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  • Newell looking to raise money for Down Under Sports games

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Apr 5, 2018

    WORLAND - Worland High School's Jacob Newell has been invited to participate in the 2018 Down Under Sports program on July 7-16 for track and field in Queensland, Australia. High school athletes from across the world and in multiple sports have been invited to take part in the Down Under Sports games. Athletes in football, cross-country, golf, track and field, basketball, wrestling and volleyball travel to Australia and compete for international bragging rights. Newell plans to compete in the 40...

  • 15th Street project ahead of schedule

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Apr 5, 2018

    WORLAND - Work is ahead of schedule on the city of Worland's three-phase project at the intersection of 15th and Big Horn with the new pedestrian bridges arriving Tuesday as the third phase. Mike Donnell of Donnell & Allred said, "The three-phase project is going really well. Viper now have all the sewer line in. They are working on the water line [Tuesday]. All of the lines are in under Big Horn and under the canal. They are ahead of schedule." He said Viper Underground needs to finish up the...

  • Worland fifth-graders graduate from D.A.R.E. program

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Apr 5, 2018

    WORLAND – Friday afternoon, Worland fifth-graders celebrated their graduation from the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program with a small celebration in the café-gym-atorium of Worland’s West Side Elementary School with guest speakers, recognition of students with winning essays and refreshments. “We did things different this year because they are all at the same school. In the past we’ve passed out the certificates and give them their shirts, this year we actually had speakers come and talk and we passed out the shirts in the c...

  • BLM seeks input on herd plan and proposed wild horse gather near Worland

    Apr 5, 2018

    WORLAND – The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office is requesting public input as it proposes to gather excess wild horses in the Fifteenmile Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA) and update the HMA’s management plan. Both actions demonstrate the BLM’s commitment to maintaining healthy wild horses on healthy, productive public rangelands. The Fifteenmile HMA is located approximately 30 miles northwest of Worland in Washakie, Big Horn and Park counties. The HMA’s appropriate management level (AML)—the point at which the wild horse pop...

  • Stocks surge as market escapes early plunge on trade fears

    MARLEY JAY, AP Markets Writer|Apr 5, 2018

    NEW YORK (AP) — After an early jolt, stocks rallied and finished higher Wednesday as investors bet that back-and-forth tariff threats between the U.S. and China won’t blossom into a bigger dispute that damages global commerce. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 501 points after the opening bell but made it all back, and more. Household goods makers, retailers and homebuilders led the way while technology companies reversed some early losses. But two major targets of China’s possible tariffs, aerospace company Boeing and farm equip...

  • Apr 5, 2018

    Public Notice Washakie County Commissioners Minutes...  Website