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  • So, so, so close

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jul 27, 2016

    MERIDIAN - When the 11U Worland Baseball traveled to the Cal Ripken Northwest Regional Tournament in Meridian, Idaho, on July 21-22, the goal, along with winning the championship, was to notch at least one win. This was the third consecutive trip to the Northwest Regional for the program and in the previous two trips they returned home without a win. Battling against seven other high-caliber teams for the championship, Worland was locked in on their goals. The tournament was setup by splitting...

  • Humbled and honored: Rep. Winters reflects on RNC

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jul 27, 2016

    WORLAND — Rep. Nathan Winters (R-Thermopolis) said it was an amazing honor that he was elected as a statewide delegate to the Republican National Convention. During the GOP state convention, Winters was one of 12 national delegates selected at that time, with other selected at the county level. He said he was honored and humbled to be the third top vote-getter amongst those seeking to be a national delegate, behind only Harriet Hageman and Ed Buchanan. Winters was also one of three delegates from Hot Springs County to attend last week’s RNC in...

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    Jul 27, 2016

  • Firefighter town created in hours

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Jul 27, 2016

    TEN SLEEP – Hours after the Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team Black assumed command of the Hatchery Fire, on Sunday, a firefighter town was created to house the 281 fire personnel, at the Ten Sleep Rodeo grounds. The firefighter town has everything that a firefighter might need from supplies to food to showers. Thanks to community members, rodeo management, Ten Sleep school administrators and many other entities the firefighters have a home-away-from-home at the rodeo grounds and administr...

  • Worland meets Leland Christensen

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|Jul 27, 2016

    WORLAND – U.S. House of Representative hopeful Leland Christensen stopped in Worland and spent Monday night and Tuesday meeting residents. First up on his mini-tour of Worland was meeting with people Monday night and making calls. Then his first stop on Tuesday was breakfast at Maggie's. Christensen toured the Wyoming Sugar Factory and knocked on doors to meet the people of Worland and spread the message of his campaign. A fifth-generation Wyoming native, Christensen has served in the N...

  • WHS agriscience teacher attends professional development institute

    Jul 27, 2016

    WORLAND — Grace Godfrey, agriscience educator at Worland High School, recently attended an eight-day professional development institute at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash, to teach the Principles of Agricultural Science – Animal Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE) course in Godfrey’s program. CASE is an instructional system that is changing the culture of agriculture programs in the United States through intense teacher professional development; inquiry-based, student-focused lessons; assessment; and certi...

  • Christopher Duane Rudd

    Jul 27, 2016

    Christopher Duane Rudd, 37, of Greybull, died at South Big Horn County Hospital between Basin and Greybull, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. He was born Dec. 21, 1978. A memorial service will be held at the Elks BPOE #1431 Lodge in Greybull, on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 10 a.m. Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with the arrangements....

  • Clyde Walter "Swede" Harvey

    Jul 27, 2016

    Clyde Walter “Swede” Harvey, passed away two days before his 98th birthday. He died Monday, July 18, 2016 in Cody, Wyoming. Born at home on July 20, 1918, he was the son of Newton Isaac “Newt” and Eve (Bussard) Harvey. On December 14, 1940 he married Wilma Rose English in Lovell, WY. The couple purchased a farm five miles north of Thermopolis near Swede’s family. They had two children. Swede, also known as “Buster”, did custom dirt work, farmed and ranched. Other than his large extended family, his loves were hunting and working with horses....

  • Jul 27, 2016

    Public Notice Worland City Council Minutes from the July 19 2016 meeting...  Website

  • Jul 27, 2016

    Public Notice WYDOT Intent to Adopt Rules Drivers Licenses...  Website