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  • Warriors roll to second tournament win of the season

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Sep 5, 2018

    WORLAND - The Worland High School boys golf team picked up their second win of the fall season Friday in Buffalo. The Warriors shot 325, 322-647, to win the tournament by 63 strokes, and placed four of their five golfers in the top 10. 4A's Sheridan Broncs were the next closest with 710 and the next closest 3A team was the Douglas Bearcats with 723. Freshman Karsten Simmons won his third-straight high school tournament posting a score of 74, 71-145. This was also Simmons' largest margin of...

  • Seeking alternative funding sources

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Sep 5, 2018

    WORLAND - As budgets get tighter for school districts, teachers are finding new ways to make their classroom budgets go farther, and they are seeking the public's help. In Washakie County School District No. 1, the building supplies budget was cut this year, which means classroom budgets were also cut. Business Manager Jack Stott said the different schools do it a little different regarding classroom budgets. He said at East Side, kindergarten classes had $5,000 to spend and first grade had...

  • Newspaper editor turns teacher for her family

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Sep 5, 2018

    TEN SLEEP – When Ten Sleep School's new 7 – 12 grade English teacher Kate Decker graduated high school she went into journalism but after having her daughter, Decker decided that the busy life of a newspaper reporter and editor wasn't conducive to family life, so she switched gears returning to college at Regis University in Denver, Colorado to earn her Master of Education degree. "When my daughter was 6 months old, I went back to school to be a teacher, which I find ironic now, because I am...

  • County approves expanded court security

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Sep 5, 2018

    WORLAND – During the first meeting of the Washakie County Commission for September, the county agreed to provide matching funds to a grant to purchase enhanced security devices for the Fifth Judicial District Circuit Court facility. As presented by Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness and Circuit Court Judge Tom Harrington, the county stands to receive $23,106 for added security from the Department of Homeland Security, and have outlined purchases totaling $24,000 to meet requirements outlined by the state. The Sheriff’s Office proposes the...

  • Sep 5, 2018

    Public Notice Worland City Council Minutes...  PDF

  • Sep 5, 2018

    Public Hearing Big Horn Regional Southern Supply...  PDF