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  • June fish stocking report

    Jul 20, 2016

    WORLAND- The month of June proved to be a busy month for the fish stocking efforts of the Wyoming Game and Fish. Eagle Lake rainbow, firehole rainbow, Yellowstone cutthroat, Bear River cutthroat, fall rainbow, brook trout, Snake River cutthroat, tiger trout, largemouth bass, splake, grayling and walleye were stocked throughout the Big Horn Basin last month. Below is the stock information for the month of June. (Location, numbers, species and length) East Newton Lake, 500, Eagle Lake rainbow, 8.9...

  • Ambulance driver lives emergency responders' worst fear

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jul 20, 2016

    BASIN — Any first responder, emergency or rescue personnel has a fear of responding to a call involving a loved one. That exact scenario played out last Friday for an Atwood Ambulance Services driver. Timmy Kennedy of Basin, who is a former EMT, having worked in Cody for nearly a year in 1997-1998, is working on re-certifying as an EMT and is currently working as a driver for Atwood Ambulance. On Friday, an ambulance crew in which he was the driver was just finishing up a call on U.S. Highway 20 north of Basin. “I just happened to look at my...

  • ADA upgrades includes in six-year STIP plan for Washakie County

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|Jul 20, 2016

    WORLAND – A district engineer from the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) met with the Washakie County commissioners to give insight to the six-year State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) from 2016 – 2020 for District 5. District 5 “encompasses the northwest section of Wyoming … including Basin, Cody, Dubois, Frannie, Lander, Lovell, Meeteetse, Riverton, Shoshoni, South Pass, Ten Sleep, Thermopolis and Worland,” according to WYDOT’s website. District Engineer Shelby G. Carlson said in STIP projects are determined by assets,...

  • Combine Fire

    Jul 20, 2016

  • Dorothie Skoric Hruska

    Jul 20, 2016

    Longtime Thermopolis area resident, Dorothie Skoric Hruska, 84, passed away peacefully at her home in Thermopolis lovingly surrounded by her family on July 13, 2016. Dorothie was born on December 18, 1931 in Gebo, Wyoming to Julia (Jukich) and Dan Skoric. She grew up in the Kirby/Gebo area and attended grade school in Kirby. She attended Hot Springs County High School in Thermopolis where she took part in many school activities, then graduated in 1950. Dorothie went to work for Mountain State... Full story