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  • New program to combat dating violence seeks coaching help

    Tesia Galvin, Staff Writer|Apr 23, 2016

    WORLAND – A coach's job never stops off the field, and often coaches become lifelong mentors to players. It's under that understanding Coaching Boys to Men was created in 2011 with the core mission of "briefing players with weekly activities that address themes such as personal responsibility, respectful behavior and relationship abuse," according to their national website. "It's a program aimed at young people ... and directed at getting coaches involved in mentoring young men about heathy rela...

  • Karla's Kolumn Birthdays are worth celebrating

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Apr 23, 2016

    One of our co-workers here at the Daily News had a birthday this week. He was very excited about it. Something you don’t see a lot with people who are let’s say over 40. There’s the old joke about “I’m 29 again.” I myself have been 29 for “a few” years we’ll say. After my best friend and I turned 29 we thought we’d join the crowd and not count anymore so instead we started counting holidays. Her birthday is one day before Halloween and mine is near Flag Day. However, after several “holiday” celebrations we’ve come to realize the importance of...

  • Worland Garden Club hosts Arbor Day ceremony

    Christine Weber|Apr 23, 2016

    The Worland Garden Club will again host the Arbor Day ceremony 12:15 p.m. on Monday in the big gym at the Worland Community Center Complex. The public is invited. Hosting Arbor Day is one of the garden club’s biggest community involvements and enlists the help of local third- and fourth-grade students as well as the city’s Tree Board and the Washakie County Conservation District. During the program Worland Mayor Dave Duffy will read a proclamation declaring Monday as Arbor Day. In addition he will be presented the “Tree City USA” flag by regi...

  • Worland junior accepted for West Point Summer Leaders Seminar

    Apr 23, 2016

    Stone Ramos, a junior at Worland High School in Worland has been selected to be among 1,000 attendees at West Point’s prestigious Summer Leaders Experience (SLE) in June. More than 5,000 juniors nationwide applied to SLE, which offers outstanding high school juniors the opportunity to experience life at West Point. SLE attendees live in the cadet barracks (dormitories), eat in the Cadet Mess and participate in academic, leadership, athletic and military workshops. The one-week seminars are designed to help juniors with their c...

  • Libraries offer more than just printed books

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Apr 23, 2016

    WORLAND – In this day and age of instant gratification, the internet and everything becoming digital people have begun to question the future of public libraries. Why would a person need to visit the library when they can download a book onto their Kindle, iPad, other electronic devices and even their smart phones? The answer: because libraries offer more, much more than just printed books. Washakie County Library Director Karen Funk stated, "The reason that people think that libraries are b...

  • No death penalty in Montana double murder

    Apr 23, 2016

    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department will not seek the death penalty against a Wyoming teenager accused of killing two people on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation. The agency announced Friday that Attorney General Loretta Lynch had decided against seeking capital punishment in the case of Jesus Deniz Mendoza after consulting with federal prosecutors in Montana. U.S. Attorney's Office spokeswoman Melissa Hornbein declined to give a reason, adding that the agency's recommendation process on death penalty cases is confidential. T...

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