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WORLAND - While most of the Worland High School fall sports teams started practice Monday, WHS golf saw their first tournament action of the season last Thursday and Friday. Taking part in the Park County Shootout at Olive Glenn Golf and Country Club in Cody and the Powell Golf Club in Powell, the Warriors and Lady Warriors battled against 12 other teams, from classes 2A to 4A, during the two-day tournament. As a team, the Warriors finished third shooting a 643, only trailing second-place 3A...
WORLAND – A controlled burn, which appeared to be out, was reignited by high winds Sunday evening, causing a complete loss of the home of Larry Costalez on U.S. Highway 20 north of Worland. No injuries were caused by the fire. "They were doing some property clean up on that property, burning some leaves and piles of stuff. He'd been watching it for several hours, went to have dinner and thought it was taken care of and out and when that high wind came out last night, it blew it everywhere. Start...
GREYBULL — The Bighorn National Forest is evaluating whether or not to implement fire restrictions for the Forest. The current fire danger indeces are very high to extreme, however the weather is predicted to be more moderate this week. According to Forest Supervisor Andrew Johnson, “a main factor to consider in implementing fire restrictions is the public’s compliance with extinguishing their campfires.” The Forest has had two incidents of abandoned campfires starting wildfires this season, one as recent as last Friday night near Meadowl...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A boating accident on Bighorn Lake in southern Montana has left a 59-year-old woman dead, one man hospitalized and two men missing. According to a National Park Service press release, on Saturday night Big Horn County Montana Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from an off-duty deputy advising of a boating accident near Dayboard 7 on Bighorn Lake, about seven miles south of Yellowtail Dam on the Montana side of the lake The 911 call said there was a sunken vessel and two individuals in the water. National Park Ser...
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Type 3 team called in for latest wildland fire. WORLAND - A type 3 team was en route Tuesday to help fight the Denver Jake Fire that started about 16 miles southeast of Worland Monday night. Worland Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched 9:39 p.m. Monday. According to Cindy Wertz with the Bureau of Land Management, the fire as of Tuesday morning had burned 1,500 acres and was 0 percent contained. She said the cause of the fire is unknown at this time. Aviation was working the fire with four...