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Last week Worland schools conducted the annual “Life R U Ready?” program for eighth graders to help them realize the choices they make have consequences. They examined relationship choices — being in a bad or unhealthy relationship, or getting pregnant, drunk driving, distracted driving, choices where you may end up in court and/or jail and others. Just as the eighth graders will be faced with many decisions as they enter high school, our high school and college graduates will be faced with many choices, some coming quickly and some in the d...
The first U.S. Congressional hearing on daily fantasy sports (DFS) sports took place this past week. Officially labeled "Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives" the hearing was a complete waste of time. Shocking, right? The one effective part of the hearing was reigniting the debate around the legality of DFS and sports gambling as a whole. Quickly, DFS operates like so, you pay an entry fee into a contest that can range anywhere from 50 cents to $1,300. You select from a pool of actual...
LANDER - The Best of the Best meet brought, well, the best of the best athletes from each middle school track team to compete in the final meet of the season Thursday afternoon. Amongst the state's top competition, the Worland Middle School track team ended their season strongly with multiple top-placed finishes. Eighth grader Kate Wassum swept the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, seventh graders Carmyn Buckman (discus), Cole Harmon (high jump) and Taylor Pierce all took first place in their...
WORLAND – In the first days of filing, only one Washakie County resident has applied for a local government position. Kreg Lombard, former Worland mayor, applied for the City of Worland mayoral position on May 12, the first filing day. City Clerk Tracy Glanz said four others took out applications but she doesn’t know what for, and the applications have not been returned. Eight city council members and one county commissioner have expiring terms in December. If any interested parties would like to run for city council or county com...
BUFFALO- It was a cold and windy day in Buffalo for the 3A East Regional Track Meet yesterday but that did not slow down the Worland High School track team. The Warriors and Lady Warriors had a great start to the regional meet with multiple athletes podiuming all throughout the day. For the 800-meter race Chance Martello finished first while teammate Gabe Webster finished eighth. Martello also finished first in the 3200-meter and freshman Porter Harman was right behind him in second. Leading up...
WORLAND – Like many people, previous Washakie County Homeland Security Director Kimball Croft had several other jobs before finding his passion. Before finding his passion in Homeland Security and emergency management, Croft worked as a school administrator, a research analyst and in taxes. The jump from education to analyst to Homeland Security was a simple one because when it comes down to the bare bones of the job, the work isn't that different. "There wasn't much difference than being an a...
TEN SLEEP – Being a teacher requires dedication and a love for children. That's what Ten Sleep School teacher Brandi Boltz has along with an excitement for her job that is infectious to not only her students but the other teachers around her, which is why she has been chosen as the Washakie County School District No. 2 (Ten Sleep) 2015-2016 teacher of the year. "I have always contended that effective teachers can engage their students in the lesson. Master teachers can not only engage their s...
WORLAND —Want an inside look at parole boards? A series from Investigation Discovery channel will take a look at look at Wyoming and Colorado parole boards. The first of the three-part series “Judgement Day: Prison or Parole?” will run next Sunday, May 22. The original miniseries is directed and executive-produced by Peabody and Emmy Award-winning documentarian Joe Berlinger. According to a release from Investigation Discovery, “the three-part series brings viewers inside the emotional and high-stakes process of parole hearings through exclusi...
CHEYENNE (AP) — Wyoming education superintendent Jillian Balow says the federal government shouldn’t tell state educators how to handle sensitive issues such as which restrooms transgender students should use. The Obama administration on Friday told school districts nationwide to allow transgender students to use the restrooms and locker rooms corresponding to their gender identity. That’s after the Justice Department and North Carolina sued each other over a law in that state requiring students to use the restroom that corresponds to the s...
CHEYENNE – Founded by a handful of activists in Colorado in 1971, the Libertarian Party has become the third-largest political party in the United States, and the most vocal of the third party options. In 2012, Libertarian presidential candidate and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson secured 1 percent of the national vote, a feat unheard of in Libertarian history. While Wyoming has 1,023 registered Libertarians (up from 939 in 2015), the notable public impact is miniscule. The state party website hasn’t been updated in four years, the stat...
Wolfgang Luehne, 77, died at his residence in Thermopolis, Thursday, May 12, 2016. Mass of the Resurrection will be Tuesday, May 17, 10:30 a.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church. Mortimore Funeral Home is assisting the family....
Malice Cypress Hultman, newborn of 24 hours, died in her Thermopolis home, May 6, 2016. Private services will be held by the family at Monument Hill Cemetery. Mortimore Funeral Home is assisting the family... Full story
Claudia Guertzgen, 72, died Friday, May 13, at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis. Cremation has taken place. No services are planned at this time Mortimore Funeral Home assisted the family.... Full story
Public Notice Washakie County Commissioners Meeting Minutes from the May 3, 2016 meeting... 
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Public Notice Worland City Council Minutes of the May 3, 2016 meeting... Website