Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND — Worland Middle School had 41 students ready more than a million words during the first semester of the school year, Principal Ryan Clark announced at Monday’s Washakie County School District No. 1 Board meeting. Clark said reading is a focus at the middle school and the students increased the amount read from the first nine weeks to the second nine weeks. Clint Jeffries, who read more than 80 books, was the highest reader, reading 4,272,517 words. Sixth and seventh-grade million word readers were honored at Monday’s board meeti...
CHEYENNE — A bill to allow school district employees to have firearms on school property passed a final hurdle before heading to the governor’s desk. House Bill 194 passed third reading in the House Feb. 1 on a 46-14 vote. It was passed in the Senate 28-2 on third reading Feb. 27 with amendments. On Tuesday, the House concurred with the Senate’s version on a 57-3 vote and the House Speaker signed Enrolled Act 93 Wednesday. According to the bill, “The board of trustees in each school district may adopt rules and regulations, in consult...
WORLAND - Before defending their 3A state title, the Worland Lady Warriors will be out to repeat as the 3A East regional champions today in Buffalo. The Lady Warriors (15-4 overall, 6-0 3A East: West conference) start the 3A East quarterfinals vs. the Newcastle Lady Dogies (6-14 overall, 1-5 3A East: East conference). Last Friday, in the regular season finale, Worland beat the Lady Dogies 48-35 at Newcastle High School. Today's matchup will have higher stakes attached but WHS girls basketball...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), welcomed testimony from Washakie County Commission Chairman Terry Wolf at a committee oversight hearing on “Flood Control Infrastructure: Safety Questions Raised by Current Events.” Reading from a prepared statement, Wolf outlined recent flooding issues in the Worland area. He said, “The high yield of agricultural production is dependent upon the Big Horn River that flows south to north out of Wind River C...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s first major address to the Congress and the nation was seen by an estimated 47.4 million people. The Nielsen company said Wednesday that Trump’s audience couldn’t quite match the first such speech by predecessor Barack Obama, who drew an audience of 52.4 million in 2009. Fox News Channel had the biggest audience for Trump’s speech Tuesday night, with 10.8 million viewers. NBC’s 9.1 million ranked second, followed in order of popularity by CBS, ABC, CNN, Univision, Fox broadcasting and MSNBC. The moment...
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