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  • Worland couple gets scam call from 'grandson'

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Sep 8, 2015

    WORLAND — A Worland couple got a call from their supposed grandson, needing to be bailed out of jail in Oregon. Sue Decker said she answered the phone and her husband Roy got on as well. They do have a grandson in Oregon, but other things the caller said didn’t add up for Sue. The grandson supposedly had been in a drunk driving accident where a friend was killed and he was too embarrassed to call his parents. He told his “grandparents not to tell anybody.” The original caller then passed the phone on to a bail bondsman to work out the details...

  • District formed to deal with irrigation shortages

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Sep 8, 2015

    TEN SLEEP – When the water levels get low in late summer and fall, many landowners along the Nowood River have nowhere to turn. As the water level goes down water rights to the Nowood River are systematically suspended for use for that year, with the newest rights going first. The Nowood Watershed Improvement District was created in 2007 to try and address the problem with two studies underway looking at a new Alkali Creek Reservoir or expansion of the Meadowlark Lake reservoir. The district was officially formed Aug. 20. “The Nowood Wat...

  • Cowboys work to correct shortcomings from opener

    Robert Gagliardi, WyoSports|Sep 8, 2015

    LARAMIE -- Upon further review, video confirmed what University of Wyoming football coach Craig Bohl initially thought. That his football team played poorly in its 24-13 season-opening loss to North Dakota last Saturday. "We all own that as coaches and players, and we're in the process of doing all the things we can do get the direction of this football team changed," Bohl said during his weekly news conference Monday afternoon. "I think there needs to be a measured approach. You don't have...

  • FLAWLESS VICTORY

    Sisco Molina, Sports Editor|Sep 8, 2015

    WORLAND – The weekend could not have gone any better for the Lady Warriors. After splitting matches at the Douglas Invite to open the season, Worland went 4-0 over the weekend and never dropped a single game as it won the Border Wars Invitational in Cody. Pitted against various teams from Montana, the Lady Warriors were unmatched on the court and seemed be clicking well early on. "In volleyball it's very easy to play at the level of competition, it's hard to play above that. But our girls p...

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  • Eddie Patrick Brister

    Sep 8, 2015

    Funeral services for Eddie Patrick Brister, 61, will be 11 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 10, at Risen Son Southern Baptist Church. Mr. Brister died Friday, Sept. 10, at the Thermopolis Rehab and Care Center. Mortimore Funeral Home is assisting the family.... Full story