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LARAMIE – C.J. Johnson said he felt like a stranger. The University of Wyoming redshirt junior wide receiver returned to the practice field a couple weeks ago for the first time since he injured his left knee during the Cowboys' Famous Idaho Potato Bowl victory over Central Michigan on Dec. 22, 2017. Johnson tore the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus, and suffered a micro-fracture after being tackled awkwardly along the sideline in the game. "I got possibly one of the worst knee injuries w...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped Friday as Apple absorbed its worst loss in more than four years. Thanks to gains over the previous three days, the S&P 500 index finished with its biggest weekly increase since March. Apple, the world’s largest technology company, forecast weak revenue in the current quarter and startled investors by saying it will stop disclosing quarterly iPhone sales. That pulled technology stocks lower. Other high-growth stocks held up well after the U.S. and China said they had made some progress in trade talks, and Asi...
While the nation focuses on who will win control of the U.S. House and Senate after Tuesday’s election, local voters have many important races to focus on in addition to the federal races. Worland voters will be deciding on the makeup of the city council for the next two years with five seats open (three of which are unopposed) this year. Washakie County School District No. 1’s board could potentially have a new board member, depending on the voice of the people at Tuesday’s election with five candidates seeking the four seats open this year. A...
WORLAND – After the culmination of several years of preparation, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday afternoon, to highlight the start of bringing the hospital up-to-date and ready for future medical needs. “It’s taking 1958 and bringing it up to 2018,” Hot Spring County Memorial Hospital Marketing Director John Gibbel said. He added that the target date for completion is December 2020 The $16.4 million project which will officially begin in December, starting with creating a new emergency room en...
WORLAND – Voters on Tuesday in Washakie County will decide whether to continue a lodging tax. Washakie County already charges 4 percent to visitors for lodging, with revenues going toward the county Visitor’s Council for advertising and tourism initiatives. According to the question on the ballot, voters will vote for or against continuing a lodging tax “of 4 percent upon lodging of 30 days or less, in hotels, motels, tourist courts, trailer parks, campground, dude ranches, and outfitters, and similar establishments providing accom...
WORLAND — Two of the entities that will receive funding from the one-cent general purpose tax, if voters approve the continuation of the tax next Tuesday, have specific projects in mind for the additional revenue. CRISIS PREVENTION AND RESPONSE CENTER Currently the Crisis Prevention and Response Center has received $81,542.50 from the tax passed in 2014. CPRC has utilized approximately half of those funds to pay for soil testing, fire marshal and other costs to help get an addition project underway. “The remainder of the money will go tow...