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A legal settlement filed Tuesday requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to decide on Endangered Species Act protections for nine species under deadlines: —Northern Rockies fisher (a housecat-sized member of the weasel family with a fox-like face) Historic range: eastern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta through northeastern Washington, Idaho, Montana, northwest Wyoming, and north-central Utah. Now: small populations found only along the border of Montana and northern Idaho Decision deadline: September 30, 2017 —Alligator sna...
WORLAND – The Wyoming Department of Transportation office in Worland held their first weekly informational meeting on Tuesday, to address community concerns during an Americans with Disabilities Act improvement project to replace sidewalks and easements from 10th to 23rd Street. There is a completion date of Oct. 31, 2017. Led by WYDOT Project Engineer Jordan Erz, the meetings are designed to share information on the progress of the construction, and consider concerns from local business. Although no one showed up for the first meeting, Erz i...
WORLAND – A Worland Middle School student received a flag from a local U.S. Army National Guard solider on the first day of school. During an assembly on Aug. 18 eighth grader Macy Trombley was presented with the encased flag from U.S Army National Guard solider Mitchell Aagard from Worland. Last school year Trombley took it upon herself to write to the 33 servicemen in Mitchell’s unit after learning Worland Middle School paraeducator Pam Aagard son was deployed in Afghanistan. Pam said she told students she liked to write to her son as oft...
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (AP) — The south entrance to Yellowstone National Park reopened Tuesday after being closed for more than a week because of a wildfire in neighboring Grand Teton National Park. “There’s probably been a lot of people putting off a visit due to the inconvenience of the extended drive,” Yellowstone fire spokesman Bill Swartley said. “Now with that roadway open I would expect more visitors to come to the park.” A 10-mile stretch of U.S. 89/191/287 was shut down on Aug. 22 when a wind-driven wildfire burned across the highwa...
CODY — The Worland High School golf team traveled to Cody for the Cody Invitational on Aug. 25-26 and the Warrior and Lady Warrior golfers logged personal records. Katelin Scheuerman shot a 91 to start the Invite and an 86 on the second day for a 177 total (PR) earning her sixth place. Scheuerman’s teammate, Rachael Carver also recorded a personal best shooting a 246 for the tournament. The Lady Warriors shot 364 and 353 for the tournament finishing seventh. On the boys side Jose Galarza (20...
HYATTVILLE - Kids Outdoor Day, put on by the Wyoming Game and Fish and Wyoming State Parks, had another successful outing Saturday at the Medicine Lodge State Archaeological site in Hyattville. Starting on Saturday morning and ending in the late afternoon, the Kids Outdoor Day had a total of 72 children, ranging in age from 8-year-old to high school age, participating in a variety of educational activities including panning for gold, mountain bike riding, learning to tie flies and...
Former Greybull resident, Thelma Smith left this earth on August 25, 2016 at the Sanpete Valley Hospital in Mount Pleasant, UT, surrounded by family members due to complications resulting from a stroke. Thelma was born on September 14, 1923, to Silas Thales Smith and Elvena Sessions Smith and grew up on Shell Creek, east of Greybull, Wyoming. She was the 5th of six children, with four older brothers and one younger sister. As a young woman she learned from her mother the extensive homemaking... Full story
Leonard Tennison Jacobs, 67, died suddenly Monday, Aug. 29, at his residence in Thermopolis. A Celebration of his life will be at noon Sunday noon, Sept. 4, at 262 Highway 20 North. Mortimore Funeral Home is assisting the family.... Full story