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  • Worland and Ten Sleep track ready for final meet of 2018

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|May 17, 2018

    WORLAND - The track and field season comes to an end this weekend at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, and beginning today athletes from both Ten Sleep and Worland are looking to get on the podium and add to the legacies of their respective programs. WORLAND Worland brings 25 athletes to the state meet, four of which are seniors competing in their final meet for Worland High School. Saige Jones, Kylah Mills, Gabe Webster and Maclin Wiley graduate on Sunday, but for the next three days, they'll...

  • Campbell County GOP official criticized for sharing social media article

    JONATHAN GALLARDO, Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News Exchange|May 17, 2018

    GILLETTE — A Gillette GOP official is catching flak for sharing an article on social media that compares gay rights activists to Nazis. She said she believes the situation has been “blown out of proportion” and that she is being attacked for her beliefs. “I just reposted an article,” said Vicki Kissack, chairwoman of the Campbell County Republican Party. “There was no ill intention or ill motive behind it. It was just thought-provoking to me.” On April 29, Kissack shared an article on her personal Facebook page titled “Face Facts: The LGBT...

  • Technology, retailers help drive rebound in US stocks

    ALEX VEIGA, AP Markets Writer|May 17, 2018

    U.S. stocks notched solid gains Wednesday, recouping some of the market’s losses from a day earlier. Technology and health care companies drove much of the rebound, outweighing losses in safe-play stocks like utilities and real estate investment trusts. Small-company stocks fared better than the rest of the market. Macy’s led a rally among retailers after reporting surprisingly strong results, adding to the strong wave of corporate earnings in recent weeks. The S&P 500 index rose 11.01 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,722.46. The Dow Jones ind...

  • NTSB determines engine stall cause of 2016 plane crash

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|May 17, 2018

    WORLAND – The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a final accident report for a December 2016 airplane crash that killed a Thermopolis man and injured his passenger, both employees with the United States Department of Agriculture. The USDA issued a statement following the crash, identifying the pilot as Grant Ewing Belden, 34, of Thermopolis, an APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) wildlife specialist with the agency since 2007. Belden, a graduate from Hot Springs County High School and the University of Wyoming w...

  • Final Worland Middle School concert of the year tonight

    Cyd Lass, Staff Intern|May 17, 2018

    WORLAND – Tonight at 6:30, the Worland Middle School bands and choir will present have their final concert of the school year. The choir will start off the concert, being directed by choir teacher Chad Rose. They will be presenting music that they performed at their recent festival. After a short intermission, the middle school bands will be performing as well. The sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade bands, along with the middle school jazz band, will be playing their songs from festival and band exchanges. The bands will be under the d...

  • Special Send Off

    May 17, 2018

  • Parts of U.S. 14 driving lane sliding near Shell in northwest Wyoming

    May 17, 2018

    Wyoming Department of Transportation personnel are monitoring a new slide between Shell and Shell Falls in a steep section of U.S. 14 in northwest Wyoming. Movement of the highway was first noticed last week when new cracks appeared in the paved roadway. Because of the soil instability, a 30 mph speed limit,12-foot width restriction, and a 48,000-pound weight limit has been placed on about a half-mile of U.S. 14 inside Shell Canyon between Greybull and Burgess Junction. "At the recommendation...

  • May 17, 2018

    Public Notice Washakie County Primary Election Proclamation...  Website

  • Barbara J. Keeler

    May 17, 2018

    Barbara Jean Keeler, 77, went to be with her Heavenly Father on May 15, 2018. Barbara was born December 17, 1940 in Gering, Nebraska, a daughter of Carl and Mollie Benzel. She was the ninth child from a family of fourteen children. She attended a one room school house until the eighth grade, and then attended Sidney High School where she graduated from in 1958. Barb met the love of her life, Stanley Glenn Keeler, in Sidney, Nebraska. They soon began dating, and were married June 18, 1960 in...

  • Alberta Irene Robertson

    May 17, 2018

    Alberta Irene Robertson, 84, passed away on May 13, 2018 at the Wyoming Retirement Center in Basin. Alberta was born on July 5, 1933 to Albert Gabriel and Alice Lillian (Veitch) Irene. She graduated from University High School in Laramie. She attended 2 years of college at UW. On June 19, 1953, she married Rex Ramsey. To this union were born two sons, Dan and Jim. The couple later divorced. She married Bud Robertson on January 14, 1961 in Ft. Collins, CO. Two daughters, Carole and LaNora made...