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  • Cowboys host CBI game tonight; Wyoming gets WNIT bid

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Mar 15, 2017

    LARAMIE - The Wyoming Cowgirls are back in the Women's National Invitation Tournament. Wyoming received and accepted a bid from the tournament on Monday evening, joining the Cowboys in post season play. The Cowboys will host Eastern Washington tonight in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI). University of Wyoming Athletics Direct Tom Burman said, "The CBI is a postseason opportunity for a young men's basketball team to gain additional competition and practice time. We are excited about the...

  • Hear me out...Your definitive guide to bracket gold or bracket fire

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Mar 15, 2017

    It has been a crazy last three weeks but the NCAA men's basketball tournament starts tomorrow and I'm back to give you the best bracket advice in all of media. Before jumping into my insights, tips and picks for this year's tournament, I have one housecleaning item to get to. We need to get rid of these extra postseason tournaments. There should only be the NCAA and NIT. Every other postseason tournament is pointless. I understand that some of these teams want to keep playing basketball but too...

  • Mar 15, 2017

    Public Notice City of Worland Ordinance #839...  Website

  • Milan 'Sonny' Galovich

    Mar 15, 2017

    Funeral services for Milan “Sonny” Galovich will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 18, at Mortimore Funeral Home in Thermopolis. Milan Galovich died March 9, 2017....

  • Ten Sleep School faces $282,000 negative effect on budget

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Mar 15, 2017

    TEN SLEEP – During the Ten Sleep School monthly board meeting Monday evening, Ten Sleep Superintendent Jimmy Phelps explained to board members that state and federal cuts, along with an increase in health care premiums could cause a $282,000 negative effect on next year’s budget. To address this issue a task force has been created to help with recommendations on where cuts can and will be done. “I’m hoping that that is the worst case scenario. It’s not just us, its every district in the state. Worland has some very deep cuts to make, Thermopol...

  • Traffic delays resume on Wind River  Canyon  rockfall project

    Mar 15, 2017

    THERMOPOLIS — Traffic delays of up to 15 minutes have resumed on U.S. 20/Wyoming 789 through Wind River Canyon as scaling of rocks, cleaning culverts, reshaping ditches and other work work continues. The work is in response to the Memorial Day weekend flooding and mud slides of 2015. Wilson Brothers Construction, Inc., of Cowley is the prime contractor on the $840,000 project. The work within Wind River Canyon is happening between mileposts 116.80 (near the tunnels) and 126.82 (about six miles south of Thermopolis). All work is dependent upon f...

  • Solid Waste Board reviews groundwater project costs and safety measures

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Mar 15, 2017

    WORLAND – The Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District No. 1 board met Monday to discuss an ongoing project to retain contaminated groundwater, as requested by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality to control runoff. During the meeting, the board heard from Eric Graney, hydrogeologist and vice president of Inberg-Miller Engineers of Casper. Graney reviewed the plans for the redistribution of the landfill to already-developed reserve pits, and outlined the stipulations requested by the DEQ to build berms to control runoff. A...

  • Obama's final year: US spent $36 million in records lawsuits

    Mar 15, 2017

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration in its final year in office spent a record $36.2 million on legal costs defending its refusal to turn over federal records under the Freedom of Information Act, according to an Associated Press analysis of new U.S. data that also showed poor performance in other categories measuring transparency in government. For a second consecutive year, the Obama administration set a record for times federal employees told citizens, journalists and others that despite searching they couldn’t find a single page of...

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    Mar 15, 2017

  • Mar 15, 2017

    Public Notice City of Worland Ordinance #838...  Website

  • BLM to conduct prescribed fire projects this spring

    Mar 15, 2017

    WORLAND — The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to conduct three prescribed fire projects within the Cody and Worland field office areas this spring. These projects are contingent upon fuel moisture and weather meeting optimal treatment conditions. “The prescribed fire projects are designed to enhance rangeland and woodland vegetation health, improve wildlife habitat, increase livestock and wildlife forage and improve distribution, and reduce the hazardous build-up of fuels which lessens the pro...

  • Hear me out...So about that Super Bowl

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Mar 15, 2017

    I have a bit of ADD today and I couldn’t play “Sophie’s Choice” with the two sports stories that dominated ESPN and social media this week. So I’ll touch on both topics for this week’s column. First up, Super Bowl LI. I never once doubted that the greatest NFL quarterback of all-time, Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr., would lead the New England Patriots back from a 25-point deficit and on to a historic Super Bowl victory. Not once! OK, that’s a lie. I thought the game was a wrap when Brady threw the pick-six in the second quarter. From that poi...