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  • Worland Wildfires place third at Heart Mountain classic

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jun 3, 2016

    CODY - The U14 Worland Wildfires softball team saw their first action of the season at the Heart Mountain classic on May 21-22. The Wildfires played a total of seven games and earned a third-place finish at the classic. Opening pool play for the tournament the Wildfires led most of the game but committed a few costly errors that resulted in a 10-9 loss to Rock Springs. However, the team would bounce back in the next two games as they scored a combined 50 runs while only allowing nine against...

  • Four Warriors selected to All-State and All-Conference teams

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jun 3, 2016

    WORLAND - Four players of the Worland Warrior soccer team were named to the All-Conference and All-State teams by the Wyoming Coaches Association. The Warriors named to both teams were seniors Jacob Lamm, Kyle Lamb, Braedon Page and Jakob Schaeffer. For Lamm, Page and Schaeffer this is their second time being named to the All-State team. Worland's four selections were tied for second most with Cody in the 3A West Conference. Jackson led all teams with six players named, while Powell had three...

  • Insanity defense possible in double-slaying

    Jun 3, 2016

    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Worland teenager charged with slaying a couple and wounding their daughter after the family stopped to help him on Montana’s Crow Indian Reservation will rely on an insanity defense if the case goes to trial. Defense attorneys have asked U.S. District Judge Susan Watters to order a psychiatric exam for Jesus Deniz Mendoza. The exam would determine his mental condition at the time of the July shootings and if Mendoza is fit to stand trial in the deaths of Jason and Tana Shane. If a trial happens, under federal law Men...

  • 15th annual CultureFest Saturday

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Jun 3, 2016

    WORLAND – The 15th annual CultureFest in the back field of the Worland Community Center Complex (WCCC) on Saturday will have a little bit of something for everyone, no matter how young or old. The all-day community celebration will feature entertainment, food and craft vendors, a petting zoo, dunking booth and many more activities that will make for a fun-filled day for the entire family. “This really is a community event. We are doing it for the community,” WCCC special events manager Sheryl Ley said. The first CultureFest was in 2001 and h...

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    Jun 3, 2016

  • Animals tagged in preparation for next month's county fair

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|Jun 3, 2016

    WORLAND – Over 100 animals were tagged at the Washakie County Fairgrounds and at a Ten Sleep Park over a two day period. The tagging, available for 4-H and FFA members, started at 5 p.m. and lasted until 6:30 p.m. on both days, Washakie County 4-H Educator Amber Armajo said. The event was set up by the Washakie County Fair Board and the University of Wyoming County Extension office helped run it, Armajo said. "I counted this morning and we tagged 70 pigs, 45 sheep and 10 goats," she added of T...

  • Janet Geneva Baird

    Jun 3, 2016

    Janet Geneva Baird, age 63, of Braselton, GA passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2016. She was preceded in death by her father, Ralph Baird. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Amanda and Michael Ingram, Dacula, GA, son and daughter-in-law, Shawn and Melody Otteson, Monroe, GA; eight grandchildren, Michael Crocker, Chase Ingram, Cain Ingram, Taya Roebuck and Abigail, Savanah, Ian, Avery Otteson; mother, Geneva Phillips Baird, Thermopolis, Wyoming; sister, Charlotte Telsrow, Aladdin, Wy... Full story

  • Conrad Gene Keller

    Jun 3, 2016

    Former Worland resident Conrad "Cooney" Keller died on May 30, 2016 in Boulder, Colorado after being stricken with Alzheimer's disease in 2003. Conrad was born on December 12, 1948 in Ranchester, Wyoming. He was one of eight children born to Freida (Strecker) and Edward Keller. He moved to Hardin, MT with his family in 1949 where the family farmed until moving to Worland in 1958. Conrad then attended schools in Worland for several years before the family moved to the Emblem Bench during... Full story