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  • Lady Pioneers playing ahead of the curve

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jan 11, 2018

    TEN SLEEP - This season for the Ten Sleep Lady Pioneers was supposed to be one filled with the growing pains of a young basketball team learning the ropes. So far the Lady Pioneers, who are six players strong, have been playing ahead of the curve. The senior-less squad sits at 5-3 on the season with their fifth win coming in dominating fashion against the Greybull JV team, 57-25. "It was one of our better games we've played this season. They played with a lot more confidence than they did the...

  • Perfect start for stocks in 2018 stalls after rates rise

    Associated Press|Jan 11, 2018

    NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market’s fantastic start to 2018 stalled on Wednesday after real-estate companies and other dividend payers sank on concerns about rising interest rates. The losses knocked indexes a bit off their record highs and provided the first minor hiccup for a market that had climbed six straight days to start the year. Stocks fell after the yield on the 10-year Treasury reached its highest level since March, but they ended up recovering most of their losses as the day progressed and rates pulled back. The Standard & Poo...

  • Topeka man pleads guilty to 5 bank robberies in 4 states

    Jan 11, 2018

    TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has pleaded guilty five bank robberies in four states. Federal prosecutors say 21-year-old Dakota Shareef Walker, of Topeka, pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbing U.S. Banks in Topeka, Kansas; Kansas City, Missouri; Evanston, Wyoming; and Malad City, Idaho. He also pleaded guilty to robbing a Wells Fargo Bank in Preston, Idaho. The robberies occurred between Nov. 28, 2016, and Jan. 9, 2017. In each case, Walker gave tellers a note warning not them not to activate any alarms or to make any sudden moves. S...

  • WPLI reviews, rejects conservation proposal

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Jan 11, 2018

    WORLAND - Washakie County's Wyoming Public Lands Initiative (WPLI) working group met on Tuesday, and in a departure from the already established consensus format, reviewed a conservation-based proposal presented by Wilderness Society representative Paul Spitler, on behalf of the conservation-based members of the working group. The goal of the WPLI group is to reach a consensus as to the use of the WSAs in the county, through public input. The primary areas of concentration in Washakie County...

  • Working to resolve recycling issues

    Cyd Lass, Staff Writer|Jan 11, 2018

    WORLAND — The Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District is hoping with the new year to help educate Worland area residents about ways to properly recycle cardboard and office paper. Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District manager Mike Seigfried said, “Currently what we’re recycling is corrugated cardboard, office paper, and shredded office paper.” The landfill, northwest of Worland off of 15 Mile Road, bundles, or bales the recyclables that they receive, and ships them to either California or Washington, according to Seigfri...

  • Former Basin clerk bound over to district court on fraud charges

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jan 11, 2018

    WORLAND — A Greybull woman charged with fraudulently taking nearly $100,000 from the Town of Basin and Basin Area Chamber was bound over to district court on two felony fraud counts after a 45-minute preliminary hearing Wednesday afternoon. Danielle Chapman aka Danielle Lampman, former town clerk and Basin Area Chamber of Commerce treasurer has been charged with two felony fraud counts and one misdemeanor count for official misconduct for allegedly, during a nearly two-year long scheme, fraudulently taking nearly $100,000 from the Town of Basin...

  • Fair board hires bookkeeper, welcomes new member

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jan 11, 2018

    Public input wanted on 2018 entertainment WORLAND — The bulk of the Washakie County Fair Board Monday night was spent in discussing the role of the new bookkeeper and then voting on the new hire. The board received five applications from their advertisement for a part-time bookkeeper. Duties listed in the ad and reaffirmed Monday night were to maintain the board’s financial records, including payments, financial statements and budget preparation, work closely with the Fair Board to establish and analyze financial reports, ensure compliance wit...

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