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  • 71st Ten Sleep annual Fourth of July Rodeo results

    Jul 8, 2017

    TEN SLEEP - Full results from the 71st Ten Sleep Rodeo annual Fourth of July Rodeo are as follows Bulls 1, Hawk Whitt, 72, $2,500. Bareback 1, Andy Mumm, $575. 2, Zack Thomas, $345. 3, Mack Anderson, $230. Saddle Bronc 1, Chris Williams, $875. 2, Cory Byrd, $575. 3, Trever Thybo $350. Calf Roping 1, Britt Givens, $276. 2, Tate Edeler, $184. Steer Wrestling 1, Bronc Pippert, $324. 2, Britt Givens, $216. Junior Barrels 1, Hannah Griemsman, $120. 2, Reaghen Fox, $80. Barrels 1, Elaine Hollings,...

  • Mutton Bustin

    Jul 8, 2017

  • NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

    Associated Press|Jul 8, 2017

    A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out; here are the real facts: NOT REAL: FIVE RHINO POACHERS KILLED BY FOUR ANGRY RHINOS THE FACTS: The story from South African satire site News@Last says a group of rhinos in the country’s Kruger National Park are seen on surveillance video surrounding the would-be poachers and trampling them. A spokesman for South African National Parks s...

  • A happy birthday wish for Shadow

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jul 8, 2017

    In September I wrote a column "What were we thinking" after we adopted a puppy from a friend who could no longer keep her. And this weekend, as near as I can figure, Shadow will turn 1 this weekend. We got her at the age of 9 weeks and doing the math backward I came up with around July 9 for her date of birth. It's been an amazing and challenging experience with a puppy. I'm not sure we'll be doing that again any time soon - or ever again. But she is the smartest dog we've had and her tiny eyes...

  • Wyoming Sugar plans big celebration for 100th birthday

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Jul 8, 2017

    WORLAND – In 1916, the Wyoming Sugar Company of Ogden, Utah, started building the sugar factory in Worland. By 1917, just in time for the fall harvest, the factory was completed through the work of about 150 men and at a cost of $1 million. Since that time, the Wyoming Sugar Company has served the community and sugar beet farmers, under different names and different owners for 100 years. To celebrate the factory’s 100th birthday, Wyoming Sugar Company is planning a grand celebration. There will be a celebration at the factory on Saturday, Sep...

  • Wyoming denies Presidential Advisory Commission request

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jul 8, 2017

    CHEYENNE – After carefully considering the request for voter information from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, Secretary of State Ed Murray has decided to decline providing any Wyoming voter information. In a statement earlier this week, Secretary of State Ed Murray said: “I am going to safeguard the privacy of Wyoming’s voters because of my strong belief in a citizen’s right of privacy. Furthermore, I believe elections are the responsibility of the states under the United States Constitution and I do believe this re...

  • Turning a daydream into a novel

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jul 8, 2017

    WORLAND - A daydream on a long drive through the Arizona desert turned into a novel about second chances for cowboy, farrier and now author, Frank J. Schweighart. Schweighart grew up working on the LU Ranch with his father Carl Schweighart. At the age of 13 his dad decided he was old enough to start shoeing the horses. "I seemed to have a knack for it," he said. It was a knack he turned into his profession as a certified journeyman farrier with his own business, Schweighart Equine Services in Ea...

  • Jul 8, 2017

    Public Notice Budget Hearing Lower Nowood Improvement District...  Website

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    Public Notice WCSD#1 Warrants...  Website