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WORLAND – The Washakie County Republican Party Precinct Caucuses will be Monday Feb. 29, at 6:30 p.m. at the Worland Community Center Complex and delegates will be elected to go to the county convention and then on to the state convention. “A precinct caucus is very important for all the citizens of Washakie County to get their input in to how they want the county run, how they want the state run and ultimately … the presidential votes and U.S. House of Representatives,” Washakie County Republican Party Chairman Fred Frandson said. Delegat...
WORLAND - Cheney. It's a name that evokes emotion in the post-9/11 generation, on both sides of the aisle. It's a name that has cemented itself in American politics since the Nixon administration, having a placeholder in every major policy point since. It's a name that's been referenced many times. It's also a name that is heavily embedded in modern Wyoming history. For 49-year-old Elizabeth "Liz" Cheney Perry, the eldest daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney and First Lady Lynn, it's a name...
WORLAND – Worland resident Jim Newell Sr. will be turning 90 on Sunday. He was born Feb. 21, 1926, in Dodge City, Kansas. Newell Sr. moved from Kansas to Missouri in 1934 at the age of 8 and nine years later, in 1943 he moved to Fort Collins, Colo., where he met his wife Ruth. Newell married Ruth in 1952 and together they moved to Laramie in 1955. Their stay in Laramie wasn't long as they moved to Ten Sleep in 1956 "I was talking to a man in a restaurant and he said he needed a cowboy and h...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A dog that spent two nights stuck in a 14-foot-deep sinkhole was rescued Wednesday by firefighters using a makeshift harness. Owners Ron and Megan Holmes told the Centre Daily Times their golden retriever, Skye, is doing fine now despite the ordeal. Megan Holmes said she was walking Skye around an arboretum at Penn State University in State College during a snowstorm on Monday night when she let the dog off a leash and the dog seemingly vanished. Ron Holmes learned Tuesday that the area, in central Pennsylvania, had si...
WORLAND – After a pair of second place finishes at the 3A East Regional Wrestling Tournament the past two years, the Warriors are ready to make their return to the top of the 3A East this weekend as they travel to Torrington – the site of this year’s regional culminating event. Worland has taken the backseat to perennial 3A-powerhouse Douglas since moving over to the 3A East in 2012, its lone regional title coming in 2013. But this year, the Warriors seem poised to take over the throne they’ve long worked toward. Once again, Worland is loaded...
LARAMIE – It has been a tale of two halves for Josh Adams. Unfortunately for the University of Wyoming senior guard – and his team – the outcomes have been losses. Adams is leading scorer in the MW, and fifth in the nation, at 24 points per game. But he was held to two points in the first half of the Cowboys’ last two games – both defeats. UW fell at Boise State, 94-71, last Saturday and at home to Fresno State 79-75 on Wednesday. Adams was a combined 2 of 15 from the field in the first halves of those games. He finished with 16 points in...
Althea Adeline (Smail) Brookshire passed away February 10, 2016 at Beatrice Hover Assisted living in Longmont, CO. She was 104 years old. She was born March 12, 1911 in Andrew, Iowa the daughter of John Smail and Cleo (Van Meter) Smail. She spent her childhood in Iowa, graduating from High School in 1930. She came to Wyoming in 1931 and worked at various jobs during the depression. She had fond memories of working at the Savarsey Bakery and the Padlock Ranch. She married Joe Brookshire in Powell, Wyoming on June 12, 1937. They traveled the oil... Full story
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