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WORLAND – The Worland High School drama team took the first-place overall trophy home from the State Thespian Festival in Gillette last weekend thanks to high scores in music and plays. This is fourth state title in the past six years. They won consecutive titles in 2017, 2018 and 2019. The arena play "Bus Stop" performed by Worland High School Drama students received a score of 31.33 out of 32, earning it first place in the category. The play was about a child who starts at a new school w...
TEN SLEEP – Mayor Ernie Beckley shared his perspective on the issue of the demolition of the Ten Sleep School gym and his interactions with the Washakie County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees that lead up to this decision during the Ten Sleep Town Council meeting on the evening of Dec. 6. Beckley said that he took issue with the statement issued by the school board that was published in the Dec. 1 issue of the newspaper. It reads as follows: “The school board opted to proceed with the original plan of complete demolition of the exi...
WORLAND —Worland resident Martha Lawley will head to Cheyenne on Jan. 5 to complete freshman orientation with the largest freshman legislative class for the Wyoming Legislature. As the state representative for House District 27, Lawley knows she has some prestigious shoes to fill with 12-year representative and current Speaker Pro Tempore Mike Greear retiring when his term ends Dec. 31. “He had a fantastic 12 years. He did a good job and I really do appreciate that. I have seen more and more how he has in some ways set me up for success, bec...
Robert Edward "Bob" Korenke, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away November 28, 2022, at Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bob was born to Edward Arthur Korenke and Anne Catherine Drummond Korenke September 14, 1941, in Cody, Wyoming. He was the oldest of three children: Dave Korenke of Casper, Wyoming and Marie Gant of Phoenix, Arizona. He grew up and attended schools in Meeteetse and Worland, Wyoming, and graduated from Natrona High School in 1959 in Casper. He attended Casper Junio... Full story
Frank Alcaraz, 91, passed away on December 9, 2022 at the Thermopolis Wellness and Rehabilitation Center. He was born to Faustino and Natalia (Gaytan) Alcaraz in Galeana, Puruandiro, Michocan, Mexico on August 12, 1931. Frank came to the United States, seeking a better life when he was 16 years old. He worked as a field laborer to help support his mother and younger siblings. He worked in the Rio Grande Valley and later in northern Texas, seeking better employment to continue helping support... Full story
Harry Duane Ahrens, 85, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, at Hot Springs Health in Thermopolis. A family gathering was held December 7, 2022.... Full story
Barbara Nell (Leavitt) Blakesley, 95, passed away Dec. 9, 2022, at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Worland of natural causes. Barbara was born in rural Shell, Wyoming on Aug. 13, 1927. Graveside services were held Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at the Donald J. Ruhl Memorial Cemetery, Greybull.... Full story
A comment made at Monday night’s Washakie County Fair Board meeting got me thinking. The audience member at the meeting told the board that most people in the community do not realize all the work the board does to get ready for the fair, during the fair and after the fair. “Without you, there would not be a fair, and that people would notice.” This person was exactly right and oddly enough volunteers a lot of her time to various organizations and events around the community. There are many events in this area that without volunteers would...
WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office is seeking volunteers in the Basin, Worland and Thermopolis areas to assist with the Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Those interested should call the Worland Field Office by December 21 to be assigned a survey route along a public road. Routes are limited and will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. Volunteers will receive instructions on survey methods and eagle identification. Two-person team...
THERMOPOLIS – State Rep. John Winter, who represents portions of Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs and Park counties for House District 28, says that there is a lot of work to do on a wide variety of topics in the General Session of the Wyoming Legislature begins Jan. 10, 2023. Winter, who has served in the House District 28 since 2019, will maintain his roles as a member of the House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee and of the House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee. He is currently working...
POWELL — As the Wyoming Wildlife task force prepares for its final meeting Wednesday, Dec. 14, members of the group brought one of the toughest issues they’re attempting to tackle to Park County constituents knowing no matter what is done — including nothing — is going to end up in disappointment. Decades ago, the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission elected to offer preference points to hunters for two iconic Wyoming species, moose and bighorn sheep. The system has worked to date, giving hunters an opportunity to score one of the tags by saving...
Talented band and choir students from Worland High School have been selected to perform at the state level and beyond in winter 2023. All State Band and Choir participants submitted an audition and were selected to participate in All-State Music in Sheridan on Jan. 16-17 with musicians from other Wyoming schools. Representing the Worland High School band will be Jacob Durrant playing bassoon, Canton Green playing trombone, Lucas Hamer playing trombone, Ethan Miller playing oboe and Harley...
WORLAND - Starting their season on an excellent note, five Worland Warrior swimmers qualified for the 3A State meet in February during the first weekend of the season. Swimming at the Powell quad on Dec. 9 and the Cody Pentathlon on Dec. 10, Warriors Trae Bennett, Walker Cooper, Canton Green, Gage Stanek and Wyatt Whitlock punched their ticket to state. "Wyatt Whitlock was awesome in the 200 IM," said WHS swimming and diving coach Justin Howe. "Gage was second in the 100 back, and it's probably...
"If you are reading this, I'm dead." Kevin always wanted his obituary to start this way; a macabre decree in the first person from beyond the ether. Sadly, this is now true. As Kevin would remark (as a nod to Vonnegut), "So it goes." Kevin Jensen Tonkovich was born 20 March 1953 to Vincent and Ila (Jensen) Tonkovich in Basin, WY. Shortly after his birth the family moved to Worland, where Vince worked as a pressman for the Northern Wyoming Daily News. Kevin attended school in Worland, and after... Full story
UW hires vice president for diversity, equity, inclusion LARAMIE (WNE) — For the University of Wyoming’s first-ever vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, Zebadiah Hall, making sure that everyone in the community belongs and matters is the name of the game. UW hired Hall for the position last month. He most recently worked as the director of student disability services at Cornell University and has been involved in the field of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout his career. In his leadership role at UW, Hall said he pla... Full story
LOVELL — A Las Vegas man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for distributing counterfeit pills that contained fentanyl, resulting in the death of Steven Corr Jr., a Cowley native who died at the age of 30 in 2019. Daniel Anguiano, 43, pleaded guilty in June 2021 to distributing a controlled substance, specifically fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl, according to the press release by the United States Department of Justice. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid drug that is approximately 80100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more p... Full story
CASPER — Interim Secretary of State Karl Allred asked members of the GOP State Central Committee in an email Wednesday for donations to cover the costs of an ongoing lawsuit among Uinta County Republicans, a move that sources said is unusual for an acting secretary of state. “I am really sorry to have to reach out but we are at the end of our rope and really need any help we can get,” Allred wrote in the Wednesday email. Mountain View Republican and Representative-elect Jon Conrad, who beat out Allred by 326 votes in the House District 19 Au... Full story
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