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NEW YORK (AP) — Despite strong results from industrial companies, U.S. stocks couldn’t get any momentum going Tuesday after car makers said their sales are shrinking. Engine maker Cummins sent manufacturers and other industrial companies higher after reporting solid first-quarter earnings. A late slump took the price of oil to its lowest price in almost six months. Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler all fell after they said sales declined in April. Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer for Cornerstone Financial Partners, said auto sal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate April 24 confirmed former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to be agriculture secretary in President Donald Trump’s administration as the farming industry looks to Washington for help amid a downturn in the market. Perdue won confirmation on a strong bipartisan vote of 87-11, as several Democrats backed a Trump nominee after razor-thin outcomes for his choices earlier this year. Perdue’s cousin, Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., voted “present” but presided over the vote and announced the final tally. The son of a farmer from Bona...
WORLAND - The Worland High School Drama Department will present the Broadway musical "Big Fish" this Thursday and Friday. Under the direction of Rick Dorn, "Big Fish" has a 25-plus member cast and crew with Dominic Damiano as the lead, Edward Bloom. Dalen Brazelton plays his son and Sariah Durrant is the wife. Dorn said the play is about a father and son trying to reconnect after the father has spent his whole life telling his son tall tales about himself. Older now, the son, more pragmatic, is trying to find out more about his father and is ne...
WORLAND – Washakie County Commissioners convened Tuesday to receive a county Storm Ready certification from the National Weather Service, and to hear local concerns regarding the temporary closure of Lane 17. Tim Troutman, with NWS Riverton, presented the Storm Ready certification, achieved after Washakie County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director Jeff Schweighart spearheaded an effort to make the county eligible after upgrading a wide range of requirements across the county. In addition to establishing an emergency command c...
THERMOPOLIS – Updates on solar eclipse preparations in Thermopolis, including establishing an information hotline, were discussed at Monday’s meeting. About two dozen people attended the meeting at Thermopolis Middle School sponsored by the Thermopolis Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce. Thermopolis Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Meri Ann Rush started the meeting by explaining that she had recently attended a state of Wyoming Chamber conference in Pinedale and that some of the reports that she received was that the pop...
CASPER - The Wyoming Track Classic is a chance for the best high school athletes in the state to go head to head for bragging rights as the best in their respective fields. Both Worland High School and Ten Sleep High School were well represented at the Classic. Four Warriors and three Lady Pioneers were selected to compete in the Classic Tuesday night at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper. Senior Allison Hampton (triple jump), sophomore Kelli Holiday (400, 800) and freshman Sydney Holiday (100,...
George Harold Werbelow passed away April 30, 2017 of pneumonia complications from a stroke. He was born in Emblem, Wyoming on August 9, 1930 the sixth of 14 children to Martin and Ella (Blank) Werbelow. He attended Emblem Grade School and was a lifelong member of Zion Lutheran Church. Music was a part of his early home life. He taught himself to play the guitar, piano, and harmonica by ear. He joined the Air Force in 1953 and attained the rank of staff sergeant. He trained as an airplane mechanic for C-124 cargo planes, earned his GED, and lear... Full story
Donna Jean Moore, 80, passed away Saturday, April 29, 2017 at her residence in Thermopolis, surrounded by family after a short battle with cancer. Born February 13, 1937 in Sturgis, South Dakota, she was the daughter of George and Inez (Anderson) Blake. She graduated from Sturgis High School. She married Jerry Merritt and to this union was born five children. The couple moved to Thermopolis in 1967. Mr. Merritt died in 1968 in a car accident. Donna later married Gene Moore and the couple resided in Thermopolis until 1992, at which time they... Full story
Lee A. Davis passed away April 22, 2017 at the Washakie Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was born November 24, 1930 in Ten Sleep, WY. and had a long and wonderful life. He lived his life as an honest man and a man of integrity. Lee grew up in Ten Sleep and never moved from the Big Horn Basin, where he would also raise his family. Lee married Peggy Wilkins May 15, 1952. She blessed him with four beautiful children, Patti, Nancy, Sheri and Chad. His wife Peggy and his four... Full story
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