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  • Eighth grader wins local geography bee

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jan 13, 2016

    WORLAND - Worland eighth grader Karter Dunham took first place in the local Geography Bee last Friday and has a chance to advance to the state bee in April. History teacher Joe Winkler said Tuesday that Dunham was scheduled to take an online test that night to advance to the state bee. It is a 70-question written online exam. He said he's certain Dunham will advance. "We've never had a student who won school geography bee not advance to the state bee. It's the best of the best. If he can win it...

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    Jan 13, 2016

  • Security protocol subject of Ten Sleep School Board Meeting

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Jan 13, 2016

    TEN SLEEP – The Washakie County School District No. 2 Board of Directors met Monday evening to discuss a variety of agenda items, with security protocol taking top priority. With 160 school shootings and more than 1,000 school lockdowns across the country since 2013 (according to non-profit gun safety research group Everytown for Gun Safety), school security has become a focal point for many districts across the nation, utilizing and sharing resources with national, state and local enforcement and emergency agencies. Ten Sleep School C...

  • Wyoming ice fishermen escape truck that fell through ice 

    Jan 13, 2016

    CASPER (AP) — Authorities say two Wyoming men were able to escape from their truck after it plunged through thin ice. KTWO-AM reports that the two Fremont County residents were ice fishing at Boysen Reservoir this weekend and drove their F-350 Ford truck across the ice after dark. The ice broke and the truck’s cab slid into the water, hitting the bottom and preventing the entire vehicle from going under. The driver was able to kick out the back window after four attempts. The men made it to a nearby campsite where they found shelter and war...

  • Broncos still smarting from loss to Pittsburgh last month

    Jan 13, 2016

    ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - The Denver Broncos are still smarting from their most recent encounter with the Pittsburgh Steelers. They blew a 17-point lead and lost 34-27 at Pittsburgh on Dec. 20 when Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown capitalized on Denver's dearth of healthy safeties to hook up for a pair of second-half TDs. The Broncos were without T.J. Ward, Darian Stewart and Omar Bolden that game. Plus, David Bruton Jr. played 75 snaps on a broken right leg and was speared by Steelers center...

  • Cowboys not underestimating Spartans

    Robert Gagliardi, WyoSports|Jan 13, 2016

    LARAMIE — University of Wyoming men’s basketball coach Larry Shyatt often talks about blocking out the noise. The noise about UW’s latest opponent — San Jose State — is that it is 5-11 overall, one of two winless teams in conference play in the Mountain West (UNLV the other) and with the lowest RPI among MW teams at 333. The Spartans have lost 27 consecutive MW games going back to February of 2014, and is 1-38 in the conference since it joined in 2013-14. Shyatt doesn’t want to hear any of that. Instead, he’s focused on what UW (9-8, 2-2) ne...

  • Jan 13, 2016

    Public Notice Minutes of the January 5, 2016 Worland City Council Meeting...  Website