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  • Burger King workers sold marijuana at drive-thru

    Jan 28, 2017

    EPPING, N.H. (AP) — Police say two employees at a New Hampshire Burger King have been arrested on drug charges after authorities were tipped off that drive-thru customers who asked for extra crispy fries got marijuana with their meal. NH1 reports Epping Police Chief Mike Wallace said 20-year-old Garrett Norris was arrested Saturday after police conducted a sting operation. Also arrested was 19-year-old Meagan Dearborn, the shift manager. Wallace said drive-thru buyers would ask for “Nasty Boy,” then for extra crispy fries. Wallace said the d...

  • Brutal western US winter has been terrible for animals

    Jan 28, 2017

    (AP) — Antelope injured while falling on ice. Horses stranded in snowy mountains. Cougars descending from their wilderness lairs to forage in a town. It’s been a beastly winter in the American West, not just for people but for animals too. One storm after another has buried much of the region in snow, and temperatures have often stayed below freezing, endangering a rich diversity of wild animals. In southern Idaho, about 500 pronghorn antelope tried to cross the frozen Snake River earlier this month at Lake Walcott, but part of the herd spo...

  • Free parenting class starts Jan. 31

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Jan 28, 2017

    WORLAND – AmeriCorps member Amy Reid, partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters Program Director for Washakie County, Hot Springs County and Big Horn County Jennifer Wetherbee along with the help of many members of the community, are offering a yearlong parenting class. The class will meet at 6 p.m. in the RER building located at 1313 Big Horn Ave. (use the side doors across from the laundromat) the last Tuesday of every month. “As an AmeriCorps member one of the things that I wanted to do this year was a parenting class for our community and to...

  • Karla's Kolumn

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jan 28, 2017

    Everyone’s talking about the first full week of the Trump Administration, but are you paying attention to what’s happening here in Worland and in Cheyenne. Did you know — that the Worland school board voted Monday to no longer pay for the first meal out for athletic and other extracurricular activities? When I first saw it on the agenda I was surprised that they were actually paying for that first meal. When I attended Hot Springs County High School (yes a few years back) we as students were always responsible for that first meal, wheth...

  • 2017 Community Angels

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Jan 28, 2017

    WORLAND – Worland residents Leonard and Frances Larsen have been named this year's "Community Angels" and will be honored at an 11: 30 a.m. luncheon Feb. 11 at the Worland Community Center Complex during the Women's Expo. The couple received this honor for all the volunteer work they do for the community, family and friends. The couple stated, "I don't think that we are deserving, not at all. There are a lot of others that do more than we do. It's a really nice honor but we're kind of feeling u...

  • Resolution calls for U.S. constitutional convention

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jan 28, 2017

    CHEYENNE — A House Joint Resolution that would eventually call for a constitutional convention narrowly passed out of the House Judiciary Committee earlier this week. Committee Vice Chairman Rep. Nathan Winters (R-Thermopolis) was excited about the passage. He was one of five legislators voting in favor of the bill in committee, with four opposed. Winters said former U.S. Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma flew in to Wyoming to speak to the committee regarding the resolution. “This has broad, powerful support. This actually is a very big bill thi...

  • Warriors blitz Bison early on their way to a 68-53 victory

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jan 28, 2017

    WORLAND - The Worland boys basketball team wanted to be the team to hit first against the Buffalo Bison Friday night at Worland High School. And the Warriors did just that. Worland started the game on a 14-0 run and ultimately won the first quarter 19-8. "(Assistant)coach (David) Villa is a big boxing and MMA fan and he's always talking about getting the first punch in," said WHS boys basketball coach Aaron Abel. "We've been stressing the last few weeks that we want to land the first punch. Our...

  • Sandra Irene Skovgard

    Jan 28, 2017

    Sandra Irene Skovgard of Basin, 73, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at Saint Vincent Hospital in Billings, Montana. She was born March 1, 1943. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, at the First Baptist Church at 21 Highway 30 in Basin. Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with the arrangements.... Full story

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