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WORLAND - Battling among 39 schools, from classes 4A to 2A, at the Ron Thon wrestling tournament in Riverton last weekend, the No. 2-ranked Worland Warriors showed they can hang with the best as they placed 13th, scoring 87 points. The Warriors had three wrestlers place in the highly contested tournament, 285-pound senior Morgan Tigner finished third, 182-pound senior JR Hofmann was fourth and 145-pound freshman Luke Goncalves came in fifth. "Overall, I am ecstatic where we placed as a team....
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s emergency management leader has resigned and a state employee who sent an alert falsely warning of an incoming ballistic missile has been fired, officials said Tuesday, after the mistake caused widespread panic earlier this month. Hawaii Emergency Management Agency Administrator Vern Miyagi stepped down Tuesday, state Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Joe Logan said. A second agency worker quit before disciplinary action was taken and another was being suspended without pay, Logan said in announcing results of an internal inv...
Hefty losses in health care and technology companies led U.S. stocks sharply lower Tuesday, handing the market its biggest pullback since August and its worst two-day drop since May. The broad slide, which briefly sent the Dow Jones industrial average down by more than 400 points, erased some of the big gains the market had racked up since the beginning of the year, though the market was still on track to close out January with a gain. Banks, industrial companies and energy stocks also accounted for a big slice of the market’s losses. Bond p...
WORLAND — The status of brucellosis in Wyoming, producer requirements for transport or selling and liability and reports on a new test for the disease are among topics at February meetings in Worland and Lovell presented by members of the Governor’s Brucellosis Coordination Team. The first is the afternoon of Thursday, Feb. 15, during WESTI Ag Days in Worland, said Bruce Hoar, coordinator of brucellosis research at the University of Wyoming. WESTI Ag Days is Feb. 14-15 at the Worland Community Center, 1200 Culbertson Ave. The team then mee...
CODY - As part of an ongoing study to understand the ecology of brucellosis and elk in the Big Horn Mountains, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department plans to capture and collar elk in early February. Up to 60 elk will be captured next month using a helicopter net-gunning operation throughout the Big Horn Mountains, south of the lower Greybull River, and portions of the Owl Creek Mountains. Capture crew members will take blood samples, fit each elk with a GPS tracking collar, which will take multiple locations per day, and then release the elk....
CHEYENNE — A Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services in Wyoming cities throughout February. Josh Schmidt is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Schmidt can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. His office is staffed in Cody, at 1026 Blackburn Ave., Suite 1, and he will also be available at the fol...
WORLAND – It all started with a trip to Salt Lake City. Accompanying his mother to Utah for a doctor's visit, Jack Pharaoh of Greybull saw his first homeless people on the streets when he was 9. "There were so many people with just blankets or a coat and no food or place to live," remembered Jack. "I came home and told my parents I wanted to do something so people didn't have to be like that." Jack took his savings, $75 from his piggy bank, and went down to the local food bank with the intent o...
J. Clyde Slane, age 82, passed away on January 26, 2018. He was born February 16, 1935 at the family home in Lucerne, Wyoming, the oldest of three children. Clyde grew up in Thermopolis, Wyoming where he graduated high school. He attended college in both Casper and Powell, Wyoming. As a young man, Clyde worked in the oil field, and later began driving trucks for a living. After a long career and millions of miles, he retired from Nalco/Exxon Energy Chemicals as a distribution supervisor. Clyde... Full story
Charlie McPike has driven his patrol car into the sally port for the final time, he surrendered his badge and keys to the Good Lord on January 27, 2018. He was born April 17, 1937 to Stoney and Phyllis McPike. Law enforcement being his chosen profession, he arrested many a suspect, wrestled with many a criminal, calmed many a lost soul with his wisdom, and soothing voice. He was a good man, a very special man indeed. Loved by many, respected by many, cherished by one, his widow, Maggi. He was... Full story