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  • A horrible sewing project gone wrong

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jul 30, 2016

    Earlier this month Extension Educator Phyllis Lewis’ asked what your first sewing project was. That question brought to my mind my first and really my last sewing project. I took a home economics course in school that included nine weeks of sewing, nine weeks I’d like to forget. My mother was a wonderful embroider, embroidering pillow cases and dish towels and table runners. My grandmother crocheted wonderful afghans and doilies. Somehow those talents skipped right over me. I tried embroidering once but had about as much luck as my big project...

  • Big Horn County Dog Show

    Jul 30, 2016

  • Stocks close mostly higher, helped by technology, oil

    Jul 30, 2016

    NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ended slightly higher on Friday, helped by better-than-expected quarterly results from Google’s parent Alphabet and retailer Amazon and a modest recovery in oil prices. However, the gains were held back by disappointing results from Exxon Mobil as well as news out of the Bank of Japan, which did not announce as much stimulus as many had hoped. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 24.11 points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,432.24. The Dow was held back partly by a drop in the oil giant Exxon Mobil. The company rep...

  • Horsemanship, showmanship showcased in horse show

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jul 30, 2016

    WORLAND — The 2016 Washakie County Horse Show got started Friday, thanks in part to first-year superintendent Jessica Tharp. Tharp said she volunteered this year because she didn’t want to lose the horse show as part of the county fair. “They didn’t have a lot of volunteers and I didn’t want to see the horse show go away. There aren’t as many kids in this show but they work just as hard,” Tharp said. There were 12 participants in this year’s horse show. Tharp herself is fairly new to 4-H, hav...

  • Hear me out...The stank of the Rio Olympics

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jul 30, 2016

    The 2016 Rio Olympics are going to stink, and that's not all due to the raw sewage. Rio is a landmine field of health and safety concerns, the city and Brazilian government crumbling before our very eyes and Russian having nearly 20 percent of their team banned. Before I get too serious, I know China is the United States' new rival, but Russia is still our original Olympic rival. Russia having 110 of their athletes banned, 68 of those coming from track and field, lessens the competition. A weake...

  • UW men's basketball adds final piece to 2016-17 roster

    Robert Gagliardi, Wyosports|Jul 30, 2016

    LARAMIE - A big part of recruiting in college athletics is building relationships, and that led Louis Adams to sign with the University of Wyoming men's basketball team. The 6-foot-4, 185-pound Adams signed with the Cowboys Wednesday, and the school announced his signing Thursday. Adams fills the final scholarship available for UW for the 2016-17 season. Adams spent last season at Odessa College in Odessa, Texas. The year before that, the Chicago product played at Indian Hills Community College...

  • Hatchery and Arden Fires close to full containment

    Jul 30, 2016

    WORLAND - The Hatchery Fire, burning seven miles east of Ten Sleep, has reached 85 percent containment. Resources on the fire Friday include a type five incident commander and two engines. Firefighters will monitor the fire and patrol Ten Sleep Canyon. Travelers should watch for fallen debris through the Hatchery Fire area along U.S. Highway 16. Beginning at 1 p.m. Friday, the area closure will be reduced to include the Ten Sleep North Wall below the runaway truck ramp on U.S. Highway 16. The Arden Fire, burning approximately 45 road miles...

  • Banner funds $500k for operating equipment

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|Jul 30, 2016

    WORLAND – Washakie Medical Center was gifted $500,000 for equipment from Banner Health, and received an interpretation device to aide those who are deaf at the hospital and clinic. Previously, Banner gifted $1 million to be used for equipment since the $23.4 million hospital construction budget could be used just for the construction. A CT machine was bought with the Banner funding. The new $500,000 from Banner Health was given after CEO Jay Stallings approached Banner after they discovered $406,000 out of the $429,000 budgeted under legal fees...

  • Washakie County Law Enforcement teaming up for DWUI patrols

    Jul 30, 2016

    WORLAND — Washakie County Law Enforcement will be out in force during the Washakie County Fair and Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Also, as part of a statewide DWUI enforcement campaign, the Worland Police Department, Wyoming Highway Patrol and Washakie County Sheriff’s Office will be stepping up enforcement Aug. 17 to Sept. 6. “The rally and fair are two of the busiest times in our county, with increased traffic and potential for impaired driving,” said Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness. “We will be using all our available patrol units to...

  • Mildred Millie K. Shumway

    Jul 30, 2016

    Mildred Millie K. Shumway, 79, of Greybull, died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at the Billings Health and Rehabilitation Community in Billings. She was born May 4, 1937. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints between Greybull and Basin. Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with the arrangements.... Full story

  • Jesus Andres Guzman Jr.

    Jul 30, 2016

    Jesus Andres Guzman Jr. 37 passed away at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings, Montana after a short illness. Jr. was born on December 20, 1978 in California a son of Jesus A. and Esther R. (Ramirez) Guzman. The family moved when Jr. was very young to Corpus Christi, Texas, it was here that he graduated from high school in 1998. During this time, he loved to go fishing with his brother and father. He enjoyed the trips to Mexico as he would get to visit with lots of family. After High School he... Full story

  • Jul 30, 2016

    Public Notice Washakie County Commissioners Minutes from the July 19 2016 meeting...  Website