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  • Worland High School girls swimming team takes down Cody in first dual of the season

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Sep 2, 2016

    CODY - The Worland High School girls swimming team traveled to Cody Thursday night for a dual and the Lady Warriors outswam the Fillies to a score of 174 to 107. WHS girls swimming coach Mike Blissett was thrilled with his team's performance. "They swam really well, we had a lot of good swims and some surprises tonight," said coach Blissett. Coach Blissett liked the way his swimmers kick-started the season. "There's always room for improvement at the beginning of the season. Some girls had...

  • Desmond earns sixth state horseshoe pitching title

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Sep 2, 2016

    Worland's Joyce Desmond won her sixth state title in horseshoes last Sunday in Lovell. Desmond won her first title in 2008, winning five straight. After three years of domination by Newcastle horseshoe pitcher Connie Filley, Desmond won her sixth last weekend in the women's Class A division, the top division for horseshoe tournaments. There were six competitors, Desmond said, and they played a round robin on Saturday and Sunday. After losing her first match Saturday, Desmond won nine straight...

  • Meeteetse and Riverside football prepare to kick off season

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Sep 2, 2016

    WORLAND - Tonight is the night. The Wyoming football season beings as teams from 1A to 4A and in the 6-Man division start their march toward football immortality. Meeteetse Last season the Meeteetse Longhorns made it to the state championship game against the Kaycee Buckaroos and on the third play of the game starting quarterback, Dalton Abarr, went down with an injury. The Longhorns kept battling but would eventually fall to the Buckaroos 51-32. But that was last season. This season the...

  • Old stadium lights come down

    Sep 2, 2016

    WORLAND - The nearly 60-year-old light poles at the old Worland High School football field came down Thursday. The lights have not been used for years, with the transformer taken down at least eight years ago, according to Worland Community Center Complex facilities manager Rick Phillips. Phillips said the past two or three Worland mayors have requested the poles come down as they have aged and deteriorated. However, due to budget constraints he has been unable to do the project. With voters app...

  • Primary candidates disclose expenditures, donations

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Sep 2, 2016

    WORLAND – Under Wyoming State Statute 22-25-18, candidates for the August primary election were required to file campaign contribution disclosures forms by Aug. 26, and file them with the county clerk or Secretary of State’s office. At the local level, all but one Worland mayoral candidate had filed final papers on Thursday with the Washakie County Clerk. For the position of County Commissioner, incumbent Aaron Anderson reported $370 in contributions and $370 in expenditures, for advertising and parade materials. Christapher Godfrey listed $87...

  • Public comment sought on hazardous mitigation plan

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|Sep 2, 2016

    WORLAND – Public comment is being taken for the Washakie County Annex of the draft for the Regional Hazardous Mitigation Plan. The regional plan includes Washakie, Park, Hot Springs and Big Horn counties, and needs to be updated every five years. According to the plan, “This County Annex builds upon previous versions of the Washakie County Hazard Mitigation Plan completed in 2007 and 2011.” The plan’s goal is to minimize the impacts of floods, dam failures, wildfires, hazardous materials incidents, and other hazards by assessing risks posed b...

  • Sep 2, 2016

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