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  • NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

    Associated Press|Jul 29, 2017

    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: President Trump Moves To SHUTDOWN JIHAD TRAINING CAMPS In AMERICA - ISLAMBERG IS FINISHED THE FACTS: Several widely shared articles report on last month’s arrest of 64-year-old Ramadan Abdullah after a police raid found a weapons cache in a storage locker in Union in upstate New York. The raid was o...

  • It's fair time

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jul 29, 2017

    It is fair time in the Big Horn Basin. Park County is wrapping up its fair week and the rest of the Big Horn Basin is gearing up for a full week of fair fun with Washakie County, Big Horn County and Hot Springs County all scheduling their fairs this week. Washakie County has already had plenty of fair judging with the shooting sports, fabric and fashion judging and the horse show this past week. The bulk of fair judging and festivities is this week. While it is true that much of the fair in our three small counties in the Basin are geared...

  • Learning and improving

    Jul 29, 2017

    WORLAND - Washakie County Fair horse superintendent and 4-H horse leader Jessica Tharp oversaw her second horse show Friday and is excited to see growth in the program and improvement from the members. "I grew up riding horses and I wanted to see the horse program continue. I like to see the kids learning and improving. The horse show is a lot of fun and we've seen growth in the program from last year," Tharp said. Tharp, who has two children in the program, added that she hopes to continue to...

  • Hear me out...The tricky side of empowerment

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jul 29, 2017

    There’s nothing like empowering someone in the workforce, having them realize their self-worth, watching their confidence grow as they become more and more valuable to the operation. This process only makes the group stronger and any team goals that much easier to obtain. Empowerment in the workforce shows those individuals how important they are to the process. So that one day, when the time comes, they can have the confidence to demand a trade to get out of town. Wait, what the hell? That’s what LeBron James had to be saying when he hea...

  • Capping a career on a high note

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jul 29, 2017

    WORLAND - After winning his second straight Wyoming State bull riding championship, Worland bull rider Buck Butterfield capped off his impressive high school rodeo career last week with his third-straight trip to the National High School Rodeo Association high school division rodeo in Gillette, on July 16-22. Butterfield won his second bull riding championship with ease, scoring a 159.75, 31.5 points better than second-place, and punched his ticket to his third-straight trip to Nationals. "It...

  • Wagging tails and smiling faces at the dog show

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Jul 29, 2017

    BASIN – The Big Horn County Fair started off with barks, tail wagging, smiling faces and pointers from the judges during the 4-H dog show Friday morning in Basin. During the showmanship portion of the dog show, judge Michelle Newberry took the time to address concerns and give pointers to the participating 4-H members on the proper way to show their dogs, to the point of borrowing junior competitor, Lilly Madder's dog Paco, to demonstrate the proper way to gait a dog around the ring. She e...

  • Death of child found in car in Wyoming investigated

    Jul 29, 2017

    LARAMIE (AP) — Police in Wyoming are investigating the death of a 4-month-old child found inside a car in Laramie. Albany County Sheriff’s Department deputies received a call about 5:50 p.m. Thursday of a child not breathing. KGWN-TV in Cheyenne reports that officers removed the child from a car seat within a vehicle and the child was taken to Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie. The child was later pronounced dead. Albany County Undersheriff Josh DeBree says a preliminary investigation determined that the child had been left inside the veh...

  • Jul 29, 2017

    Public Notice of Election Cottonwood Grass Creek Watershed District...  Website

  • Jul 29, 2017

    Public Notice City of Worland Ordinance 842...  Website