Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bernie Sanders’ devoted followers were careful to pick up after themselves and wore hats embroidered with a dove to remind everyone to remain peaceful. And the police, instead of hauling demonstrators off to jail, issued them $50 tickets for disorderly conduct and released them with a complimentary bottle of water. As the Democratic National Convention drew toward a close Thursday afternoon, Philadelphia police reported making a four-day total of only 11 arrests, and officers and protesters alike were credited with sho...
MENDON, Vt. (AP) — Police in Vermont say a car ended up almost vertical when the driver swerved quickly in response to her GPS ordering her to “turn around.” The car was suspended almost vertically on guy wires attached to a utility pole in Mendon on Wednesday night. Police say 30-year-old Nabila Altahan of Dorchester, Massachusetts, was headed west on U.S. Route 4 when she passed her intended destination and the GPS gave sudden directions to turn around. Police say Altahan reacted quickly to the instructions, leaving the road at a signi...
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks had another day of meager gains on Thursday as investors worked through a new batch of mixed company earnings, including results from Facebook, Ford and Whole Foods. Cautious investors are looking ahead to a meeting of the Bank of Japan on Friday which is expected to result in an announcement of more stimulus for the world’s third-largest economy. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 15.82 points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,456.35. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 3.48 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,170.06 and the Nasdaq co...
WORLAND - West Side Elementary kindergarten teacher Carla Bryant has provided kids with hands-on interactive learning experiences with the Osmo program in a two day summer camp. According to playosmo.com, "Osmo is an award-winning game system that will change the way your child interacts with the iPad by opening it up to hands-on play." Bryant said they currently have six games. "There is drawing, Newton's Law's, numbers and words, coding and tangrams," she said. Tangrams are where students "arr...
WORLAND – With rain finally falling on the Big Horn Basin on Wednesday evening, climate records from the National Climatic Data Center and National Weather Service indicate that moisture totals for 2016 are well below the historic average. The record amount for this week was .03 inches in 2012, while Wednesday’s recording was .02 for Worland. The month-to-date total is .08 inches, with a total of 4.13 inches since January 1, .80 inches below normal. Last year at this time, Worland had received 5.65 inches since Jan. 1. Currently around the Big...
WORLAND – A Worland resident approached the Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission (BAPC) and city inspector about a fence concern following the adoption of the revised Chapter 24 – Zoning of the Worland City Code. Under the new chapter a new fence on “the rear and side yard may be placed on any portion of the side and rear yard … by finding the existing legal corners or a professional survey.” Lacey Shaffer said the concern arose after she went to the humane society to adopt a dog for her children and was told she could not adopt a d...
WORLAND – Huge progress was made on the Hatchery Fire located about seven miles east of Ten Sleep upping the containment from 65 percent to 85-90 percent containment thanks to the courageous work of firefighters and a little help from Mother Nature. “In talking with some of the crew on the fire Wednesday night, they received some moisture on the incident. That helps a bit, but there is still some work to be done,” Washakie County Fire Warden Chris Kocher said. Wednesday evening and Thursday morning’s lightning storms with high winds confirm...
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