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  • LET THE MADNESS BEGIN

    Sisco Molina, Sports Editor|Mar 3, 2016

    WORLAND – Once March comes around, madness ensues. For the eight boys and girls basketball teams that call the 3A East conference home, the madness will take place in Glenrock this weekend as the Herders and Lady Herders host the 3A East Regional Basketball Tournament March 3-5. The Warriors (17-3 overall, 6-0 3A Northeast) and the Lady Warriors (19-1, 5-1) both enter the tournament as the top seeds from their quadrant and as favorites to contend for a regional title this year. But that's not on...

  • Woods says he's feeling better, but no plan for return yet

    Mar 3, 2016

    DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods says he continues to feel better, though the 14-time major champion remains unsure when he can return to competitive golf. Woods released a statement Wednesday saying he has been chipping and putting at home in Florida as his recovery from back surgeries progresses, and that he and his son, Charlie, are competing in three-hole chipping contests. “The loser has to do pushups,” Woods wrote on his website (http://bit.ly/1TnXvp6 ). “My short game feels pretty sharp.” Woods also says he has been hitting 9-irons....

  • Chapman apologizes for using gun, says never hurt girlfriend

    Mar 3, 2016

    TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A day after accepting a 30-game suspension, New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman has apologized for using a gun and insisted he never hurt his girlfriend. Chapman agreed to the penalty, assessed by Major League Baseball under its new domestic violence policy. His girlfriend, 22-year-old Cristina Barnea, told police he pushed and choked her during an Oct. 30 incident at his home in Davie. Chapman said there was an argument but he was pushed down by Barnea’s brother, then got a handgun and fired eight shots into a wall and...

  • Jazz Solo

    Mar 3, 2016

  • Stocks made small gains as energy companies surge

    Mar 3, 2016

    MARLEY JAY AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks eked out tiny gains Wednesday as oil prices continued to recover and investors hoped the worst is over for the beleaguered energy industry. Telecommunications companies, which have climbed as the rest of the market has struggled this year, also rose. Indexes wavered between tiny gains and losses for most of the day, then climbed steadily in the last 90 minutes of trading. Oil prices increased for the seventh time in eight days, an encouraging sign after many months of sharp declines. After T...

  • Marshazz Choir Solo

    Mar 3, 2016

  • Area students help in WYDOT 'Buckle Up' campaign

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Mar 3, 2016

    WORLAND – Worland, Burlington and Greybull high school students are participating in the Wyoming Department of Transportation's (WYDOT) "Buckle Up" campaign this year. The campaign is aimed at young people in the hopes of helping them save their own and their friend's lives. "It's aimed at young people, trying to have peers talk to peers," WYDOT Public Relations Specialist Cody Beers said. "I think it's better than having the government talking to people, because 'we're the government and we a...

  • Grant for new emergency notification system sought

    Mar 3, 2016

    WORLAND – Washakie County Commissioners discussed and approved allowing Homeland Security Director Kimball Croft to apply for two grants during Tuesday’s regular commissioner meeting in Worland. The first Homeland Security grant is a mobile generator and transfer switches grant. The generator and transfer switches would be used at the new Homeland Security offices at the Washakie County Fairgrounds, Croft said. Croft said he is asking for $80,000 for the generator grant as an estimated placeholder cost because he doesn’t have a final cost for t...

  • Wheatland water tests high for uranium levels

    Mar 3, 2016

    CASPER (AP) — Water in the southeastern Wyoming town of Wheatland has tested higher than federal safety standards for uranium levels, but town officials say the water is still safe to drink. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that residents received letters Monday notifying them that uranium levels in the basin holding the town's drinking water had tested above safety standards. Officials say residents shouldn't be alarmed, but noted that infants, the elderly and pregnant women could be susceptible to increased risks. Mayor Joe Fabian says the w...