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  • Karla's Kolumn

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Mar 4, 2017

    Earlier this week I made a mistake in the Daily News. The process we go through in getting the pages to press includes laying out each page and then making a PDF of each page, plating that page with the page it’s paired with on the plate by making another PDF and then sending it to the press. Well Tuesday night I failed to make the page 5 PDF for Wednesday so when I “plated” it, the system pulled the prior day’s page 5 and I failed to notice. I make no excuses. It happened. Thus in Wednesday’s paper, the same page 5 as appeared Tuesday a...

  • Court rules to lift federal protections for Wyoming wolves

    Mar 4, 2017

    WASHINGTON — A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled to lift protections that kept gray wolves an endangered species in Wyoming for years after federal officials removed packs in neighboring states from that list. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia doesn’t take effect immediately, however. Environmental groups that want to keep the protections in place will have a chance to appeal. Gray wolves were once hunted to the brink of extinction in the lower 48 states, but they recovered under Endangered Species Act pro...

  • Sidewalk Prophets Band coming to Worland March 8

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Mar 4, 2017

    WORLAND – The award winning Christian rock band Sidewalk Prophets will be performing in the Worland Middle School Auditorium at 7 p.m. March 8, thanks to the band's generous offer for fans to submit their cities as possible tour venues, a handful of gentleman who took the initiative to submit Worland and the local businesses that helped sponsor the event. The Worland concert is part of the second leg of the band's "Prodigal Tour." "I follow them on Facebook and they were posting that they w...

  • Ride-hailing app Uber to launch in Wyoming this weekend

    Mar 4, 2017

    CASPER (AP) — People in some of Wyoming’s largest cities will soon be able to catch rides with the Uber app. Gov. Matt Mead signed legislation Friday afternoon allowing ride-hailing companies to operate in Wyoming. Rides were expected to begin at 5 p.m. Friday, according to the Associated Press via the Casper Star-Tribune. Unlike most bills passed the Legislature that become effective July 1, House Enrolled Act 84, becomes effective immediately upon the governor’s signature. Uber has been talking with potential drivers in cities inclu...

  • WMS Pops Concert

    Mar 4, 2017

  • Warriors hang on in wild finish vs. Buffalo

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Mar 4, 2017

    BUFFALO - Playing in front of a hostile crowd and Buffalo Bison team that fed off their energized fans. The Worland Warriors were able to absorb Buffalo's best punches as they went on to win 70-68 in the 3A East regional semifinal game Friday night at Buffalo High School. "We finished it off the way we knew how. We made clutch free throws, especially Isaias (Terrazas), down the stretch. That was pretty critical," said coach WHS boys basketball coach Aaron Abel. At first it looked as if the Warri...

  • Mar 4, 2017

    Public Notice Washakie County Commissioners Emergency Meeting February 11 2017...  Website

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    Public Notice Washakie County Commissioners Emergency Meeting February 27, 2017...  Website

  • Mar 4, 2017

    Public Notice Washakie County Commissioners Minutes from the February 21, 2017 Meeting...  Website