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  • December 23, 2017

    Dec 23, 2017

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  • Hear me out...Column Buffet: NFL Edition

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Dec 23, 2017

    Originally, this week's column was going to be a deep dive into the NFL ratings. I had a week's worth of research ready to go, but all of that went out the window because so much has happened over the past week in the NFL and it's all too good to pass up. There's no time to waste, let's get to it. NFL RATINGS I'm not going to lie, taking what was going to be around 1500-plus words and compressing to 700 words but here's the gist of it. There have been a lot of knee-jerk reactions to the NFL...

  • Health care and bank stocks pull US indexes slightly lower

    Dec 23, 2017

    NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slightly lower on Wall Street Friday afternoon as a subdued week of trading comes to a close. Health care companies and banks are slipping. High-dividend stocks made small gains even as bond yields remained near their recent highs. The price of bitcoin fell sharply after making gigantic gains throughout the year. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 1 point, or 0.1 percent, to 2,682 as of 3:20 p.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 33 points, or 0.1 percent, to 24,728. The Nasdaq com...

  • Eagles serve up free holiday dinner

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Dec 23, 2017

    WORLAND — For more than 20 years, families from the Eagles No. 3096 have been providing a free Christmas dinner to community members in Worland who do not have any place to go for the holiday. Eagles Auxiliary Secretary Lory August said the Christmas dinner was started by Mike and Sally Beauvias in the old Eagles facility by the post office. She said that Beauviases began thinking that there were a lot of people who don’t have family in the area or anyone to share Christmas dinner with and they wanted to provide a place for people to gat...

  • New physicians coming to WMC

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Dec 23, 2017

    WORLAND – During the December Washakie Medical Center Hospital Board meeting Thursday evening board members learned that two new doctors will be joining the hospital staff. Dr. Sameh Abuerreish, triple certified in oncology, hematology and internal medicine is joining the Banner Health team around April and after a two-week orientation, will start seeing patients. Banner Health Medical Practice Manager Anna Venable stated that many community members will recognize Abuerreish as he has worked for the Billings outreach clinic. Dr. Geoff Kraemer,...

  • Santa Claus is coming to Wyoming

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Dec 23, 2017

    CHEYENNE- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced Friday that all licenses have been filed and are in good standing for Santa Claus to enter the state with his eight reindeer, on Christmas Eve. “We make sure we always have a special permit ready and this year everything is in order and on file,” said Game and Fish Communications Director Renny MacKway. According to Wyoming Fish and Game Regulations, Chapter 10, “a permit from the Department is required prior to importation, possession, confinement, and/or transportation of any livin...

  • 12 Days of Christmas

    Dec 23, 2017

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

    Dec 23, 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: Evidence points to Antifa behind deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state THE FACTS: Several conspiracy sites have pointed to the claim by an anarchist group in April as evidence the group was connected to the derailment near Tacoma, Washington, that killed three people. Federal authorities say...

  • Karla's Kolumn -- Finding the Christmas spirit

    Dec 23, 2017

    As a child I loved Christmas, some of my fondest memories are from Christmas. Like the first year we had a real Christmas tree. We always had the same artificial tree growing up but the year my sister had moved away and was coming back mom wanted to make Christmas special. She had always wanted a real tree so we got a small one for the basement. There’s the memory of every Thanksgiving holiday where Dad and I would put up the lights on the house and how I would leave dad on the ladder and sneak in to warm my hands because it never failed it w...

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