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  • Karla's Kolumn

    Jan 7, 2017

    People love to talk about the weather. In Wyoming, throughout the year, you’ll hear a myriad of comments about the weather with many a conversation starting with “hot enough for you?” or “cold enough for you?” Other comments about the weather that are common to hear, especially this time of year are: —It’s too cold. —It’s not fit for man nor beast out there. —It doesn’t matter what the wind chill is, it’s just cold. —I’m ready for spring/summer. —The skiers are the only ones who like this kind of weather. —You won’t hear me complain in the s...

  • When the telephone call comes

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jan 7, 2017

    WORLAND - It's a call you hope and pray will come someday, sooner rather than later, but when it does, it sends a flood of emotions through you - fear, joy and shock. Those were the emotions that Karen Surat of Worland felt Nov. 9, when she got a call from her transplant coordinator at the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver. Surat had been on the kidney transplant list at the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver for about five years Surat was born with a defective gene which causes...

  • March trial date set for Crow Reservation double homicide

    Jan 7, 2017

    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has set a March trial date for a 19-year-old Wyoming man charged with killing a couple on the Crow Indian Reservation in July 2015. Jesus Deniz Mendoza’s trial had been set for Jan. 9, but the defense asked for a delay because their expert witnesses could not be available then. The Billings Gazette reports U.S. District Judge Susan Watters held a scheduling conference on Thursday and scheduled the trial to start on March 27. Mendoza, of Worland, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the...

  • Range council hosting public lands information session Monday

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Jan 7, 2017

    WORLAND – The Council for the Big Horn Range (CBHR) is providing a free workshop Monday evening to discuss a proposed Wyoming Constitutional amendment on the transfer of management of public lands in Wyoming. The workshop will begin at 6 p.m. at the Worland Community Center Complex. The Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee will recommend to the next session of the Wyoming Legislature, which starts Tuesday, the proposed amendment. The amendment would amend Article 18 of the Wyoming Constitution with a new section to ease the t...

  • Hear me out...The most courageous NFL Wildcard Playoff predictions you will ever read

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jan 7, 2017

    NFL fans we made it through a mediocre NFL season and for our struggle we’ve been rewarded with the ugliest NFL Wildcard round in recent memory. Being truthful it was naïve to think after this stinkfest of an NFL season we’d at least have decent playoffs. This weekend’s games are eyesore and coma-inducing matchups. There is one good game in the entire Wildcard slate and that’s New York at Green Bay. Nevertheless I’m going to power through these awful games and give you the most heroic playoff predictions you will read in print or on the World...

  • Lady Warriors use second half surge to defeat Fillies

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jan 7, 2017

    WORLAND - A slow start in the first half had the Worland Lady Warriors trailing the Cody Fillies 17-14 but out of the break WHS shifted to another gear to pull passed CHS by the final score of 41-32 Friday night at Worland High School. "It was a combination of a couple things," said WHS girls basketball coach Ben Hofmann when talking about his team's slow start in the first half. "We had a little bit of rust, it has been 15, 16 days since we played in the Green River tournament. We had a lot of...

  • Jan 7, 2017

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  • Nancy Kraft

    Jan 7, 2017

    Nancy (Flack) Kraft entered the gates of Heaven surrounded by her family on January, 4, 2017 at age 72. She was born in Sheridan, WY on July 9, 1944 to Daniel and Edna Flack. The family relocated to Manderson, WY where she met her future husband, Allen Kraft. The couple was married on November 17, 1962. To this union, four children were born. Allen and Nancy farmed in the Worland and Manderson area for nearly 25 years. She then began employment with Sunshine Office Products; a job she loved, whe... Full story