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WORLAND – Two proposals were heard at Worland City Council’s work session Monday night and one was accepted Tuesday night by Worland City Council. The two companies that came to Worland and presented their proposals were KD Golf Management out of Greybull and Go Play Golf LLC from Billings. The proposal accepted by the city council was from Gary Schampeny of Go Play Golf LLC. Schampeny from Go Play Golf has management experience with golf course management in Billings, Mont., and also takes care of turf on several different golf courses in Wyo...
WORLAND – The Culbertson bridge crossing the Big Horn River in Worland will be closed Monday for an annual inspection by the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT). Bridge inspectors from the department inspect the bridge every two years, and traffic will be diverted between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. WYDOT owns and maintains 1,938 structures and bridges in Wyoming, and each of these structures, including the 847 bridges owned and maintained by towns, cities, and counties are subject to i...
POWELL (AP) — A state legislator from Cody has been fired from his job as Park County’s deputy prosecutor after sending a series of profane and belittling texts to a woman being prosecuted by his office. Republican Rep. Sam Krone says he was notified of his firing by Park County Attorney Bryan Skoric on Feb. 24 during the legislative budget session, which ended last week in Cheyenne. Krone acknowledged to the Powell Tribune that he’d sent inappropriate messages and said he was sorry for his mistakes. Krone stressed that he’d had no involve...
THERMOPOLIS - The Hawkins family in Thermopolis is honoring their father and husband, Donald "Hawk" Hawkins with an Avenue of Flags at Monument Hill Cemetery. Julie Hawkins Lehman said after her father passed away Jan. 9 of this year, the family received funds in his memory. She said she, her brother Ross and her mother Betty brainstormed ideas on the best use of the funds as a way to honor her father's memory. Their idea - an Avenue of Flags, Hawk's Avenue of Flags. Hawk served in the Air...
CASPER – For the second straight year, Worland and Cody met in the first round of the Class 3A Wyoming High School State Basketball Championships at the Casper Events Center on Thursday. And just like last year, Worland left with a win. The Warriors had a much slower start than they're accustomed to, but came alive in the second half as they defeated the Broncs 64-50 to secure themselves a spot in the semifinals today. "That first half was tough with us starting slow," Senior Hoyt Nicholas s...
LARAMIE (AP) — Court records show that five Wyoming basketball players suspended for the remainder of the season last week have been cited by campus police for marijuana use. The Laramie Boomerang reports that Hayden Dalton, Morris Marshall, Andrew Moemeka, Justin James and Austin Conway were cited March 3 with use of a controlled substance. Each citation includes a $750 bond and requires them to appear March 21 in court. Coach Larry Shyatt announced the suspensions just days before the Cowboys’ first game of the Mountain West Conference Tou...
Eddie Yarbrough came to the University of Wyoming as a linebacker and he may leave as one as well. Yarbrough — along with eight other Cowboys — took part in Wyoming’s annual pro day on Thursday inside the Wyoming Indoor Practice Facility. Scouts from 10 different NFL teams — including the Denver Broncos — were on hand to test the Cowboys in the basic drills of the 40-yard dash, cone drill, broad jump and 225-pound weight lifts as well as position drills. For Yarbrough, it was his first chance to show the scouts what he’s been working on...
In the early morning hours of March 9, 2016, John A. "Jack" Hendrickson, Jr. passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at Central Wyoming Hospice in Casper. On December 21, 1926, Jack was born in Cowdrey, Colorado. He was raised in North Park, Colorado and graduated from Jackson County High School in Walden in 1944. One of nine children he is survived by two sisters and four brothers. Jack's 60 year oilfield career began in 1944 and over the years he worked for numerous oilfield companies... Full story