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  • Searching for good books

    John Davis, Columnist|Jun 28, 2016

    I’ve been doing a lot of reading in the last two or three months. Whenever I’m looking at a period of inactivity, I start shopping for books. When in Nashville in April and May, I went to a Barnes and Noble store just off the Vanderbilt campus. In such bookstores I just drift around the place looking for likely titles, which usually end up being histories. I buy more than I’m likely to read, because I know that about half will not prove out. But I also find good ones in my stack of books, and this time I found a real gem, a book by David Halbe...

  • Ten Sleep football standouts have one 'last hurrah'

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jun 28, 2016

    ALBION - The Wyoming 6-man All-Star team lost for the second year in a row to the Nebraska All-Stars in the fifth annual 6-man shootout football game 59-32. Going into halftime Wyoming was down eight to Nebraska but coming out of the break Nebraska made a few more adjustments leading to them outscoring Wyoming 31-12. Meeteetse's Carter Johnson led Wyoming in receiving with eight catches for 220 yards and three touchdowns. Ten Sleep's Quentin Fettig also had a touchdown with three catches for 29...

  • Names released in fatal crash near Worland

    Jun 28, 2016

    WORLAND — Wyoming Highway Patrol released the names of the persons involved in the fatal crash on Thursday, July 23. According to the official release from the WHP, a fatal crash north of Worland on June 23 resulted in the death of 38-year-old Butte, Mont., resident Donna Rollins. The crash occurred at 5:55 p.m. near mile post 167 on US Highway 20 approximately two miles north of Worland. Donna Rollins was a passenger in a 2001 Chevrolet Blazer SUV being driven by 61-year-old Deer Lodge, Mont., resident Elizabeth Rollins. The Chevy was t...

  • Worland alumni actor to give talk

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Jun 28, 2016

    WORLAND – Character and voice actor K. Harrison Sweeney, a 2001 graduate and valedictorian of Worland High School (then known as Kevin Schneider), will present a talk and take questions on the transition from Wyoming to Hollywood, Saturday evening at the Worland Middle School Auditorium. Sweeney, a graduate of the University of Wyoming with an emphasis in drama, began his career on stage before moving to California and pursuing roles in television and film. A veteran voice actor, specializing in dialect, Sweeney has gained fame as the voice o...

  • Worland hosts first Boy Scout day camp

    Taylor Maya, Staff Writer|Jun 28, 2016

    WORLAND - Worland's first Boy Scouts Day Camp took place Saturday, June 25 at the Washakie County Fairgrounds. The event ran from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. According to Cloud Peak District Commissioner Tim Barrus, 35 boys from around the area, ages 7 to 10, registered for the camp. "The camp's theme was 'Cub Scout Investigators.' The boys participated in activities such as BB guns, archery, wrist rockets, a water activity and fingerprinting," Barrus said. "We had older scouts helping out and 4-H...

  • Big ruling for abortion rights in Supreme Court's Texas case 

    Jun 28, 2016

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court issued its strongest defense of abortion rights in a quarter-century Monday, striking down Texas’ widely replicated rules that sharply reduced abortion clinics in the nation’s second-most-populous state. By a 5-3 vote, the justices rejected the state’s arguments that its 2013 law and follow-up regulations were needed to protect women’s health. The rules required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and forced clinics to meet hospital-like standards for outpatien...

  • Jun 28, 2016

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