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As I’m writing this column (on Tuesday, April 4), we seem to be in the middle of our monsoon season. By my count, using figures set out in newspaper weather reports, we’ve received over 1.4 inches of precipitation since the middle of March. Somewhere around 4 a. m., on Monday, April 3, that moisture, to my surprise, turned to a heavy wet snow. If weather proceeded in an orderly manner, the snow would have started the moisture parade back in March, and then turned completely to rain going into April. But, as I’ve said before, the weather is not...
WORLAND - Defense untested is no defense at all. While adjusted from the original saying, it proves true. If a team has championship aspirations their defense needs to be tested and for the Worland Warriors that test came on the second day of the Pinnacle Challengers Cup at Worland High School. As a team that prides themselves on stingy defensive play the No. 3 Warriors would have their defense put to the test as they faced two 4A teams on the final day of the Pinnacle Cup. The Warriors met the...
WORLAND – Washakie County residents are being encouraged to sign up for the Rapid Notify system, a free mass notification system offered through the Washakie County Law Enforcement Center, in the event of a major disaster or weather event. Emergency alert notifications are sent through Rapid Notify to individual email, phone and text message accounts, to alert emergency personnel of an event, or to instruct residents of specific areas to avoid during potentially life-threatening situations. The system can alert subscribers through a variety o...
RIVERTON (AP) — The Riverton school district has identified teaching and coaching positions it will cut because of reductions in state funding. The Riverton Ranger reported Friday that Superintendent Terry Snyder expects a total reduction of 20 jobs, but unexpectedly high numbers of resignations and retirements in recent weeks could mean only about four or five employees will be laid off. The district will see a 3 percent budget reduction because of funding cuts by the state Legislature and an additional 0.5 percent reduction because of d...
CHEYENNE — Gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases are a growing burden in Wyoming and across the nation, particularly among younger individuals, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). In Wyoming, the rate of gonorrhea infections has increased six fold from 2012 to 2016. “This kind of growth is not something to unique to our state,” said Courtney Smith, Communicable Disease Surveillance Program manager with WDH. “Nearly 20 million new sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) occur in the United States every year and the num...
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