Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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LARAMIE – The University of Wyoming soccer program is getting tired of a couple of things. Getting injured and getting knocked out of the Mountain West Championship on the first day are at the top of that list. The Cowgirls are hoping luck will be on their side with the first one and believe they have the talent to rectify the second. Wyoming begins the regular season at 5 p.m. today at Baylor. “The mentality is we’re all going for it this year,” Cowgirls senior goaltender Georgia Rowntre...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks inched higher Monday, as the Standard & Poor’s 500 index steadied following back-to-back losses the last two weeks. This week may be a calmer one for the stock market, after an uncharacteristically bumpy stretch shook what had been an incredibly smooth ride higher for stocks this year. Few market-moving events are on the calendar this week, and the highlight will likely arrive when central bankers from around the world gather in Wyoming as the weekend approaches. The S&P 500 rose 2.82 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,4...
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s top prosecutor won’t prosecute an elector who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton even though state law required him to. Attorney General Cynthia Coffman on Monday announced she won’t charge elector Micheal Baca. Baca was part of a group that gained national attention in December. The so-called “Hamilton electors” tried to convince electors who were pledged to vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton to unite behind a consensus candidate to deny Trump the presidency. Clinton won Colorado and judges found that state...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said Monday during a visit to Montana that his agency will propose changes to make it easier for rural areas to receive funding to build nursing homes for veterans. Rural areas are often bypassed under the agency’s existing guidelines for awarding grants for veterans’ homes, Shulkin told reporters after touring VA facilities and meeting with veterans in Helena. “If we don’t change the rules to make sure that being in a rural area increases the likelihood of funding, we’re not...
THERMOPOLIS – As hundreds of people, from all over the country converged together at the Hot Springs State Park in Thermopolis, and viewed the progress of the 2017 total solar eclipse Monday morning a sense of community was felt by all attending. Strangers talked as old friends, watching the event together as family and sharing what they had with each other, be it glasses, water or a telescope. Amateur astronomer Randy Dragon from Red Lodge, Montana, brought his telescope to view the event a...
WORLAND – At the ring of the bell, Worland Middle School students filed out their classes on Monday and amassed on the football field to witness a once-in-a-lifetime event, when clear Wyoming skies offered a near-perfect view of the 2017 solar eclipse. Leading up to Monday's eclipse, science students learned the differences between solar and lunar eclipses, and worked on lab assignments dedicated to the effects of the eclipse, to better understand the event. "We went over the safety rules for v...
WORLAND — Washakie County Public Health is teaming up with the Worland middle school and high school cross-country teams for a healthy but fun run Next Tuesday night. Worland cross-country coach Tanya Kienlen said, “I teamed up with Amanda Heinemeyer, Washakie County Public Health nurse manager. Heinemeyer said the funding for the event came from the Maternal Child Health Grant and on of the goals I to reduce childhood obesity. “I like to look at fun ways for children to exercise and this was one way that was fun and appealing and that the w...