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WORLAND - Just like the old adage says, "The gym that lifts together, wins together." Well maybe it's not an old adage but for Worland's Chopper CrossFit gym it proved true. Five members from the gym won in their respective age and weight-classes at the Wyoming Athlete Development Powerlifting Open in Pinedale on Jan. 14. Amy Fetter, Chopper CrossFit owner Randall Homan, Alyssa Keller, Alejandra Rice and Alec Torres all took first place at the powerlifting open. Along with winning her age and...
Threats to our schools and our students are, unfortunately, becoming all too familiar and commonplace. While Thursday’s threat at Worland High School created the most disruption it was not the first threat this year, nor even the second. The first came in a multi-state threat to government and schools in which some schools and college campuses in the Big Horn Basin locked down or shut down, while others like Worland, on the advice of law enforcement that deemed it as not a credible threat, continued school as normal. The second was a SnapChat m...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has inherited a healthy-looking job market from his predecessor, with the U.S. economy registering a burst of hiring in January and an influx of Americans looking for work. U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday . That’s the biggest gain since September, and it exceeded last year’s monthly average of 187,000. Unemployment ticked up to a still-low 4.8 percent from 4.7 percent in December. But it rose for an encouraging reason: More Americans started looking for work...
FRASER, Mich. (AP) — A giant sinkhole in suburban Detroit is being threatened by the Super Bowl. Macomb County public works chief Candice Miller is worried that thousands of football fans will flush toilets at halftime Sunday night. She tells radio station WWJ that it could overwhelm a broken sewer line blamed for the sinkhole. Miller says her bathroom advice “sounds crazy.” But she fears trouble unless people are willing to hold it — or at least not immediately flush. Crews are building a bypass to get around the broken sewer line in Fraser,...
WORLAND – Worland senior, Milo Vega III was one of 2,500 high school students from across the nation who had the experience of a lifetime by being part of the Presidential Inauguration Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. According to the envision experience website, The Presidential Inauguration Leadership Summit is specifically designed to empower next generation leaders as they continue on their journey toward realizing the power of their potential. The summit, which only happens every f...
WORLAND – The Bighorn Forest Roadless Collaborative, a citizen-driven group established to make recommendations to Governor Matt Mead on roadless area management, will hold a meeting Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Washakie County Fairgrounds in Worland to review timber cutting recommendations, and receive information from participating agencies. The Roadless Collaborative was first established when the Shoshone Conservation District requested the group, after it was determined that the 2001 Roadless Conservation Rule was not consistent with the 2005...
WORLAND - The No. 4 Worland Warriors are making fast starts a hallmark during their five-game winning streak. Friday night vs. the No. 2 Torrington Trailblazers, Worland used another fast start on their way to defeating the Trailblazers 58-47 at Worland High School. Starting the game, senior Cody Baumstarck scored the Warriors first six points, which included a thunderous putback dunk that got everyone in the packed Worland High School gymnasium on their feet. With the electricity coursing throu...
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Calvin (Cal) Arnold Calton, 86, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Jan. 29, 2017. Cal was born on June 11, 1930, in Ten Sleep, Wyo., the son of Clay and Alta Rose Calton. The oldest of three boys (William Bert and Elmer David), Cal's young life was filled with friends, card playing and basketball. In high school, the Ten Sleep basketball team won the Wyoming State Championship – it was a team achievement that Cal recalled with pride. Cal graduated from high school in 1948 and a... Full story
Richelle Denise White (better known as Riki), 55, passed away on Tuesday, January 31 in Coeur d'Alene Idaho after a long fight with cancer. As per her wishes, there will be no immediate service. The family will hold a celebration of life in July 2017. Anyone who wishes to attend may contact the family for details at 208-661-4065. Riki was born in Worland, Wyoming to parents Ron Nomura and Helen Martens on April 12, 1961. She married Daniel White, also of Worland, on May 25, 1989. The two... Full story
Ira E. Whitlock, 92, formerly of Worland, died Feb. 2, 2017, in St. George, Utah. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at the St. George 16th Ward. Spillsbury Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.... Full story