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Reunions, people love them or hate them. I truly enjoy family reunions, but to be honest I have yet to attend any of my class reunions. The difference? Good question and I'm not sure I have a great answer except that I truly did not like high school and am OK with moving beyond high school and not looking back. That said, there are a few members of my class that I keep in close touch with, and there are many of my Class of 1986 classmates whom I am Facebook friends with and we keep in touch...
During the week NFL defensive tackle Terrance Knighton sent out a few tweets complaining that Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady should be making more than NBA players James Harden and Stephen Curry, who both signed massive extensions this NBA offseason. Knighton's tweets got me thinking, no, not about should NFL players make more than NBA players? I couldn't care less about that. What the tweets got me thinking about is of the major professional sports leagues whose players have it best? Figuring...
WORLAND —Just over 13 months ago, the efforts of a Bureau of Land Management employee, veterinary technicians and one family helped rescue a newborn mustang foal. Today, that foal is a healthy, thriving, 1-year-old painted mustang and a welcome part of the Butler family in Worland. “Stony the mustang pony” as he was dubbed by Worland veterinarian Steve Tharp, was rescued from the BLM Fifteenmile Herd Management Area (HMA) in June 2016. The BLM received a call about a young foal that was not d...
TEN SLEEP – The annual Nowoodstock music festival, held each August and celebrating 17 years this summer, has faced a financial setback due to cuts in Wyoming arts grants, and organizers are formally asking for donations to keep the music flowing on the banks of Ten Sleep Creek. “I guess I got lulled into a false sense of security over the last five or six years,” said Pat O’Brien, director of Nowoodstock and frequent recipient of a Community Support Grant from the Wyoming Arts Council to fund the festival and pay performers. This year, t...
(AP) — Gains by big technology and health care companies pushed U.S. stocks modestly higher Friday, lifting several major indexes to new highs. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index, Dow Jones industrial average and Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks each set records as the market posted its third straight day of gains. Energy companies helped lift the market as crude oil prices rose. High-dividend stocks like real estate companies and utilities also posted big gains following a drop in bond yields. The lower yields and a weak forecast fro...
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: Trump Jr.: “My Russian Meetings Prove I’m A Real American That Knows How To Create Opportunities And Fake Advantages” THE FACTS: Hoax site politicot.com published a lengthy defense attributed to Donald Trump Jr. of his meeting with a Russian lawyer last summer during the campaign against Hilla...
MOBILE, Alabama — The 60th annual Distinguished Young Women Nationals Finals was June 29-July 1 in Mobile, Alabama. Distinguished Young Women is a unique program for young women in their senior year of high school that combines the chance to win college scholarships with a program that offers Life Skills training to prepare young women for the world after high school. During the two weeks that participants are in Mobile they participate in community service projects and life skills workshops in addition to the actual competition itself. P...
Janet Beth Hartman, age 79, passed away July 13th, 2017 at the Worland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. She is originally from Casper. She is survived by her husband Henry “Ed” Hartman Jr., 3 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Also, one brother Dennis Fogleman from St. Louis, MO. Her sister and brother in-law Yvonne & Elmer Wiltsey of Worland, Julie & Jaimie Rameriz Sr. of Worland and Nancy Shultz of Layton, Utah. Services will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Casper at 10:00 am Thursday July 20th, 2017. Arr... Full story
MIDDLESEX, Vermont — According to a Vermont State Police press release, detectives continue to investigate the July 12 homicide of Cindy Cook and are working with authorities in several different states concerning the whereabouts of Randal Gebo. Gebo is wanted for aggravated vehicle operation without owner consent and fraudulent use of a credit card and possession of a credit card issued to another. Investigation has revealed that he was in the area of Perry, Oklahoma on Saturday, July 15, and Buffalo, Wyoming, on Sunday, July 16. I...
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