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Raise your hand if you're annoyed/tired with Deflategate? Since we unanimously agree that this is the Freddy Kruger of stories, let's talk about Deflategate. As it broke Monday afternoon, Tom Brady will have to serve the original four-game suspension handed down to him by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, for his role in deflating footballs in the 2015 AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts, after the appeals court in Manhattan voted 2-1 in favor of the NFL. When you look at the...
WORLAND – The Wyoming State Board of Education, meeting in Worland on Thursday afternoon, voted to keep funding the state coordinator position. Present in the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees room were Wyoming School Board of Education members: Vice Chair Kathy Coon, Treasurer Ken Rathbun, Scotty Ratliff, State Superintendent Jillian Balow, Sue Belish, Hugh Hageman, Kathryn Sessions, Walt Wilcox, Belenda Willson and Nate Breen. Wyoming State Board of Education Chair P...
WORLAND – “I just wanted to get a fence built,” said John Sanchez, of his project at 101 Robertson Avenue, where on behalf of the landowners, Dylan and Samantha Sanchez, Sanchez tried to section off part of Riverside Rotary Park on Wednesday as private property. As Sanchez proceeded to erect “No Trespassing” signs and caution tape on part of the park that Sanchez claims is legally deeded to his son Dylan, Worland Mayor Dave Duffy, Ward 3 Councilman Marcus Sanchez and City Inspector Nick Kruger arrived and persuaded Sanchez to stop sectionin...
ROCK SPRINGS (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers continue to wrestle with setting criminal penalties for possession of marijuana edibles that are increasingly coming in from Colorado and other states where the drug is legal. The Legislature’s Joint Judiciary Committee held a daylong hearing in Rock Springs on Wednesday. The panel heard from state prosecutors that although possession of more than 3 ounces of marijuana in plant form is a felony, the law only allows misdemeanor charges for possession of marijuana edibles. The Legislature earlier this yea...
CODY — A recent wildfire on Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area (WHMA) east of Lovell burned approximately 863 acres of cottonwood riparian habitat and wetlands along the Bighorn River and will affect wildlife habitat and future hunting opportunity. Cody Region Habitat and Access Supervisor Brad Sorensen said the loss of critical spring nesting cover could impact wildlife populations and limit future hunter opportunity for game birds and waterfowl. “Most ground nesters, including tur...
CHEYENNE — A two state pursuit ended safely west of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming on April 27th resulting in Wyoming Highway Patrol Troopers arresting a wanted homicide suspect out of South Dakota. Jared J. Stone, a 21-year-old resident of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, initially led Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol on a pursuit westbound on Interstate 80 in western Nebraska in a 1988 Oldsmobile passenger car. As the pursuit approached Wyoming, WHP Troopers set up tire deflation stop sticks at the Wyoming / Nebraska state line on I-80 near Pine B...