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  • Family planning clinics continue despite cuts, Planned Parenthood closure

    CHRISSY SUTTLES, Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange|Jun 19, 2018

    CHEYENNE - Family planning agencies want to remind Wyoming residents that low-cost reproductive health services are still available in the state - despite talk of federal funding cuts. After the Trump administration announced proposed changes to the federal Title X family planning grant program last month, some in Wyoming are now unsure how the announcement affects the state’s most vulnerable populations. The program provides exams and contraceptive services, as well as screenings for cancer and sexually transmitted diseases in women and men. I...

  • Plan to put field 4 to use being considered

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jun 19, 2018

    WORLAND - Field 4 at Newell Sargent Park is hardly used during the baseball and softball seasons, but that could change soon if Worland Recreation Board baseball commissioner Ken Shearer's plan is given the thumbs up by the community. Shearer is proposing taking field 4, which is seldom used by the adult recreation league softball leagues, and converting it into three separate fields for the tee-ball and coach pitch baseball leagues to use. "We're looking at making three 100-foot fields for...

  • Trump digs in on immigration amid family separation crisis

    Jun 19, 2018

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing rising outrage from some Republicans as well as Democrats over the forced separation of migrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, President Donald Trump dug in Monday, again falsely blaming Democrats and declaring he would keep the U.S. from becoming “a migrant camp.” Democrats have turned up the pressure over the administration policy, and some Republicans have joined the chorus of criticism. Former first lady Laura Bush has called the separation policy “cruel” and “immoral” while GOP Sen. Susan Collins...

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  • Next year's budget set for final approval

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jun 19, 2018

    WORLAND — The third and final reading of the 2018-2019 fiscal year budget comes before the Worland City Council for action tonight. The budget, which will be for July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019, is among several items on tonight’s regular meeting. Under the proposed budget, total general fund requirements are $5.67 million. Last year’s general fund was $5.8 million. Also in the general fund is $497,249 cash reserve, $60,000 in payroll reserve and $10,000 in computer reserve. Under infrastructure, the city has $2 million budgeted for water...

  • Tests confirm mystery animal shot in Montana was a wolf

    Jun 19, 2018

    HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The mystery is over: Wildlife officials have confirmed that an unusual-looking animal shot in central Montana was a gray wolf. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials initially weren’t certain what the creature was when a rancher shot it in May. They noted the legs, front claws and canine teeth were shorter and its ears were bigger than normally seen on wolves. The agency said Monday that an inspection of the animal at its laboratory revealed it to be a relatively normal-looking wolf. DNA tests confirmed that it was a g...

  • Jun 19, 2018

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