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WORLAND – This year, Worland High School has seven students attending the annual All-State Music Festival, put on by the Wyoming High School Activities Association (WHSAA). According to Worland High School choir teacher and assistant band director Connor Dennis, All-State is a gathering of music educators and music students from across the state of Wyoming. "Students audition in October and are scored anonymously," he said. "Based on their scores, they may be accepted to sing in the All-State H...
For the 11th consecutive year, Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails will host popular First Day Hikes on January 1. First Day Hikes are part of a nationwide initiative led by America’s State Parks to encourage people to get outside and enjoy the great outdoors. On New Year’s Day, people of all ages will have access to hundreds of free guided hikes organized around the country. “I can’t think of a better way to start off the New Year!” said Laurel Thompson, Outreach Coordinator for the Wyoming Office of Outdoor Recreation. “We invit...
"It's a Wonderful Life" was put on by the Washakie Museum and Cultural Center this holiday season....
Performances for "It's a Wonderful Life" took place December 17 and 19 at the Washakie Museum and Cultural Center....
WORLAND – At their most recent meeting, the Washakie Prevention Coalition discussed preparation for their Prevention night. Prevention Night will take place during home games for the varsity Warriors and Lady Warriors basketball games. Everyone is welcome to cheer on the Warriors teams while showing support for the youth being substance free. Each of the Washakie County School District No. 1 students will receive shirts to wear. Community members will also be asked to wear white to show their support. There will be halftime performances by t...
End The Stigma Faces of Recovery: Destiny Gutierrez Editor's Note: Since 2011, October has been proclaimed National Substance Abuse Prevention Month. This month, Cloud Peak Counseling Center, in partnership with the Northern Wyoming News, is bringing four stories of recovery from Worland community members. Meet Destiny Gutierrez, an addiction recovery warrior. Destiny started her drug use at the age of 15. She says she was trying to deal with traumas that had happened in her life like "being...
Einkorn, emmer, and spelt are the ancestors of our modern wheat varieties and valued by consumers and chefs for their superior flavor and nutrition. For Wyoming farmers, they are another crop that may fit well into existing rotations and requires less water than malt barley. There is also some evidence that these grains need less fertilizer than modern wheat and barley, but its not conclusive. They are slower to maturity than malt barley and produce high quality straw. Wyoming farmers have been...
WORLAND - Chief Washakie member and Worland High School senior Skylar Tharp was selected as part of the 2021-22 Wyoming FFA leadership team earlier this month. Tharp said ever since she was a seventh grader in Ten Sleep knew she wanted to run for state office after watching the officer election at that year's state convention. Tharp said you are eligible for an office after earning your State FFA degree, usually as a senior. This was her year. She submitted her application. She said there were...
WORLAND - More than 60 volunteers came out and helped support Ten Sleep and Worland organizations and clean up the Gebo Cemetery. During the Day of Service, organized by the Worland Stake Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that includes women who live in the Big Horn Basin communities of Greybull, Shell, Basin, Manderson, Hyattville, Ten Sleep, Worland, Kirby and Thermopolis, there were projects in Basin, Worland, Ten Sleep and Gebo. According to Julie Edholm...
WORLAND – Which state has a longer coastline, Maine or Rhode Island? Do you know the answer? This is just a sample question that sixth through eighth graders from Worland Middle School were asked on Friday, Jan. 10, as part of the school competition for the National Geographic Geobee. The winner of the competition was sixth-grader Ethan Miller, with the runner-up being eighth-grader Jackson Richard. The deciding round came down to a final second tie-breaker question after they both got one out o...
By KARLA POMEROY WORLAND - Worland High School junior Jade Hefenieder won the first WHS Poetry Out Loud competition Monday night in the Little Theater. Hefenieder, and two fellow competitors, Raychel Duffy and Isabelle Burky, each performed two poems in front of four judges and a small audience. Local Poetry Out Loud organizer Pam Greek said the competitors had to select their poems from the list provided by the national Poetry Out Loud organization. One poem had to be 25 lines or fewer and one...
WORLAND - Each year the Worland Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Relief Society selects a humanitarian relief project and this year they chose to help their fellow neighbors in each of the communities the stake serves - Greybull, Basin, Worland, Ten Sleep and Thermopolis. Relief Society President Julie Edholm said in previous years the humanitarian projects have usually centered on helping people overseas but this year she and her council wanted to do something closer to home....
WORLAND - The Worland High School Black Thunder Marching Band heads to the state competition this Saturday in Casper. Eighty members strong this year with band and color guard, the band is led by instructors Chad Rose and Frank Harding with drum majors senior Caleb Fraser and junior Anja Sheesley. The group has been working toward this event since the four-day camp in early August. They have had weekly rehearsals on Tuesday, as well as working during sectionals and daily class time. In...
EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY - Worland Public Transportation to Cody. 347-3208. SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH – Worland Acoustic Jam: 6:30 pm. at the Worland Senior Center. EVERY TUESDAY - Washakie County Library Story Time, 10:30 a.m., library in Worland. EVERY TUESDAY - Worland Threshold Singers: 7 p.m. at 1507 S Flat Rd. FIRST and THIRD TUESDAY of EACH MONTH - Worland City Council meeting: 7 p.m. at city hall. FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY of EACH MONTH - The Washakie County Commissioners m...
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 three possible plans for the parade. Ten Sleep School Student Council Advisor Paula Beck stated that if it is raining at the time of the tailgate party, the party will be moved to the cafeteria. She also gave three different options for the parade if it is raining. - Plan No.1: The parade will be p... Full story