Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND - Worland High School senior Saige Jones signed her letter of intent to play volleyball and continue her education for the Sheridan College Generals. "I'm super excited because I love volleyball and I'm thankful for the opportunity to play for another two years," said Jones. During her Worland Lady Warriors volleyball career, Jones was a part of the 2015 3A State championship team as a reserve and was a reserve on the 2016 team that lost in the semifinals. In her senior season, Jones...
NEW YORK (AP) — After a jittery afternoon of trading, major U.S. stock indexes fell Wednesday while smaller companies fared better. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates, as investors expected, and said it could raise rates at a quicker pace next year. Stocks traded higher early in the day and jumped after the Fed announced its decision. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 250 points, but gave it all up as new Fed Chairman Jerome Powell addressed reporters. At the end of trading it wobbled and ended lower. The dollar weakened and b...
JACKSON (WNE) — Jackson has joined two other towns in filing a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission in response to the NBC channel blackout for Charter/Spectrum cable customers. The town of Jackson filed the petition March 15, along with Yuma, Arizona, and El Centro, California, which have also lost channel access for six weeks due to the fee dispute between Charter Communications and Northwest Broadcasting. The letter accuses Charter Communications, parent company of Spectrum, of violating federal rules that require cable compa...
WORLAND – Wyoming Fifth Judicial District Court Judge Robert E. Skar sentenced a Worland man to five years supervised probation on Wednesday, ending a nearly year-long ordeal related to a stalking case first filed in March 2017. Joshua Vidlock, 35, was accused of violating a domestic violence protection order by engaging in a course of harassing conduct including text messages, filing false reports, and entering the residence of the petitioner on two separate occasions, his ex-wife Charlene Sherman. During the original jury trial in October, i...
WORLAND - The Worland City Council is looking at rewriting a portion of Chapter 17 in the city code regarding itinerant vendors or merchants. City Attorney Kent Richins said he was not asking for any action at Tuesday night's regular meeting but wanted to begin the discussion. "What I'm focusing in on tonight is essentially itinerant vendors, essentially the food trucks and things like that that are coming into town. I think they're starting to become a problem. It's hard to keep an eye on...
WORLAND - The Worland Senior Citizens Center is sponsoring the second annual March for Meals event Saturday from 10 a.m. – noon on the bike path located at the junction of 15th Street and Washakie Avenue. The event will help sustain the senior lunch and home delivered meals programs provided by the Worland Senior Citizens Center. This year, participants are asked to meet at the beginning of the bike path at 10 a.m. and there will be no registration fee or registration required. T-shirts will be sold and donations appreciated. “The proceeds wil...
CHEYENNE — A state of Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services in Wyoming cities throughout April. Josh Schmidt is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Schmidt can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. His office is staffed in Cody, at 1026 Blackburn Ave., Suite 1, and he will also be available at the...
JACKSON — Since 2001 the town of Jackson and the Wyoming Legislature have returned again and again to debate ordinances and laws prohibiting discrimination against the LGBTQ community. Still, neither has been able to put a law into place. In 2014 the town did approve a nondiscrimination resolution, becoming the first community in Wyoming to do so. But unlike an ordinance, a resolution is merely a formal expression of an elected body’s opinion, not an enforceable law. So Mayor Pete Muldoon proposed that the resolution be elevated to an ord...
Henry Albert Study was born in Lander, WY on September 19, 1961. Son, brother, uncle, he received his wings on March 19, 2018. He will be joined in heaven with his grandparents, dad, step-dad and nephew. He is survived by his mother Helen Saunders, Manderson, WY; his bothers, Ron (Echo) Study & Gene Study all of Worland, WY; Travis (Brenda) Study, Manderson, WY; Sherry Showater, Greybull, WY; Melissa Goldsbury, Manderson, WY; Step-brothers Chris (Thea) Saunders, Littlefield & Wes (Jody) Saunders, Pine Haven, WY; Step-sister Shelly (Rick)... Full story
Cody, Wyoming native Samantha Olivia Nusbaum, 16 passed away on March 13th, 2018, due to medical issues. Samantha was born September 13th, 2001 in Cody, Wyoming to Edward Lee Nusbaum and Tracey Kebler Nusbaum. Samantha was a student at Center High School in La Garita, Colorado. She enjoyed horse riding, driving, drawing and longboarding with her friends. Samantha was such a beautiful light in this world, she always had an upbeat possitive attitude and a smile on her face. She always brought... Full story