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  • Lamb: District 5's new maintenance engineer

    Apr 1, 2017

    POWELL — The Wyoming Department of Transportation’s former district traffic and construction engineer in Basin is the new leader of WYDOT’s maintenance program in northwest Wyoming. Lyle Lamb, 46, is looking forward to leading his new maintenance team. “The challenge of the new job is nice, but the best part of WYDOT are people helping meet WYDOT’s mission of providing a safe, high quality and efficient transportation system for the citizens of Wyoming,” Lamb said. “I enjoy working with WYDOT employees to meet our mission for citizens, lan...

  • Worland postal carrier hangs up mail bag

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Apr 1, 2017

    WORLAND - What was meant to be a seasonal job to earn some additional Christmas money turned into a 25-year career, 16 as a full-time employee, with the U.S. Postal Service for carrier Jill Frahm of Worland. Frahm remembers her first day was Halloween 1991. She was a "Christmas casual" employee. "I was just trying to supplement our income at Christmas. I was thinking I'd work just a couple of months and here we are." She said she decided to continue her employment with the Postal Service...

  • Hear me out...My two cents on Colin Kaepernick

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Apr 1, 2017

    There’s been a lot of talk about why Colin Kaepernick remains unsigned. The popular speculation for his current unemployment is because he took a knee during the National Anthem. The topic has been widely debated on talking heads shows from ESPN to FS1. Some are saying it’s not right and others saying that’s what he deserves for disrespecting Old Glory. As for my personal take on Kaepernick, I’m not torn either way just yet, so for now I’m going to do something extremely radical and far-fetched in this era of social media. I’m going to wa...

  • Warriors fall to No. 1 Broncs in extra time

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Apr 1, 2017

    CODY - In hostile territory and against the best 3A team in the state the Worland Warriors gave the Cody Broncs everything they could handle Thursday night. The match went into extra time tied up 0-0 where the Broncs were able to score the game deciding goal in the 95th minute and escape with a 1-0 win. The loss still counts as a loss but for the young Warriors to go into the Cody's house and take them on shows Worland can play with the best. "It was a really good game and both defenses played o...

  • Moisture-related slides being monitored for movement

    Apr 1, 2017

    CODY - Wyoming Department of Transportation personnel in Dubois and Cody are monitoring six different moisture-related slides on Togwotee Pass (US26/287) and Chief Joseph Scenic Highway (WY296). "One of the slides near the Shoshone National Forest boundary dropped four inches yesterday," said WYDOT Maintenance Foreman Paul Boedeker of Dubois on Friday afternoon. The slides on Togwotee Pass are located at mileposts 40.6, 40.2 and 9.4 on US26/287. The slides at mileposts 40.6 and 40.2 are near the...

  • Linda B. Raymond

    Apr 1, 2017

    Linda Beverly Dinkins-Porter-McPike-Raymond, 76, of Casper, passed away March 21, 2017, in Casper. She was born Jan. 28, 1941. A private Celebration of Life will be at a later date. Newcomers of Casper is in charge of arrangements....