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  • Worland golf ends productive spring season

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|May 25, 2017

    WORLAND - In the final two tournaments of the golf spring season Worland golf made incredible strides as they head into summer break on a high note. "I couldn't be more excited about how both the girls and boys are playing. If we can get a girls score around 100 to add to our current scores, we will be right in the running for both conference and state competition in the fall," said WHS golf coach Chad Rose. The final two tournaments for Worland were at the Riverton Country Club May 4 and a...

  • US stocks extend gains to a 5th day as tech companies rise

    May 25, 2017

    NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose for the fifth consecutive day Wednesday as investors went on a late buying spree. The gains came after news that the Federal Reserve plans to start reducing its huge portfolio of bonds. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed at a record high. Stocks were slightly higher for most of the day as the market kept chipping away at the losses it suffered one week before. Technology companies like TurboTax maker Intuit and materials companies including industrial gas company Praxair made some of the biggest gains. In...

  • Worland student places 3rd in Letters About Literature

    May 25, 2017

    CHEYENNE – Isiac Hines, a ninth-grade student at Colter Jr./Sr. High School in Worland, took third place in Wyoming Level 3 (grades 9-12) competition in the 2016-17 Letters About Literature contest. The Wyoming State Library conducted state-level judging through its Wyoming Center for the Book program. Letters About Literature, a project of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, is a reading and writing contest for students in grades 4-12. Students are asked to read a book, poem, or speech and write to the author (living or d...

  • South Side Celebration

    May 25, 2017

  • Hot Springs County prepares for high runoff

    May 25, 2017

    THERMOPOLIS — Hot Springs County Emergency Management would like to ask that residents on western streams, particularly Owl Creek, to please be aware that the State Engineer’s Office and Bureau of Reclamation feel there is potential for very high spring snow melt runoff this year. In a press release, HSC Emergency Management Director Bill Gordon said, “Though a lot of snow below 9000 feet has already melted, a large snowpack remains in the high-altitude peaks at the far west end of our county. Those peaks stretch over 12,000 feet so the melt...

  • Students explore the historic ground of the Spring Creek Raid

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|May 25, 2017

    TEN SLEEP - On the night of April 2, 1909, seven Ten Sleep area ranchers bushwhacked a sheep camp near Spring Creek, south of the town of Ten Sleep, killing three men and an untold number of sheep. It was to be the last altercation in the West's "sheep versus cattle" wars. The ensuing trial of the raiders rivaled any modern drama, and for years after, stories were told of the "Spring Creek Raid," books were written on the event, and eventually, a state historic marker was placed at the location...

  • Conrad "SODY" Soderstrom

    May 25, 2017

    Conrad "SODY" Soderstrom passed away May 5th 2017 at the age of 80 in Bowman, ND. Conrad was born October 22, 1936 in Griffin ND to Bert and Annie Soderstrom. Conrad is survived by his wife Dorcas (Gilbertson) Soderstrom married April 25th, 1959, his sons: Dale E Soderstrom and his wife Cheryl, Doug L Soderstrom, his wife Shannon, and their children- Scott, Steven and Shayna Soderstrom; and Daughter Dyan L White and her son Dylon White all of whom reside in Worland Wyoming. Conrad is also... Full story

  • May 25, 2017

    Public Notice Washakie County School District #2 Warrants...  Website

  • May 25, 2017

    Public Notice Worland City Council Minutes...  Website