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WORLAND — At its regularly scheduled meeting Monday, the Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District (WCSWDD) Board discussed the impact of the newly approved tipping fees with Worland Mayor Dave Duffy. Duffy advised the board that the Worland municipal government was surprised that that Solid Waste Board passed the fees. Before Sept. 1, the landfill was funded through three Washakie County levies. The city pays the county to use the dump. “We had no budget for this and no warning this was coming,” Duffy said. The city anticipates spend...
CHEYENNE - Morris Avery, one of Wyoming's first helicopter pilots and a pioneer in aerial spraying, firefighting, search and rescue and mountain flying, is the 2015 inductee into the Wyoming Aviation Hall of Fame. A ceremony to honor his accomplishments and induction is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Greybull Airport. Born in Greeley, Colo., in 1913, Avery completed his schooling in Cody and moved to Greybull in the late 1930s. There he began taking flying lessons from Mel Christler, the...
WORLAND – Hearts in Service invited Reality Outreach Ministries from Twinsburg, Ohio, to Worland to assist in this year’s performance of Heaven’s Gates and Hell’s Flames this Friday at Worland Middle School. “The performance will be a series of five-minute skits, replicating where a person is in life’s journey,” Hearts in Service (HIS) founder Jackie Denison said. According to the realityoutreach.org website, “For over 30 years, Reality Outreach Ministries has been joining with churches of many different denominations with one common goal … t...
Most of you are probably unaware that 2015 is the International Year of Soils. This was declared by the 68th UN General Assembly. Since we are already in September, we better get celebrating! It is no wonder that this year was dedicated to soil because of its importance in every aspect of our lives. The dirt on dir… uh.. soil: —95 percent of our food is directly or indirectly produced in soil. —Soil hosts a quarter of our planet’s biodiversity. —There are more soil microorganisms in a teaspoonful of soil than there are people on earth. —I...
LARAMIE -- His size isn’t ideal, but the positives of the rest of his game are for University of Wyoming true freshman offensive tackle Zach Wallace. Wallace was named a starter this week at right tackle for UW’s game at Washington State Saturday. Wallace replaces sophomore Taylor Knestis, who suffered a concussion in the Cowboys’ 48-29 loss to Eastern Michigan last Saturday. Wallace came in when Knestis got hurt in the second half. He also played some in UW’s opener two weeks ago against North Dakota. At 6-foot-7, Wallace fits the mold of...
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Drought-stricken California is in the midst of a deadly and destructive siege of wildfires, some exhibiting extreme behavior with what state officials describe as record rates of spread exceeding predictions of computer models. Here’s a look at the situation Tuesday: NUMBER OF FIRES: 12, mostly in the northern coastal ranges and the Sierra Nevada. TOTAL AREA OF FIRES: 721 square miles, more than half of it from the three most significant blazes. NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIS...
Lesli Michele Tillack of Thermopolis was born Jan. 3, 1968. She died Sept. 12, 2015, in Thermopolis. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Thermopolis. Bryant Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements.... Full story
John Raymond Miller, 67, died at his home in Burlington on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. He was born Jan. 30, 1948. A memorial graveside service will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, at the Meeteetse Cemetery in Meeteetse with full military graveside rites. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Atwood Family Funeral Directors.... Full story