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WORLAND – There was a general consensus among the farmers and burners who attended Tuesday afternoon’s public hearing for the draft of temporary Washakie County Burning Resolution. Farmers and burners do not want and do not see the point of burning regulations. The public hearing was attended by almost 20 burners and farmers, the Washakie County Commissioners, Washakie County Clerk Mary Grace Strauch and John Walker of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. Quickly, many of farmers expressed their dismay over the regulations. One far...
WORLAND — The Washakie County Sheriff’s Office issued a notice to all Airport Road residents Wednesday regarding bike path signs being stolen. Sheriff Steve Rakness said unknown suspect or suspects are “taking down and stealing the small bike path signs that the county has posted along the bike path route.” He said the incidents have been random, with some signs stolen about three months ago and then another incident this past weekend. Washakie County Road and Bridge Supervisor Randy Chenoweth said the signs are about $80 apiece to replace...
CHEYENNE (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers are considering asking the state to create a database of health procedure costs. The move would allow insurers and employers to compare prices throughout Wyoming, which has some of the most expensive health care in the country. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that the House touched on the issue Monday as part of an overall discussion on the budget bill. A footnote in that bill suggests the creation of the statewide database, although it makes participation optional for health care facilities. The Wyoming B...
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climbed Wednesday as investors clung to hope for an international deal to stem a global glut in crude oil with production cutbacks. That sent the price of oil sharply higher, as well as the stocks of major energy companies like Chevron. Tech stocks also rose, led by Microsoft and Facebook. The gains capped a three-day rally, the longest so far in 2016, that has wiped out about half of the market’s losses since the beginning of the year. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index hit its lowest point of the year last Thursday, and h...
WORLAND – The Big Horn Independent Church in Worland has officially asked Ron Fanning to be their pastor. "I was asked to preach at the church for two weeks and in the second week of September 2015 I was asked to continue and was officially asked to become the preacher in December.2015," Fanning said. At this point Fanning and his wife Kit will be traveling back and forth from Thermopolis to Worland. "The church would like for my wife and I to be living in Worland, but for the time being we w...
WASHINGTON (AP) — An extraordinary legal fight is brewing with major privacy implications for millions of cellphone users after a federal magistrate ordered Apple Inc. to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by the gunman in the San Bernardino mass shootings. The clash brings to a head a long-simmering debate between technology companies insistent on protecting digital privacy and law enforcement agencies concerned about losing their ability to recover evidence or eavesdrop on the communications of terrorists or criminals. On Wednesday, the W...
WAREHAM, Mass. (AP) — Good fortune and a chance meeting have led a Massachusetts woman to change a homeless stranger's life. Sofia Andrade had just won $200 on a scratch lottery ticket when she saw Glenn Williams panhandling Saturday evening near a stop sign in New Bedford. Andrade decided to use her winnings to get Williams a motel room near her Wareham home. She also started a GoFundMe page, which had raised $12,000 for Williams' long-term care by Tuesday evening. Andrade tells WCVB-TV she believes the money she won was "meant to help" W...
WORLAND – The Simplot Games are widely known as North America's premier indoor high school track and field event. More than 2,000 athletes from 20 different states as well as Canada, Mexico and Australia attend the event held at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. For eight members of the Worland indoor track team, the biggest meet of the season will begin this evening as they compete in the 38th annual Simplot Games. "The kids are pretty excited about going. It's a national-caliber m...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With 97 percent of the venues in existence or already planned by private investors, organizers of Los Angeles’ bid for the 2024 Olympics are promising a prudent and responsible approach to running the games that would be entirely privately financed. “That is the definition of sustainability in terms of legacy and cost,” said Casey Wasserman, chairman of LA24. “There’s no risk involved with venues or facilities.” On Wednesday, LA24 officials released a 64-page report submitted to the International Olympic Committee det...
Mike Hernandez, 53, or Emblem, died Thursday, February 4, 2016, at the comfort of his home. He was born March 30, 1962. Mike’s Celebration of Life service will be at 3 p.m. at the Burlington LDS Church on Friday. Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with the arrangements.... Full story
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