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  • Meeting Sunday for Ten Sleep Rodeo Association

    Jun 15, 2016

    TEN SLEEP — The Ten Sleep Rodeo Association will be having a meeting this Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Ten Sleep rodeo office. The meeting is open to anyone interested in helping the rodeo association organize and run the Fourth of July rodeos and other activities at the rodeo grounds. Email [email protected] or call the rodeo office at 307-366-2311 for more information....

  • Additions made to county mitigation plan

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|Jun 15, 2016

    WORLAND – A group of 14 city and county employees identified three potential additions to Washakie County’s plan in the Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan at a meeting Monday afternoon. The plan, driven by the 2000 Disaster Mitigation Act (DMA) plan, needs to be updated every five years to maintain grants and was last updated in 2011. The three new actions to consider adding to the plan are: the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) from the federal level that would replace the weather-radio program, storm drain backflow pre...

  • Ten Sleep School Board approves new bus

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Jun 15, 2016

    TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep School Board approved the purchase of a new bus, set the hot lunch prices, scheduled the annual budget hearing and approved the 2016-2017 student handbook during their June meeting Monday evening. “We have received approval from the Transportation Department for 100 percent reimbursement of a new bus. We are asking permission to purchase a 2017 Bluebird Vision 42-passenger. The new bus is to replace the short bus. We have had a lot of mechanical problems with that old bus. This one will be put into service and we wil...

  • Body of man found in Teton County along river dike 

    Jun 15, 2016

    JACKSON (AP) — Teton County authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found along a Snake River dike. Teton County Sheriff’s deputies say the body was found about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday by people walking on the dike. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports that authorities did not immediately release information about the man. Attempts to revive the man were not successful....

  • Senate passes bill that supports U.S. military

    Jun 15, 2016

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate passed legislation today to help strengthen the country’s national security and support the troops. U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., praised the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017, which drives America’s defense policy and authorizes spending for the military, including several important provisions directly supporting Wyoming. “This legislation is a win for our troops and for Wyoming,” Enzi said. “As the world continues to get more dangerous by the day, it is important that we as a nat...

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