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  • Track teams prepare for end of the regular season

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|May 4, 2016

    WORLAND - The regular season is coming to a close for many of the track teams in the area and each of one is working hard at getting ready for regionals and state. Burlington Burlington Coach Ryan Olson has been proud of his team's progress all season long. "We're a small young team but the kids have been doing very well at making the improvements necessary to get better. We started the season by writing their personal best on a board for them to see and that really seemed to motivate them...

  • WMS soccer teams keep improving by leaps and bounds

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|May 4, 2016

    By Alex Kuhn Sports Editor WORLAND - Worland Middle school soccer teams achieved yet another historic mark Saturday afternoon as all three teams soundly defeated Buffalo Middle School. The Lady Braves won 8-0, the seventh-grade Braves won 6-0 and the eighth-grade Braves won 7-2. While the scores do reflect the dominant performances, what they don't show is the concentration, determination and all-out effort all three teams had for the full lengths of the matches. All three teams had things to...

  • County receives six applications for Homeland Security director position

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|May 4, 2016

    WORLAND – The Washakie County commissioners discussed the pending opening for the Homeland Security director with Kimball Crofts resignation effective Friday. Croft announced his resignation at the April 19 commissioner meeting. Croft, who has worked in Washakie County for 11 years, will move on to Park County to be the public health response coordinator starting May 11. It was reported at Tuesday’s commissioners meeting that to date, six applicants have applied for the position as the Washakie County Homeland Security director. The pos...

  • Star Plunge fears dropping off the map

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|May 4, 2016

    THERMOPOLIS – Under a revised Master Plan for the redevelopment of Hot Springs Sate Park in Thermopolis, access to the geothermal mineral water that currently provides two private bathhouses at the park could be restricted in the future. For Roland Luehne, owner of Star Plunge, the changes raise a few questions, and considerable worry. "When the original Master Plan came out, Star Plunge wasn't even included on the map [of the park]," said Luehne. "I put together a petition to get Star Plunge on...

  • Wyoming legislative panel weighs tax hikes as revenues drop 

    May 4, 2016

    CHEYENNE (AP) — A Wyoming legislative committee is considering whether to allow local governments to impose an optional tax on grocery purchases. The state’s Joint Revenue Committee has set the grocery tax proposal for preliminary consideration at its scheduled meeting next week in Douglas. Other tax proposals on the agenda at the meeting include hiking state property tax to pay for school construction and increasing the tax on wind energy production. Wyoming is looking for new sources of tax receipts in response to falling revenues from coa...

  • May 4, 2016

    Public Notice Washakie County Commissioners Minutes from the April 19, 2016 Meeting...  Website