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WORLAND – City of Worland residents will be faced with another increase in garbage pickup rates after a motion by the Worland City Council Tuesday night. The council carried a motion to approve on first reading Ordinance No. 831, which would increase garbage pickup rates by $5 per month to help cover the increase in landfill rates starting in April. 1. The landfill increase rate has been an on-going issue since a tipping fee was introduced in for the first time in September. The Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District Board last week, a...
WORLAND — The Washakie Museum and Cultural Center announced this week, that the culmination of a multi-year plan to receive the gift of the building and the land on which it is located from Newell B. and Vera Sargent, and the Sargent Foundation was completed last month. “Sargent and the founders of the Washakie Museum shared a dream to have a state-of-the-art facility in Worland,” President of the Washakie Museum Board of Directors Dan Frederick said. He announced that as of Oct. 29, 2015, the Sargent Foundation had transferred ownership of th...
CHEYENNE, (AP) — Sublette County Sheriff Stephen Haskell faces felony charges alleging he billed the county for uniform purchases placed before he took office early last year. Natrona County District Attorney Mike Blonigen, acting as special prosecutor, on Tuesday filed three felony and two misdemeanor charges against Haskell in Sublette County Circuit Court. “I am completely blindsided by these allegations and charges,” Haskell said in a statement released by the sheriff’s office. He added he looks forward to being cleared. Haskell noted that...
JACKSON (AP) — An avalanche in Teton County killed a 30-year-old snowboarder on Tuesday. The Jackson Hole News&Guide reports that Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue identified the victim as Jed Wesley Foster, a Jackson resident formerly of Indiana. The avalanche happened on a peak called the Pyramid. The peak is in the Teton Range south of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. A witness called authorities to report the slide shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday. Teton County Search and Rescue diverted a helicopter that was being used for training near T...
CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Beef Council has selected the Flying E ranch, located near Lovell, to be used in its marketing efforts. The ranch owned and operated by third-generation rancher Spencer Ellis. The Flying E ranch is the eighth ranch highlighted in recent marketing campaign. The Wyoming Beef Council features Wyoming producers on its website and in its marketing efforts as a means of introducing the millennial target consumer in the United States to the ranchers and farmers who produce...
DENVER (AP) - Antonio Smith says nobody can get into Tom Brady's head. That didn't stop Denver's defensive lineman from trying by labelling New England's quarterback a crybaby. "I've never seen any quarterback look to the referee right after he gets sacked more than Brady," Smith said with a smile. "Every time he gets sacked he looks at the ref like, 'You see him sack me? Was that supposed to happen? He did it a little hard. Please throw a 15-yard penalty on him. Get him fined.'" Both teams...
LARAMIE — When looking at the next opponent, University of Wyoming men’s basketball coach Larry Shyatt doesn’t see a big difference from nearly three weeks ago. UW (10-9 overall, 3-3 Mountain West) hosts Nevada (10-7, 2-3) at 7 tonight at the Arena-Auditorium — 18 days after the Wolf Pack handed the Cowboys a 71-68 loss in Reno. “They still have very balanced scoring, which has been the difference in their 10-7 record,” Shyatt said. “They can hit you with four or five different players that can reach double figures pretty easily on any given...
Graveside services for Doris Metzler, 98 year old Buffalo woman, who passed away Sunday evening at Amie Holt Care Center, will be held January 22, at 1pm in Worland with Pastor Ted Ridenour officiating. Burial will be held in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Donations in Mrs. Metzler's memory may be made to the Amie Holt Care Center in care of the Harness Funeral Home at 351 N. Adams in Buffalo. Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com Doris Irene Metzler was born on June 10,... Full story
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