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WORLAND – After a 35-day shutdown shuttered many government agencies, the reopening of those agencies on Monday, after a continuing resolution was reached in the House and Senate last week, restarting many federal programs in Wyoming. Sarah Beckwith, spokesperson for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office in Worland, reported that the agency had experience no major problems during the shutdown, and on Monday, the agency was prioritizing workloads and concentrating on re-establishing services. “Right now we are dedicated to acc... Full story
WASHINGTON, DC – Wyoming U.S. Representative Liz Cheney announced on Monday, a plan to reintroduce legislation to codify the name of Devils Tower National Monument. The move would follow several previous attempts to set the name in stone. In 2014, a proposal was submitted to the Unites States Board on Geographic Names on behalf of the Lakota tribe to change the name of the monument to “Bear Lodge”, in accordance with Native American tradition. Prior to 1901, the unique feature was referred to as “Bear Lodge” or Mato Teepee” on contemporary maps... Full story
CHEYENNE — A bill to increase the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products failed in the Revenue Committee on a 4-5 vote as the Wyoming Legislative Session entered its fourth week. The bill would have, according to the Legislative Service Office, increased the “excise tax on cigarettes by a total of 5 cents per cigarette, or $1 per pack of 20 cigarettes, increasing the tax from $0.60 per pack to $1.60 per pack. This bill would also increase the excise tax on moist snuff from $0.60 per ounce to $1.60 per ounce, and increase the excise tax...
WORLAND - Five challenges issued. One powerful message delivered. Number of lives changed? Time will tell. Columbine High School student Rachel Scott was sitting outside the school having lunch on a Tuesday afternoon in April of 1999 when she was gunned down by two shooters. She was the first of 13 people murdered that day. Her family turned her life of kindness into a message to start a chain reaction in schools across the country. Last week, Larry Scott, Rachel's uncle shared Rachel's Challeng... Full story
WORLAND – This Friday, Pam Greek’s art students with the Worland High School will be participating in the annual “Souper Bowl.” The Souper Bowl is an annual event within the community that’s a fundraiser for the Washakie County Special Olympics. The Special Olympics relies solely on fundraisers. The Souper Bowl is the events largest fundraiser. The Souper Bowl is an event held at the Worland High School. WHS’s ceramic students work to create ceramic bowls that are used during the fundraiser to fill up with soups and other food that’s made...
WORLAND — The Ron Thon wrestling tournament is Wyoming’s largest regular-season tournament, nearly every wrestling program in the state made their way to Riverton on Friday and Saturday to compete. The tournament offers bragging rights to the best wrestlers in the state in each weight class, regardless of school classification. For the Worland Warriors, it was a hard fought two days in Riverton as they only had two wrestlers place in the highly competitive tournament. “It’s definitely a tournam...
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Delmar Taylor lost his battle with cancer Sunday morning January 20 at his home in Basin, Wyoming. He was born February 2, 1938 in a small house less than a quarter mile from where he lived most of his life. His parents were Odus and Ethel Taylor. He was youngest of three boys Clifton, Lenard, and Delmar. He went to school in Basin and then to work for Gordon Chisolm as a teenager. He lived in Riverton for a few years. He moved back to Greybull and returned to work for Gordon. In 1971 Bob... Full story