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WORLAND - Before Saturday's Warriors Invite at the Worland Aquatic Center, Worland Warrior swimmers Zayne Cooper, Dalton Jeffries and Josiah Sanchez were the team's only individual automatic qualifiers for the state meet in Laramie on February 15-17. But after everything was said and done Saturday, Zach Cole is now the fourth Warrior to qualify for the state meet. Cole qualified in the 100-yard backstroke by beating the 3A backstroke AQ time (1:13.0) with a 1:10.68 mark. Cole also came close to...
CHEYENNE (AP) — Increasing oil patch activity in Wyoming will generate more tax revenue for the state’s depleted coffers, but the predicted bump in oil tax revenue isn’t near enough to counter the current and expected continued decline in coal and natural gas revenue. “We still got a long way to go to cover our deficit,” Rep. Bob Nicholas, co-chairman of the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee, said Monday after hearing the latest projections of state revenue. The Wyoming Legislature meets next month to craft a new state budget whil...
CASPER (AP) — A same-sex couple who own a restaurant in western Wyoming have filed a federal lawsuit, contending that town officials discriminated against them in applying local rules and codes. Marc and Rusty Andrus assert in their lawsuit that the town of Thayne has violated their constitutional rights to equal protection under the law and due process. KTWO-AM in Casper reports the lawsuit contends the mayor and town council has inconsistently, if not illegally, applied rules about restaurants, liquor licenses, regulations, council meeting p...
WORLAND – Coming home and noticing smoke coming out of your house is a terrifying experience, an experience that Charlene Sherman and her children experienced Friday evening around 5:21 p.m., upon returning to their home located at 1004 Culbertson Ave., in Worland. After Worland Volunteer Fire Department put the fire out Sherman stated that since her children were OK, the material things lost, were just that and that they can be replaced, no matter how important they may have seemed. Worland Volunteer Fire Department Chief Chris Kocher s...
WORLAND – State Treasurer Mark Gordon (R-Kaycee) spent Friday on a Capital Tour of northern Wyoming, speaking with banking officials about changes to the state investment services, and used his time to highlight improvements with Wyoming's unclaimed property division. According to the office of the treasurer, unclaimed property is money that is left behind and turned over to the state to hold for the rightful owners. It includes but is not limited to utility deposits, unpaid wages, insurance p...
WORLAND — Discussion on renewal of the general purpose one-cent sales tax will begin tonight at a public meeting in the Washakie County Commissioners meeting room. The meeting is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. for the purpose of “beginning the process of what items will be put on the ballot in November for the continuation of the one-cent sales tax,” according to the commissioners. Voters most recently supported the general purpose optional one-cent tax in 2014 with 64 percent of Washakie County voters in favor. The current tax will be colle...
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Roy C. Johnson, 92, a lifelong resident of Worland, Wyoming, passed away on Friday, January 12, 2018. Roy was born on December 20, 1925 in Worland, WY. He started playing the trombone in 5th grade and this was a lifelong passion. Roy played locally and internationally while in military service. Roy graduated from Worland High School in 1944, after which he was drafted into the United States Army. While in the Army he was a firing range instructor and he also taught translation courses so he coul...
Dan Lee Ramsey, age 28, resident of Worland, WY, died on Monday, January 8, 2018 in Kemmerer, WY, in a single car accident. Dan was born on February 4, 1989, in Cheyenne, WY, to Gerald Lee Ramsey and Wendy Jean Baird (Hartley). Later his family moved to Worland, WY, which is where Dan grew up. Dan grew up on a small family ranch west of town on Gooseberry Rd. He always loved being outdoors hiking, swimming, fishing and hunting. He attended Westside Elementary followed by Worland Middle School....
Edward R. Hart, 82, passed away at home January 14, 2018. Ed was born January 30, 1935, in Hamilton City, Illinois. to Otha and Edna (Krueger) Hart. Visitation for family and friends will be held 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 15 at Bryant Funeral Home Chapel in Worland. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 20 at the Gholson Funeral Home in Dahlgren, Illinois. Bryant Funeral Home is assisting the family with local arrangements....
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