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TEN SLEEP – Candidates for the May 3, election to fill three council and one mayor position have until March 4 to file for election. Ten Sleep Clerk Lori Hughes reports that, as of Friday, only two people have applied for the openings. Mayor Jack Haggerty has filed for election to the position he was appointed, and resident Joel Sindelar has filed for one of the three open council seats. Council seats being vacated by Mike Dante, Dennis Sheperd, and Don Decker are up for grabs, as none of the members have indicated a re-election bid. The m...
WORLAND – Updates were discussed and given on the Washakie Medical Center construction at the Thursday night’s Board of Trustees meeting. Brad McCaslin, project manager for the hospital construction, said the construction is going very well despite the fact that they had a pause last month while waiting for a permit to be finalized with the Wyoming Healthcare Licensing and Surveys. The permit in question was for exterior wall and crawl space infrastructure, and it was approved Feb. 8, McCaslin said. “The wait set construction back two weeks and...
CHEYENNE (AP) — A Wyoming legislative committee on Thursday moved to make possession of marijuana brownies and other foods and beverages containing the drug a misdemeanor. The Wyoming Senate earlier this week called for making it a felony to possess more than three ounces of food or drink containing marijuana or its active ingredients. However, the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday stripped out the felony language, leaving the bill instead with a system of increasingly stiff misdemeanor penalties for repeated convictions of possessing f...
WORLAND – The American Red Cross of Wyoming is looking for new volunteers in the area to help with the Disaster Action Teams, public affairs and mass care/ sheltering aspects of the organization. There is a need for volunteers all across the state but especially in the Washakie County, Hot Springs County and Big Horn Counties where the Red Cross is actively seeking new volunteers. “We have an ongoing need statewide for volunteers, especially right now with the spring thaws and potential for wildfires,” American Red Cross of Wyoming Volun...
WORLAND – A total of 49 schools from across Wyoming will be represented today as teams converge at the Casper Events Center for the Wyoming High School State Wrestling Championships. Class 3A is home to 16 of those teams, including the Worland Warriors. And while some may hope to bring home an individual state champion or two, others – like the Warriors – look to be in the mix for an overall team title. Worland may have shocked some as it edged out perennial-favorite Douglas at the 3A East...
