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  • Hear me out...America's new team, The Golden State Warriors

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|May 20, 2016

    After Game 1 of the Western Conference finals between the Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder, in which the Thunder pulled off a stunning win. There was a lot of media induced panic surrounding the Warriors and if their historic season would come to a shocking end at the hands the Thunder. The buildup around Game 2 and the common talking-head topic was this would be a "must-win" for Golden State. Lost in all the "The sky is falling!" rhetoric is the Warriors are an insanely great...

  • Day one of state track goes smoothly for WHS

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editors|May 20, 2016

    CASPER— Day 1 of the Wyoming State Track Championship Meet is in the books and Worland High School is off to a solid start. Unlike in Buffalo where the weather was cold and miserable, the state meet in Casper started with a warm and beautiful day. “The weather was terrific and go figure the last meet of the year we finally see some great weather,” joked coach Tracey Wiley. In the first day of the state meet senior Bryanna Mickelson placed fifth in the shot put with a throw of 36-03.25 and teamma...

  • Worland students accept more than $300,000 in scholarship money

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|May 20, 2016

    Worland - More than half of the Worland High School Class of 2016 were awarded and accepted scholarships. Scholarships were presented Tuesday night. There are 83 members in the class, according to Guidance Counselor Randy Durr. Of the 83, 54 accepted scholarships of one kind or another, for 65 percent. The students were awarded $101,640 in Hathaway Scholarships and $201,703 in non-Hathaway Scholarships, for a total of $303,343 for the 2016-2017 school year. Durr said in figuring the total amount...

  • Principal Joe Bishop retires after 25 years

    Taylor Maya, Staff Writer|May 20, 2016

    WORLAND - Joe Bishop will be retiring after the 2015/2016 school year after being a principal for 25 years in Worland. Bishop attended college at the University of Nebraska - Kearney majoring in education. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in education and a Master of Science in education. "I decided to go into education because I really enjoyed teaching children things that they didn't know or understand or think they could do." Bishop said. Before becoming a principal, Bishop taught...

  • County faces decrease in local, mineral assessments

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|May 20, 2016

    WORLAND – Washakie County Assessor Kathy Treanor gave the commissioners an abstract report that gives a breakdown of where the valuation in the county is at as of Jan. 1, 2016 Tuesday afternoon at the Washakie County Commissioners meeting. Treanor said in the current statute the commissioners are supposed to look over the abstract before she submits it to the state board in June. The abstract is the breakdown of local valuation without state assessment from Jan. 1, 2016. “We’re down $2 million in local assessments from last year,” Treanor...