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  • Worland boys cross-country place in top 10 at Billings

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Sep 7, 2017

    Worland boys cross-country place in top 10 at Billings Lady Bobcats hang with the best By Alex Kuhn Sports Editor WORLAND - The Billings Invitational cross-country meet is a good early season test for Worland High School and Hot Springs County High School runners. The course is flat and without the typical hills you would see in a normal course, runners are free to hit the high gears from the start. Runners do have to manage the heat and this year was no exception, but this year also brought a...

  • Joe Dean Hall

    Sep 7, 2017

    Memorial services for Joe Dean Hall, 76, will be held at a later date. Mr. Hall died Sept.1, 2017 at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis.... Full story

  • County urges Reclamation to decrease river flow

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Sep 7, 2017

    WORLAND - In advance of a county project to remove a sediment bar from the Big Horn River, in an effort to reduce future flooding, the Washakie county Commission contacted the Wyoming Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) on Tuesday, to request that canal volume be lowered during the time of the project, to ensure safety and ease of work for the contractor removing the material. The estimated 1.3 acres of sand and sediment in question has been the catalyst for ice jams and flooding along the river as it...

  • BLM Worland warns of restrictions on gas plant road for public safety

    Sep 7, 2017

    WORLAND - The Bureau of Land Management advises that beginning Sept. 11, travel near the Washakie Midstream Gas Plant, approximately 4 miles east of Worland, will be temporarily restricted for public safety due to the potential for high levels of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas. The gas plant road north of U.S. Highway 16 will be restricted to authorized personnel during workover operations for an injection well. Travelers will need to use alternate routes to access North Rattlesnake Ridge and avoid the gas plant road until the barricades are...

  • Worland withdraws from 'aspiring city' program

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Sep 7, 2017

    WORLAND — Acting on the recommendation from the Worland Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission (BAPC), the Worland City Council approved a motion to withdraw Worland from the Wyoming Main Street Program. During Tuesday’s regular meeting, council member Dennis Koch, liaison to the BAPC, said the board reached consensus to pass on the program, which would allow another community to participate. “They had a good start with Terry Sutherland, but they haven’t been able to fill his shoes,” Koch said. He added that he agrees with the BAPC reco...

  • Swimming Lessons

    Sep 7, 2017

  • Sep 7, 2017

    Public Notice Turbidity Increase Nowood River...  Website