Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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WORLAND - It should not come as a surprise by now but the Worland Warriors were involved in another tight contest Saturday afternoon at Worland High School. The Warriors defeated the Newcastle Dogies 4-3 by way of penalty kicks during the 3A boys soccer state qualifier to advance to the 3A state tournament to play the Riverton Wolverines Thursday at 4 p.m. "From a possession standpoint we dominated the game, but what could go wrong did go wrong for us. Yet, the kids never gave up and kept...
NEW YORK (AP) — A spurt in oil prices on Monday revived energy stocks, which have been among the year’s worst performers, and helped push the broader market back to record highs. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index climbed 11.42 points, or 0.5 percent, to 2,402.32, edging past its prior record set last week. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 85.33 points, or 0.4 percent, to 20,981.94, the Nasdaq composite gained 28.44, or 0.5 percent, to 6,149.67 and the Russell 2000 index of smaller stocks rose 11.15 points, or 0.8 percent, to 1,393...
WORLAND — The sidewalk improvement project that was slated to continue this week but due to the forecast of rain most of the week the project was postponed, according to Wyoming Department of Transportation project engineer Dan McAfee. He said the project should start up next week and may continue past the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Prime contractor EHC LLC of Deaver opted to postpone due to the weather with isolated showers and thunderstorms forecast today, scattered showers on Wednesday with a chance of precipitation of 70 percent, accordi...
LARAMIE — The positions of 37 current employees of the University of Wyoming will be eliminated as of June 30, part of UW’s response to a loss of $42 million in state funding for the current biennium. The affected employees are being notified this week and advised of their rights under UW’s retrenchment policy, as well as other applicable state and federal laws. “These layoffs are an unfortunate but necessary step for the university to meet its required reductions,” President Laurie Nichols says. “To this point, we have managed to reduce UW’s...
WORLAND — The National Weather Service has issue a flood watch for Wednesday evening through late Thursday night for small creeks and streams along the lower elevations of the Powder, Shoshone and Big Horn basins. According to the NWS, up to one and a half inches of rain is expected over the lower elevations in Natrona County, southwest Big Horn Basin, Big Horn Mountains west, northeast Johnson County, southeast Big Horn Basin, southeast Johnson County, Cody foothills and north Big Horn Basin. Through Wednesday night. The watch includes the cit...