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  • Worland Baseball goes 3-1 in home tourney

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jun 26, 2018

    WORLAND - Before their big tournament in Heber City, Utah, 13U Worland Baseball held their annual summer tournament Saturday and Sunday at Newell Sargent Park, and after four hard-fought games, Worland finished the tournament 3-1 against a pair of Billings teams. This year's tournament did not have as many teams due to scheduling conflicts for the usual Wyoming teams like the Casper Crush. Nonetheless, Worland battled against the Triple Play Academy Black Sox and Cobras, both out of Billings,...

  • New Move Over law protects more people in Wyoming beginning July 1 

    Jun 26, 2018

    CHEYENNE — Emergency responders, highway maintenance, highway construction and utility crew members will enjoy added roadside protection beginning July 1 with Wyoming’s new Move Over law in place. The Wyoming Department of Transportation’s sign crew in northwest Wyoming completed its task of replacing old Move Over signs with new ones last week. The new law means motorists must move over for WYDOT workers as well as utility workers and others. The current law that ends Saturday, applies only to emergency workers. The new law requires motor...

  • Ten Sleep approves 2018-19 budget, tax resolution

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Jun 26, 2018

    TEN SLEEP – At a special meeting of the Ten Sleep Town Council on Monday, the town addressed a handful of subjects, including paying bills for June, voting to join a tax resolution voter drive, and approving the operating budget for 2018-19. The council approved Ordinance 212, authorizing the budget, which totals $11,869,02.12. General fund receipts total $264,008.26; licenses total $5,300; intergovernmental revenue totals $206,884; water fund receipts total $106,700; sewer fund receipts total $344,806.96. One-cent sales tax funding to the t...

  • Blaine Kroger earns U.S. Army's Expert Infantry Badge

    Jun 26, 2018

    WORLAND — Last week Private First Class Blaine Kroger, a 2017 graduate of Worland High School, was awarded the United States Army’s coveted Expert Infantry Badge while stationed at Fort Hood Texas with the 1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. The badge is only awarded to those infantry soldiers who successfully complete three weeks of intense mental and physical training and testing on 30 advanced infantry soldier tasks. Some of the tasks included successfully passing an advanced physical fitness test, completing a day and night lan...

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  • Walter William (Bill) Martin

    Jun 26, 2018

    Bill Martin, 89, of Thayne, Wyoming passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 17th, 2018. Bill was born in Laramie, Wyoming on February 18, 1929 to Leotha and Walter Martin. He attended grade school in Laramie and moved to Cody, graduating from Cody High School in 1948. He excelled in athletics – football, wrestling, and track. He was all-state in football and a two-time state champion wrestler. He attended the University of Wyoming on a wrestling scholarship, graduating in 1953 with a B.S. H... Full story