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  • Play as a team, win as a team

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jun 27, 2017

    Play as a team, win as a team Worland Baseball hoist Worland Club Tournament championship By Alex Kuhn Sports Editor WORLAND - They came, they saw, they conquered. The Worland 12U baseball team closed out their home tournament Sunday afternoon with a 7-5 victory over the Casper Crush to win the Worland Club Tournament championship at Newell Sargent Field. "We were playing to show that we're right there with them. That was out biggest thing after losing to them [Saturday] and two weeks ago in Cas...

  • Wildfire burns 1,142 acres

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Jun 27, 2017

    WORLAND – Friday afternoon firefighters from around the Big Horn Basin had their hands full with a wildfire which started at the entrance to Hidden Dome Oilfield about 12 miles east of Worland. The fire spread rapidly burning 775 acres of BLM (Bureau of Land Management) managed public lands and 367 acres of private land due to the abundant grasses and swirling wind. The fire was deemed contained Saturday. Worland Fire Department incident commander Brandon Yule stated that the cheatgrass which is about two to three feet tall, really thick annual...

  • Veterans take historic flight over Thermopolis

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Jun 27, 2017

    THERMOPOLIS – Five veterans from the Wyoming Pioneer Home in Thermopolis took a flight in a 1940s Boeing Stearman on Saturday, courtesy of the Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation, a non-profit organization established and dedicated to honoring seniors and United States military veterans. "The Stearman is the kind of plane they would have used as a trainer during the war," noted Hot Springs Airport Manager Nate Messenger. Messenger first met Mark and Diane Winterboer, founders of Ageless A...

  • Enzi delivers patriotic message

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jun 27, 2017

    WORLAND - In a packed room full of veterans in the American Legion and veteran supporters in the American Legion Auxiliary, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) delivered a patriotic message Saturday at the state American Legion and Auxiliary Convention at the Worland Community Center Complex, while also discussing some current legislation. According to Enzi's state director Karen McCreary, the invitation to speak at the state convention was Enzi's main reason for a trip back to Wyoming before heading...

  • Officer-involved shooting sends attacker to hospital

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Jun 27, 2017

    WORLAND — A Worland man was shot and injured during an altercation with Washakie County law enforcement officers late Sunday evening in Worland, at approximately 11:03 p.m., at a residence on Obie Sue Avenue. According to a preliminary investigation, with information provided by the Washakie County Attorney’s Office, members of the Worland Police Department and Washakie County Sheriff’s Office responded to a disturbance call at approximately 11 p.m. After family members informed the officers that the suspect was inside the residence, offic...

  • Jun 27, 2017

    Public Notice Washakie Medical Center Invitation to Bid...  Website

  • William 'Scott' Duncan Jr.

    Jun 27, 2017

    William (Scott) Duncan Jr. passed away in a truck accident on Sunday, June 18, 2017, in Sweetwater County. Scott was born in Worland, Wyoming on March 12, 1974. Funeral Services will be at 10 a.m., Friday June 30, 2017, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Burlington....

  • Catherine Taylor

    Jun 27, 2017

    Catherine Taylor, 91, of Worland, died May 20, 2017, at Life Care of Casper in Casper. A graveside service will be at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, June 30, 2017. at Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Veile Mortuary is entrusted with arrangements....

  • Jun 27, 2017

    Public Notice Washakie County Appropriators of Water...  Website

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