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  • Weather holds for golfers at the Cowboy Joe Tournament

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|May 10, 2016

    WORLAND - The Cowboy Joe Golf Tournament hosted at the Green Hills Golf Course over the weekend was all the fun promised and more. The tournament which is a series of tournaments put on by the Cowboy Joe Club throughout the state to raise money for the student-athletes at the University of Wyoming. "The early forecast said it was to rain all day but the weather held up, we had a pretty good turnout and overall the event was very positive, " said golf professional Mike Propp. From start to...

  • WMS track team has a strong showing at conference meet

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|May 10, 2016

    WORLAND- The Worland Middle School Braves track team wrapped up their season with the conference meet held at Worland High School on Saturday. The sixth-grade boys team took first place in the conference while the seventh-grade boys and girls and eighth-grade boys took third. The eighth-grade girls placed fourth in the conference. Coach Rob Woffinden said of his team, "All the middle school athletes showed commitment and enthusiasm for their individual activities and many of them stepped up at c...

  • 'We the People' hopes to increase civil engagement

    May 10, 2016

    WORLAND – A new two-day program curriculum at Worland High School brought in a senator, two attorneys, the mayor and a judge Monday to discuss constitutional rights with Worland High School seniors. "We the People" challenged seniors to engage in a congressional hearing in order to demonstrate knowledge of constitutional rights while making real world connections to what they learned in the classroom. The program, set up by the Center of Civic Education and funded by the US Department of E...

  • Tornado warning issued Monday for Worland

    Staff and Wire reports|May 10, 2016

    WORLAND — The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning with large hail about 4:30 p.m. Monday and then upgraded the warning about seven minutes later to a tornado warning. NWS meteorologist Brett McDonald of the Riverton office said a warning means “take action now that an event is very likely to occur or is occurring. He said the severe thunderstorm warning was issued first and then they noticed the storm intensifying and developing a rotation and it “looked like there was a chance of producing funnel clouds.” At 5:05 p....

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  • Ten Sleep historic building to be relocated to Old Maid Gulch

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|May 10, 2016

    TEN SLEEP – Built in 1926 of native log by Charles Alexander, 312 Third Street in Ten Sleep has served variously over the years as a private residence, telephone exchange, boarding house, and rumored bordello. Before the end of this summer, the historic log building will be relocated, completely and in one piece, to property along Canyon Creek in Old Maid Gulch, southeast of Ten Sleep. The 1,440 square foot building was constructed of lodgepole pine, featuring a gabled roofline and sunporch. In 1946, a 144 square foot log cottage was added t...

  • US stocks finish a little higher as health care jumps

    May 10, 2016

    NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks finished just a bit higher Monday as gains for drug companies were almost canceled by sharp losses for metals and energy companies. Coming off two weeks of losses, stocks traded in a narrow range. Drug company stocks, which have been under pressure recently over concerns they’ll have trouble raising prices for medicines, moved sharply higher. The energy market was shaken up and the price of oil fell as Saudi Arabia replaced its oil minister. Metals companies tumbled on renewed worries about China’s economy. “The...

  • May 10, 2016

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  • Theresa M. Bollack

    May 10, 2016

    Theresa M. Bollack, 96, died, May 7, 2016, at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Burial of her cremains will be held at a later date in Mesa Arizona. Bryant Funeral Home is assisting with arragements....

  • Richard H. Groh

    May 10, 2016

    Richard H. “Dick” Groh, 85, died Saturday, May 7, 2016, at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis after a brief illness. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Mortimore Funeral Home is assisting the family....

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