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WORLAND - The Worland Warrior swimming season ended on Feb. 16 with the 3A State meet in Laramie. While the Warriors had a total of eight athletes competing this season, they were a strong eight. Led by their two seniors, Dalton Jeffries and Josiah Sanchez, the Warriors checked off plenty of individual achievements. For starters, sophomore Zayne Cooper earned his first individual state championship in the 100-yard freestyle and earned All-State honors in the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard...
LANDER - The family of Bob Carey has announced the 2018 winners of the Bob Carey Memorial Award. The Carey Award was instituted in 1996 in honor of long-time Lander High School coach Bob Carey. Coach Carey was the only coach in Wyoming to have won both a boys' and girls' State championship in basketball. He was also instrumental in starting girls' basketball in the state of Wyoming. Bob Carey believed in excellence and in equality for all athletes. As a coach, he was known for his gentlemanly...
WORLAND – With a successful regular season behind them, the Worland High School speech and debate team is now focusing on their next meet, the state meet this Thursday through Saturday in Lander. Those who will be competing are Kaitlyn Bostrom and Tatum Zimmerman in duo, Nick Bower and Kim Sumida in cross-examination debate, Emily Brown in Lincoln-Douglas debate and poetry, Cody Butterfield and Jack Vines as a duo, Vines in poetry, Guendylan Byrd and Raeth Tolman as a duo, Tolman in humor, Paris Caines and Rachael Carver in CX debate, R...
CODY — The University of Wyoming Extension will be hosting a Soil Heath Workshop, this Saturday, March 10, at the Park County Courthouse in Cody. Morning sessions starting at 9 a.m. will cover composting, irrigation and management for gardeners. Afternoon sessions, starting at 1 p.m. will look at pasture management and tools and techniques for healthy soil for farmers and ranchers....
WORLAND – Washakie County Commissioners met Tuesday, to facilitate an optional sales tax meeting. On Jan. 16, the commission originally facilitated a meeting with members currently covered under Joint Resolution 315, which splits one-cent sales tax funds, along with new parties interested in becoming sales tax recipients, in light of the state’s waning budget. Voters most recently supported the general purpose optional one-cent tax in 2014 with 64 percent of Washakie County voters in favor. The current tax will be collected through June 30,...
WORLAND – House Bill 108, a bill to recognize Wyoming’s first female to be elected and to hold the office of state superintendent of public instruction in Wyoming, Estelle Reel, has passed through the House and passed second reading in the Senate Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by 36 representatives and six senators will designate Jan. 7 as Estelle Reel Day if passed through the Senate. The bill states that, “The day shall be appropriately observed by state and local governments and may be observed in the public schools of the state and by organ...
Shirley Ann McMaster Pettit of Worland, WY, passed away in Billings, MT on March 2, 2018. Funeral and Memorial Services will take place Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Stakston Martin Funeral Home, 708 Main St S, Crosby, ND. There will be a viewing for the public on Wednesday evening. Shirley was born April 18, 1935 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Heartha “Hattie” Ketterling McMaster and Rolland McMaster the second of seven children. They lived in St. Paul, MN, Seattle, WA and Columbus, ND where Shirley graduated high school in 1953 and atten... Full story