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  • The story of Stony the mustang pony

    Karla Pomeroy, Staff Writer|Jun 9, 2016

    WORLAND -It's a story of a will to live and a story of four veterinarian technicians not willing to give up. It's the story of "Stony the mustang pony." Tharp Veterinary Clinic in Worland got a patient on death's door Friday. Stony, a mustang pony from the Bureau of Land Management Fifteenmile Herd Management Area (HMA), was born a day or two before, according to Steve Tharp, DMV, who named the foal Stony the mustang pony. Finding Stony Stony was brought in by BLM engine equipment operator Clay...

  • Ten Sleep examines in-town archery and chicken laws

    Jun 9, 2016

    TEN SLEEP – Jake Holiday waited patiently for his turn to address the Ten Sleep Town Council Tuesday evening, as the governing body heard reports from the town departments and reviewed the monthly bills. The Ten Sleep fourth-grade student sat upright and attentive, next to his mother and grandmother, until Mayor Jack Haggerty (Holiday’s grandfather) finally invited him to take the floor. Standing before the council, Holiday handed out a prepared proposal and photos before addressing the room. “I am here tonight because I would like to raise...

  • Yellowstone rangers try to find man's body in hot spring 

    Jun 9, 2016

    YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (AP) — Park rangers on Wednesday confirmed the death of an Oregon man who fell into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, but they could not immediately recover the body from a geyser basin where boiling water flows beneath a fragile rock crust. Colin Nathaniel Scott, 23, of Portland, was with his sister and had traveled about 225 yards off the boardwalk when he fell into the hot spring near Pork Chop Geyser, park officials said. Scott’s death occurred in one of the hottest and most volatile areas of Yel...

  • Meet June Garden of the Month winners Matt and Melissa Decker

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Jun 9, 2016

    WORLAND – The Worland Garden Club honored Matt and Melissa Decker with the June Garden of the Month award for their tremendous efforts creating a beautiful and picture worthy yard. The Deckers have lived in their home on Culbertson Avenue for 14 years and decided to redo the whole front yard last summer. "We added new grass and a new sprinkler system. We put in new sidewalks and rock work. We built a new deck, planters and mailbox along with adding bushes, plants and what I call Christmas t...