Washakie County News

Eleutian Technology has dropped its application for a Wyoming Business Council grant that would have helped the company build a new headquarters in Ten Sleep.

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A northwestern Wyoming man received a citation for letting his horse wander in Worland, but not before he complained to town law enforcement officials about the absence of a hitching post in front of the local saloon.

The Washakie County Commission has endorsed the broad terms of a lease agreement designed to keep the headquarters of a growing technology company in Ten Sleep.

A Washakie County man has died as a result of West Nile virus, according to the Wyoming Department of Health.

Federal agents have apprehended Edward Eugene Harper, who is on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, an FBI official said Thursday.

A Mississippi fugitive accused of molesting young girls in the 1990s was arrested Thursday while tending sheep in the remote and rugged Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, the FBI said.

The body of 18-year-old Jared Hammack of Orleans, Ind., was recovered from the North Fork of Paint Rock Creek on Sunday afternoon, bringing closure to his grieving family.

By BRENDA TENBOER When help arrives too late, the outcome can be tragic. Several years ago one Manderson resident died from a heart attack with two ambulance crews - one dispatched from Big Horn County and the other from Washakie County - frantically searching for his home.

The Washakie County Fair Board has agreed to require wristbands for anyone that appears to be under 40 and wishes to buy alcohol at this summer's rodeo, pig wrestling and tractor-pull events.