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  • Hear me out...A taste of mortality

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jul 2, 2016

    Adult recreation league sports are a great way to get some exercise, and for the competitive individuals out there, it’s another outlet to satisfy the competitive itch. Sure, the games don’t have the same meaning as they did in high school or college but getting to know people and becoming integrated within in the community are great benefits. I play in rec league sports like coed softball, basketball and men’s softball. They’re a blast, and I’ve come to know more people through playing i...

  • Arctic Blast Shaved Ice cools off residents

    Taylor Maya, Staff Writer|Jul 2, 2016

    WORLAND - Bob and Teresa Harrington have turned names such as Elsa, Dory and Captain America into more than just Disney cartoons and superheroes, they have made them shaved ice flavors. Bob and Teresa bought Worland's lone shaved ice business in 2014 before the summer started. "This is our third summer," Teresa Harrington said. "It was actually kind of a funny story, we went to Sally Molina's at Sally's Classic Pizza and had ice cream there one day and she said she was thinking about selling...

  • Fireworks not fun for everyone

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Jul 2, 2016

    WORLAND – As evening approaches on the Fourth of July many adults and children wait with excitement for the tradition fireworks display. But not everyone is filled with excitement: some people are filled with dread and apprehension, including combat veterans with PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). "Fireworks, in particular the real concussive, loud and bright fireworks that you sometimes see during the Fourth of July, they can be a source of pretty significant distress for some combat v...

  • Council reviews snow removal at Tuesday meeting

    Tesia Galvin, Staff Writer|Jul 2, 2016

    WORLAND – The public is invited to attend the City of Worland Council meeting Tuesday night 7 p.m. at City Hall. The four items of business include the snow removal contract approval, the Pioneer Square Kiosk, building abatement at the old theatre building at 608 Big Horn Avenue and Resolution No. 2016-4. City Clerk Tracy A. Glanz said the snow removal contract approval an agreement with the company approved to bid for at the Worland Municipal Airport. Glanz said the Pioneer Square kiosk “is just discussion what to do with the kiosk” inclu...

  • Karla's Kolumn

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jul 2, 2016

    Monday is Independence Day — the day we celebrate our declaration of freedom from England. The day we celebrate our independence. Our forefathers, in writing our Constitution, felt certain freedoms were more important than others, citing them in the First Amendment – freedom of religion, freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Specifically, it states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the peopl...

  • Jacalyn Grace Feraud

    Jul 2, 2016

    Lifelong Worland are resident Jacalyn “Jackie” Grace Feraud, 62, passed away on July 1, 2016 in Worland, Wyoming. A memorial Memorial Mass will be held on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 10:00 AM at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Worland. Burial of the cremains will follow at Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Worland. Veile Mortuary is assisting the family with the arrangements....

  • AMOS AUGUSTUS HOWE

    Jul 2, 2016

    August 21, 1935 – June 30, 2016 GREYBULL, WY........Amos Augustus Howe, 80, passed away peacefully Thursday, June 30, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family. Amos was born August 21, 1935 to Clarence and Irene (Busch) Howe in Greybull Wyoming, the youngest of 3 children and was raised on the family ranch on Beaver Creek. He graduated from Greybull High School in 1954. After graduating from high school he traveled the region doing construction work. He worked on a dam in Yankton, South Dakota, and later, did bridgework throughout Wyoming w...

  • Wilda M. Hartyk

    Jul 2, 2016

    Mass of the Resurrection for Wilda M. Haratyk will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Thermopolis. Mrs. Haratyk passed away Thursday, June 30, at Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody. Mortimore Funeral Home is assisting the family....