KWOR Community Connections

Brent Bien and Rich Weber provide details about the initiative in Wyoming for hand counting of votes in local and national elections, and the series of informational program they are doing across Wyoming, that are open to the public. Informational programs include: Worland 10/9 at 6 pm, Worland Community Center...Powell 10/10 @ 1:00 pm....Cody 10/10 at 6 pm.....Thermopolis 10/11 at 1 pm, Big Horn Federal Bank ..... Basin 10/11 at 6 pm, Town of Basin Meeting Room. More info about other upcoming meetings: brentbien.com/brents-calendar/

An evening of Shakespeare on July 11th includes an Elizabethan Feast of roasted meats, salad, meat pies, vegetables, fruit and cheese, dessert, mead and wine accompanied by a presentation “Appreciating As You Like It” from Tim Trippel, Shakespeare monologues presented by Dominic Damiano, plus Renaissance instrumental music. Plus details about the free presentation of Shakespeare's 'As You Like It" July 16th, the Dinosaur STEAM Camp July 14-18, 2025, and an Art Exhibit and Opening July 18th. Hear all the details in this KWOR interview.

In this KWOR interview, Lyle and Shelley Spence provides details about the annual Hyattville to Ten Sleep Pony Express re-enactment on the 4th of July, where 17+ riders carry special memento envelopes to be delivered into the postal service and then delivered worldwide. The riders then join in with the Ten Sleep 4th of July parade. 

Summer meals in Worland, WY have begun, and Heather Trauntvein, Food Service Director with Washakie County School District No. 1 has all the details, in this KWOR Community Connections interview.

Washakie County Safe Community Day will be held June 7th from 10-1 at Newell Sargent Park. Test your bear spray skills with the robo-bear, try out the DUI goggles, see emergency vehicles up close, and more.  Hear the KWOR Morning Show interview with Kami Neighbors, Director, Washakie County Emergency Management

Time for the 2025 Cowboy Carnival in Hyattville, WY. Sign up now for the 5K Run and Kids K. Register at runsignup.com. $15 gate admission or $35 for an immediate family, that includes the BBQ lunch, entertainment, pony rides and much more for the kids. Listen to our KWOR Community Connections interview with Dave Greer to learn more, and see Cowboy Carnival schedule: @HyattvilleCommunityCenter on Facebook

Alex Jewell, Assistant Athletic Director for Development with the University of Wyoming, talks on the KWOR Morning Show about the Cowboy Joe Club, supporting University of Wyoming Athletics, and gives details about the 2025 Cowboy Joe Golf Series, starting the weekend of May 16-17 in Riverton, then Worland, WY. Sign up now for one or more of the tournaments and see the schedule at www.cowboyjoeclub.com

As the publicity for the Speaker Series event at the Washakie Museum and Cultural Center says: Over the course of nearly five months, members of the Nez Perce tribe were pursued by the U.S. Army for 1,200 miles from the Idaho Territory through Yellowstone National Park and into the northern Montana Territory. As the tribe fled through Yellowstone, unsuspecting tourists were made victims as well. The stories of their struggles will be highlighted and discussed by presenter Fran Scranton. Scranton previews his Thursday 4/17, 5 pm lecture on the topic in this KWOR Community Connections interview.

4-H Educator Amber Armajo provides an April 2025 update about what's going on with 4-H in Washakie County, Wyoming.

An April 1, 2025 interview with Alex Shannon with the Wyoming Women's Foundation. Learn more about the mission of the Wyoming Women's Foundation and their activities, including their online conversation April 21st about pay equity and the wage gap and women's contribution to the workforce.