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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Blair's and Bomgaar's inserts inside this week's issue both online and print....
Kenneth Gordon Lobdell went home to the Lord on December 19,2019. He was welcomed by our Dad & what an amazing reunion it had to be!! Ken was born to Richard & Janice Lobdell in Cody, WY October 29, 1958. He was a graduate of Polson, Mt High School and shortly after his graduation he & his family moved to Cody where Ken worked at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center & Northwest Community College on the maintenance crews . Ken also lived in Thermopolis, Worland & at the time of his death, Ken was a resident at the Wyoming Retirement Center in... Full story
Nettie Jean (Woods) Egbert passed away in Billings Clinic in Billings, Montana, on Dec. 20, 2019, one day before her 78th birthday. Nettie was born on December 21, 1941 in Lewistown, Montana. A Celebration of life will take place at a later date.... Full story
Donors pay off school lunch debt CODY — Cody School District nutrition director Gen Sheets was in shock – in a week, multiple anonymous donors wiped clean all of the student meal debt across the district just before the start of Christmas break. Just like that $1,355 was wiped clean. Sheets said in her five years at the district, its the third substantial donation to pay off food debt, although more anonymous donors will swoop in during the school year to pay off all debt at a certain school. “It blows me away because most of the time peopl... Full story
Job deaths up in 2018 CODY (WNE) — The deadly wreck on the Chief Joseph Highway construction project in October 2018 was part of an uptick in occupational fatalities in Wyoming for the year. The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported Monday that the number of occupational fatalities in Wyoming rose from 20 in 2017 to 31 in 2018, a 55 percent increase. One of those 31 was Cody resident Ronald Frankenberry II, who was determined after investigation to be under the influence when operating the large h... Full story
CASPER — A state investigation released Monday found no evidence linking fracking to contaminated groundwater east of Pavillion, confirming conclusions published in a previous water quality study. The report, conducted by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, concluded pollution in drinking water likely occurred naturally due to the permeable and shallow geology of the area. This year’s report builds on a nearly decade-long investigation into water quality issues in the tiny, central Wyoming town. The latest phase of the inv... Full story
RIVERTON — A court filing made Friday, Dec. 20 from the University of Wyoming disputes the characterization from former UW President Laurie Nichols’s attorney that suggests an alleged investigation into Nichols’s behavior occurred “directly contrary to the university’s own regulations.” The filing comes in a court dispute over whether those supposed investigatory records, and other documentation related to Nichols’s departure as UW president, constitute public records under Wyoming law. A September news report from the Casper Star-Tribune... Full story
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners held a conference call with Dessa Dale from the Environment Resources Group (ERG) during their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 17 to help determine basic guidelines that should be included in a Natural Resource Plan to be developed in the coming months. The commissioners discussed with her the importance of focusing on certain weeds in the county that have started spreading rapidly here or in surrounding counties in recent years. These w...
WORLAND – Former Worland man Jason Miller received a sentence of 50 to 100 years imprisonment following a sentencing hearing in the Fifth Judicial District Court in Worland on Wednesday, Dec. 18. Miller, 43, was found guilty of three felonies by a jury of six men and six women on Aug. 27, which included two charges of first degree sexual assault and sexual intrusion of a child under the age of 13 and one count of sexual assault and sexual intrusion of a minor under the age of 18. A trial origina...
THERMOPOLIS — In what is becoming an increasingly popular New Year’s Day activity – regardless of the temperature – Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails hosts “First Day Hikes,” a perfect way for Wyoming residents and visitors to celebrate the New Year outdoors. This year, a record 17 New Year’s Day guided hikes and walks will be offered at state park and historic site venues statewide held in conjunction with similar hikes held in all 50 states; a part of the America’s State Parks First Day Hikes initiative. This is the ninth conse... Full story
It is here, Episode IX of the Star Wars Saga. First there was just “Star Wars: The New Hope” aka Episode IV in 1978, and now 41 years later it is “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” Episode IX, completing George Lucas’ original vision for “Star Wars.” I have come to the realization as Episode IX approached that I am not as big of a Star Wars fan as I thought. I love all nine episodes, some more than others. I have or will have in my DVD collection, all nine episodes. But, I have not read the books, I have not watched the cartoons or the animat... Full story
Arizona Bowl What: Wyoming (7-5) vs. Georgia State (7-5) When: 2:30 p.m. Tuesday Where: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona TV: CBS Sports Network Radio: KFBC (97.5 FM, 1240 AM), Cheyenne; KOWB (1290 AM), Laramie TUCSON, Ariz. – University of Wyoming true freshman quarterback Levi Williams will make his first career start today against Georgia State in the Arizona Bowl, coach Craig Bohl announced Monday. Williams, a Texas native and three-star recruit in the class of 2019, has played in the past t... Full story
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