and needing to retire, she eventually found her way to Worland, Wyoming. Lana loved the outdoors, especially fishing and riding dirt trails in her sand rail. She was a very outgoing, strong-willed, independent...
THERMOPOLIS — The combined efforts of Bureau of Land Management Wyoming, North Wind Construction Services, and the Hot Springs County Sherriff’s Office led to the conviction of two individuals charged with felony depredation of federal lands. According to a BLM press release, in March 2018, the Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Office discovered two individuals planning to burn REDA cable, a system of power cables used to run electric submersible pumps (ESP) in the oil and gas industry, on public lands within the Gebo Mining District near Therm...
WORLAND — The 2022 Indigenous Peoples Day at the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center Saturday brought together many cultures to listen and to dance. Washakie Museum & Cultural Center Executive Director Marian Bender opened the celebration Saturday morning stating, “We are holding this celebration on the traditional territorial homelands of the Crow, Eastern Shoshone, Northern Arapaho and Sioux people. We are honored to have many members of those tribes here today.” She introduced George Abeyta, a...
So I love fall. I love fall temperatures. I love fall sports. I love fall colors. The one thing I hate about fall is spiders. OK, so I hate spiders in any season, but fall it seems like the spiders, which for the most part were fine being outside in the spring and summer and are now like “Oh, no, it’s getting cold, let us in.” As I’ve written before I don’t like spiders and my husband is not a big help as he sees them as beneficial. He prefers the catch and release. Releasing them only gives them the chance to come back in the house. I don’t gi...
WORLAND — Before pickups carrying hunters’ big game harvest become a regular sight in Ten Sleep, hunters will have an opportunity for fellowship, food and an overall good time. In its 27th iteration this year, Ten Sleep Hunter Fest will kick off Friday at 11 a.m. and run through 2 p.m. The free event, sponsored by the Worland-Ten Sleep Chamber of Commerce, is held on Pine Street between Dirty Sally’s and the Ten Sleep Senior Center. Event organizer Bill Fuchs said the event always takes place on Oct. 14 as the following day always marks the d...
WORLAND - It was a double gut-punch for the Warriors last Friday. During the game's second series, all-state QB Kade Weber left the game due to injury. Afterward, the Warriors suffered their third loss of the season. With the 3A East No.2-seed in the balance, the Warriors (3-3) fell to the Buffalo Bison 49-7 at Warrior Stadium on Oct. 7. It was a bitter loss for the Warriors. After Weber's injury, the Warriors did strike first on the scoreboard going up 7-0 on a Brock Douzenis 44-yard pass to...
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