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  • New quarterback nothing new for Gentry, Maulhardt

    Robert Gagliardi, Wyosports|Aug 11, 2016

    LARAMIE - Tanner Gentry and Jake Maulhardt enter their fourth season catching passes for the University of Wyoming football team. And, for the fourth consecutive season, they will have a different starting quarterback throwing them the ball. Both senior wide receivers started their careers catching passes from Brett Smith in 2013. Smith left UW after his junior season to pursue a career in professional football. In 2014 redshirt senior Colby Kirkegaard was the quarterback. Last season, three...

  • Elk poaching case near Hyattville closed

    Aug 11, 2016

    CODY — The investigation and prosecution of a case locally known as the “Black Friday” event involving the illegal harvest of nine elk near Hyattville last hunting season has come to a close. The case began Nov. 29, 2015, when Greybull Game Warden Bill Robertson received information from a concerned hunter who observed several dead elk near the Spiney Point area of Trapper Canyon north of Hyattville. An investigation at the scene confirmed that six elk had been shot and left to waste. “The incident likely occurred two days earlier which w...

  • Babaganoush Fire burns south of Meeteetse

    Aug 11, 2016

    Babaganoush Fire burns south of Meeteetse WORLAND — The Babaganoush Fire, 25 miles south, southwest of Meeteetse, has burned 200 acres on Bureau of Land Management land. BLM District Public Affairs Officer Sarah Beckwith said the fire was reported at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. She said the fire is west of Grass Creek and east of Dundee Mountain. She said it is burning in some timber. She said firefighters from BLM and Hot Springs County are on scene, along with a smokejumper crew. Additional crews are en route, Beckwith said. A fixed-wing aircraft h...

  • One U.S. House candidate attends local forum

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|Aug 11, 2016

    WORLAND – U.S. House of Representative candidate Paul Paad wants to get the people's voice into the people's House. Paad, the only U.S. House candidate that attended the Worland Business & Professional Women's organization meet the candidate event Tuesday night, said, "I have gotten into this race because I look at the Congress ... and see very little getting accomplished ... I'd like to get ... the people's voice into the people's house." Paad, who is one of nine candidates seeking the R...

  • Ten Sleep School Board decision challenged

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Aug 11, 2016

    WORLAND – Citing a violation of state statute on the legal definition of a newspaper, the Northern Wyoming Daily News has requested that the Ten Sleep school board reverse its decision designating the Ten Sleep Tribute as its official newspaper. During the July Ten Sleep School Board meeting a motion to change the newspaper of record from the Northern Wyoming Daily News to the Ten Sleep Tribute was brought to the table, discussed and approved. An official newspaper designation signifies to the public that legal advertisements will be p...

  • Duncan Fire 50 percent contained

    Aug 11, 2016

    SHERIDAN – Firefighters are engaging a fire near Duncan Lake in the Bighorn National Forest. The lightning-caused Duncan Fire, located about 3 ½ miles south of Dead Swede Campground, has burned less than one-half acre of timber. Firefighters were ferried by helicopter to the area that is not accessible to fire engines. Helicopter bucket drops helped eight firefighters on the ground attain 50 percent containment of the fire last night. No structures are threatened and no road or trail closures are in place. An abandoned campfire that had sp...

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    Public Notice Ten Sleep Rural Fire District Budget Amendment...  Website

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    Public Notice Lower Nowood Improvement District Grand Application...  Website