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  • 11U Worland Baseball headed to Regional Tournament

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jul 19, 2016

    MERIDIAN - 11U Worland Baseball team travels to Meridian, Idaho, for the Cal Ripken Northwest Regional tournament on July 21-July 23. Worland Baseball advanced to the Northwest Regional through an uncontested 11U Wyoming state tournament. This will be the program's third trip and opportunity to represent the town of Worland and state of Wyoming at the regional tournament. The Northwest Regional tournament starts with pool play, then the top four teams in pool play advance to the semifinals for...

  • A journey to the Big Horn Mountains

    John Davis, Columnist|Jul 19, 2016

    My wife, Celia, during her long exile to Tennessee, longed to see the Big Horn Mountains, and so this last Sunday, we got in our Suburban and went east. It was warming rapidly in Worland when we left, and I recall that the temperature just outside the city was 88. Soon we arrived at the hill overlooking Ten Sleep, and, as always, the view of the Ten Sleep Valley as we came down into the town was inspiring. But the town was crowded, especially at the Pony Express. Vehicles were backed up to get into the store and the gas station. We wanted to...

  • Commissioners trim budget requests

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|Jul 19, 2016

    WORLAND – The Washakie County commissioners announced they reduced the proposed 2016-2017 fiscal year budget by $863,063 from submitted requests during Monday night’s budget hearing. The $12.8 million budget is set to be approved today at the regular scheduled commissioner meeting. Commission Chair Aaron Anderson said despite the trimmed down budget, they were able to keep personnel, with reduction in force for some part-time employees and no raises were given out. Areas affected by the county’s reduction in budget were $25,000 in hospi...

  • Relay For Life event huge success

    Jul 19, 2016

    WORLAND – The Relay For Life event, for people to support those who have had, have or know someone who has or had cancer, at the Worland High School track Friday night was a huge success. "I couldn't be happier with the turn out, we had an amazing turnout. All 19 teams were there and about 350 people attended," Relay For Life event chair Amy Reid stated. "In total we made about $28,000 for the American Cancer Society. This community is outstanding and I love the giving heart of people," she a...

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