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WORLAND – Last weekend, the WHS speech and debate team had a meet in Greybull where they grabbed another win. Worland placed second overall and captured first place for 3A schools. Multiple individuals and duets broke through during the meet. Sullie-Ann Keuntjes won overall in dramatic interpretation. Jack Vines and Cody Butterfield placed first in duets, Nathaniel Nelson and Clare Neylon placed second, and Guendylan Byrd and Raeth Tolman won third, according to Speech and Debate coach Rick Dorn. “Nathaniel’s and Clare’s duet wasn’t doing gre...
CHEYENNE - Wyoming senators amended a “stand your ground” bill for the second day in a row before passing it Wednesday. Pressure mounted on senators Tuesday as they voted to remove an immunity provision that its sponsor, Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, said gutted the bill. On Wednesday, senators pushed two amendments that were adopted to give the bill back some of its teeth. The legislation would take the castle doctrine, which doesn’t require a duty to retreat in self-defense within the home, and expand it. Essentially, it provides immun...
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming State Bar in partnership with the Equal Justice Wyoming Foundation announced that on March 16, Wyoming lawyers will be visiting nearly every fifth-grade classroom in the state to give a one-hour presentation about the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights and Amendments. The program is known as Liberty Day. Founded in 1996, the Liberty Day Institute is a nonprofit 501(c)(3), nonpartisan organization which spans the nation and is dedicated to educating all Americans, but especially the next generation, about the c...
CHEYENNE – Governor Matt Mead has chosen Edward Buchanan to fill the Secretary of State vacancy. Buchanan was one of three candidates the Wyoming Republican Party Central Committee sent to Governor Mead to replace Ed Murray who resigned from office on Feb. 9. Wyoming has a statutory process which governs vacancies in elected offices. In the case of the Secretary of State, application is made to the central committee of the political party which the last incumbent represented at the time of e...
BASIN – During the South Big Horn County Hospital Board meeting Wednesday evening, the elephant in the room, the resignation of CEO John Adlesich, was officially accepted by the board unanimously, but left undiscussed leaving community members with many unanswered questions. The meeting began with an executive session, which lasted about two minutes. Immediately after the executive session the board voted on whether or not to accept Adlesich’s resignation. When the board went into their second executive session of the evening, most of the doz...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks dove in another dizzying day of trading after President Donald Trump promised stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. The move raised the threat of escalating retaliation by other countries and higher inflation. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index erased nearly all of its gains for the year. Indexes had been bouncing between modest gains and losses earlier in the day, until Trump told industry executives around midday that they’ll “have protection for the first time in a long while” and that he’s planning to impose...
DOUGLAS - It was touch and go for the Worland Warriors during their 3A East boys basketball regional quarterfinal matchup against Torrington Thursday morning at Douglas. But when the final buzzer sounded the Warriors came out on top vs. the Trailblazers as they won 50-47 to advance to the semifinal round. "It was a game of runs and we made our run at the right time. We had some opportunities in the third quarter to break it open and couldn't do it. We missed some layups and free throws that let...
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Katherine Claire Malin French, 27, of Sheridan, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 26, 2018, at her home with family by her side. She was born on March 2, 1990, in Worland, WY to parents James E. and Kimberly (Stutheit) Malin joining her big sister Maggie. Katie graduated from Sheridan High School in 2008, and after accepting a scholarship to play volleyball, continued her education in Management and Marketing at Black Hills State University, graduating in 2012 with a Bachelor's Degree.... Full story
Ralph Thomas Seghetti, 75-year-old Worland resident passed away on Feb. 28, 2018, at the Washakie Medical Center in Worland. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m., Monday, March 5 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.... Full story
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