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WORLAND — Washakie Medical Center has been approved to provide care for military service members who participate in the Veterans Choice Program. The Choice Program allows former service members who are enrolled in Veterans Administration health care to receive care from a participating hospital or clinic close to where they live. According to the VA website, veterans are eligible to receive care at the local program provider if they have had to wait more than 30 days for care from the VA, they live more than 40 miles away from a VA medical c...
By Tracie Mitchell Staff Writer WORLAND – The Worland High School speech and debate team finished third in the 3A sweepstakes this weekend at the State speech Championship in Buffalo. While the entire team finished third, the two policy debate teams finished as the overall State Champions and earned all-states honors. "My two teams of policy debate (Carmen Elliott and Alex Mulhall, Taelor Nielsen and Arora Chamberlain) ended up being the overall champion of the tournament, they beat the 4A's t...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Republican Convention was held Saturday in Worland to elect delegates to the state and national conventions, and pledge support for presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. Under the leadership of County Chairman Fred Frandson, the party delegates from each precinct met at Frandson Safety to review the rules, regulations, and by-laws of the county party, before introducing the platform and resolution recommendations from the district caucus process. After a lengthy debate on topics as varied as endorsing a...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks barely budged Monday, finishing mixed as lower oil prices pulled energy companies down while hotels and travel-related companies rose. Trading was quiet Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s meeting later this week, which is expected to shed some light on the possibility of a future increase in benchmark interest rates. “Lately (the market) seems to quiet down ahead of the Fed,” said BlackRock portfolio manager Peter Stournaras. U.S. stocks missed out on a global rally that lifted stocks in Europe and Asia. The Sta...
CASPER – On Saturday, the Lady Warriors found themselves right where they expected to be – playing for a state championship. And as they might have also expected, it would take the most hard-fought 32 minutes of their season as they faced Star Valley to decide who would take hold of the 3A girls basketball crown. Worland (25-1 overall) trailed by two points at halftime and four heading into the fourth quarter, but came alive in the final eight minutes as it outscored Star Valley (18-5) 20-7 in the final frame to win 44-35 deliver the Wor...
Edward Lewis Parish, 78, died Sunday, March 6, 2016 at his residence in Thermopolis following a period of failing health. Cremation has taken place and memorial services will be held at a later date. Mortimore Funeral Home assisted the family.... Full story
Dorothy Smith (Moore) Welton, 93, of Basin died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at South Big Horn County Critical Access Hospital between Basin and Greybull. She was born May 18, 1922. Per Dorothy’s wishes cremation has taken place and no services are planned. Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with the arrangements.... Full story