Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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LARAMIE – University of Wyoming volleyball players will likely be carrying a little something extra in their travels this weekend as they open the 2016 season at the Purdue Mortar Board Invitational. Each will likely be carrying a chip with them from a year ago. And they'll likely have that chip firmly on their shoulders throughout this fall. The Cowgirls put together one of the top seasons in UW history in 2015, going 23-7 overall and 13-5 in the Mountain West. Wyoming beat nationally ranked O...
WORLAND – A special exemption for in-home childcare was approved at the Worland Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission meeting Thursday afternoon. Krystal Re said, “I went through all the hoops,” and while the state gave her a maximum occupancy of 10, she will only take up to six because of insurance purposes. Re said she decided to open a daycare so she can stay home with her newborn son and plans to have the daycare open, “until my little guy goes to preschool.” The motion for the special exemption was passed unanimously. Other bus...
WORLAND – A 13-year-old Worland Middle School student built a prosthetic hand using a 3-D printer. Eighth-grade student Hyrum Rich spent his summer taking enriched courses in computer technology and robotics, though it wasn't mandatory. Rich said, "The main reason I went to summer school is because we got a new 3-D printer," and shared his family moved from Spokane, Wash., last year right after he and other students raised enough money to buy a 3-D printer to start projects. "They sent me a pres...
CHEYENNE – Governor Matt Mead sent a letter to State Agency Directors on August 24, 2016 encouraging them to look for additional efficiencies in their budgets. The State revenue shortfall, as the Governor told the Joint Appropriations Committee in June, could fall $240 to $510 million short of projection. The Governor has not ordered agencies to implement more budget cuts at this time but has cautioned them to limit supplemental budget requests and that the Legislature may implement additional cuts. “I anticipate the Legislature may need to...
DOUGLAS — Three horse show competitors earned multiple ribbons at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas last week. Two Washakie County 4-H members earned a couple of championships at the State Fair. Maddie Fantaskey captured three grand championships, winning in senior ranch riding, senior reining and senior western riding. She also placed fifth in poles and sixth in barrels and trail. Fantaskey received a plaque and ribbon for each championship. Fellow4-Her Bailey Gibbons said, “My 6-year-old buckskin gelding that I raised and trained myself won...