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School started this week in Worland so I came up with some Do’s and Don’ts for this school year. Do drive slow around schools now that school has started or will be starting next week for surrounding communities. Don’t just think if the 20 mph yellow light isn’t flashing it’s OK to zoom by the schools. In the words of my mother (when my father was teaching me to drive) “It’s OK to not go as fast as the speed limit allows,” especially around school zones. Do use your turn signal … before you start turning. It seems our society likes to turn the...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks took small losses Friday to end a quiet week of trading. Energy companies fell as a rally in oil prices faded and investors continue to sell the safe assets they favored earlier this year. Technology and materials companies made small gains. Stocks were lower all day. While U.S. oil prices rose for the seventh day in a row, investors don’t appear to expect further gains and they sold energy company shares. Bond prices fell and yields climbed. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped more than 100 points in early tra...
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Break time is over. With four races left in the Sprint Cup regular season, the push for NASCAR’s playoffs revs up at Bristol Motor Speedway with the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race on Saturday night. Sprint Cup drivers got a final week off last weekend and now race uninterrupted through the season-ender in Florida on Nov. 20. The immediate concern for most of those in the garage is making the 16-team Chase field — either insiders shoring up a dicey spot on the end of the grid or outsiders making a last-ditch charge to get i...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The U.S. men's basketball team just got by Spain on Friday, hours before another Olympic juggernaut, Usain Bolt, says his goodbye at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. A day after winning another gold in the 200 meters, Bolt will appear in what he has insisted will be his final Olympic race. He'll look to add to his medal stash as part of the Jamaican team in the 4x100 relay finals. Bolt led the Jamaicans to the top of the podium in the event in Beijing and again in London,...
LARAMIE — The summer was all about work and studying for Austin Conway. Conway joined the University of Wyoming football team as a wide receiver in the spring. He redshirted as freshman as a point guard for the men’s basketball team. The 5-foot-10, 173-pound Conway impressed third-year coach Craig Bohl during spring drills, but Conway knew he had a lot of work to do to get ready for fall camp in August. That work included spending time in the weight room to get bigger, faster and stronger. Conway added nearly 10 pounds of muscle. It also inc...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials indefinitely closed a 183-mile stretch of the Yellowstone River and hundreds of miles of other waterways Friday, barring all fishing, rafting and other activities to prevent the spread of a parasite believed to have killed tens of thousands of fish. Fishing guides and rafting operators who run businesses along the river said the move could be catastrophic to the area’s sizable outdoor industry, which depends heavily on the busy summer season. The closure could extend for months if river con...
WORLAND – Filing for the combined seven school board positions open in Washakie County School District No. 1 and Washakie County School District No. 2 is slow with only two people having filed at this time. Of the three four-year terms open for the Washakie County School District No. 2, currently held by members Terril Mills, Dan Rice and Chuck Powell, only Dan Rice has filed. Tessia Greet was appointed in February 2015, replacing Becky Cooper who resigned in the middle of her four-year term. Anyone interested in filling this seat will fill o...
WORLAND – On Tuesday, voters narrowed the Worland mayoral candidate list from five to two. Jim Gill and Keith McDonald will face off in the Nov. 8 general election to see who will serve Worland the next four years as mayor. This week, the Daily News sat down with the finalists to get to know them on a more personal, rather than political level. Jim Gill Jim Gill likes working with people. Whether it’s from his 30 years as an Extension educator, working at his own business or being a city council member. “I like working with people. I like...
SHERIDAN – Bighorn National Forest forest supervisor Bill Bass has lifted stage 1 fire restrictions in the national forest. Stage 1 restrictions were implemented on July 29 in response to unusually hot and dry conditions in the forest when fire danger was rated very high. Recent precipitation and cooler temperatures have reduced the fire danger to moderate. “But that doesn’t mean we should be complacent,” said Bass. “People still need to be extra careful with fire. We’ll have warm and dry days into the fall season. While the grasses are...
Robert Lee Hance age 73, died in Casper, at the Wyoming Medical Center on August 19, 2016. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, at Bryant Funeral Home Chapel. Bryant Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.... Full story