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  • Growth assessments mixed for Worland schools

    Zach Spadt, Staff Writer|Sep 19, 2015

    WORLAND — The Wyoming Department of Education annual assessment for growth and progress is in. There are areas for improvement along with areas to celebrate, Washakie County School District No. 1 Superintendent Dave Nicholas said Friday. Worland schools are placed in four categories: exceeding expectations, meeting expectations, partially meeting expectations or not meeting expectations. Schools meeting expectations are considered models of performance and typically exceeded their target achievement and at least one performance indicator. S...

  • Ten Sleep Homecoming Parade

    Sep 19, 2015

  • Art grows the imagination

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Sep 19, 2015

    WORLAND – Jackson Hendrickson, former Worland resident, visited the Worland elementary schools on Sept. 9 and 10 to teach the students about legal graffiti art at the request of an old friend and as part of his pilot to a program he plans on submitting to every school in the country. Hendrickson is trying to keep art in the hearts and minds of elementary students as more and more schools are pulling art from the curriculum, especially in the town where he grew up. "When you have a community t...

  • Dog stands guard for week protecting trapped friend 

    Sep 19, 2015

    VASHON ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state animal shelter says a dog dutifully stood guard for a nearly a week on Vashon Island to protect another dog that had fallen in a cistern. Tillie, a setter mix, only left Phoebe’s side to try to alert people of her trapped friend. Amy Carey of Vashon Island Pet Protectors says the two were found Tuesday after they were reported missing by their owners last week. Vashon Island Pet Protectors says volunteers looking for the pair received a call about a reddish dog being seen on someone’s prope...

  • Ten Sleep Homecoming

    Sep 19, 2015

  • DOWN GO THE CHAMPS

    Sisco Molina, Sports Editor|Sep 19, 2015

    By Sisco Molina Sports Editor WORLAND – Look out 3A volleyball world, Worland is coming. The No. 3 Lady Warriors put the rest of the state on alert as they took down the defending 3A state champion, No. 2 Douglas at home in five games 22-25, 18-25, 25-17, 25-20 and 15-12. And with the win, a long drought against Douglas is suddenly over. "This was a huge win for our program. I don't know when the last time was that we beat Douglas," Miller said after the win Friday. After dropping the first t...

  • Verla E. Goff

    Sep 19, 2015

    Widow of The Rev. Reginald Goff, died in Tucson, Az., Sept. 15, 2015 at the age of 102. She was born May 1, 1913 in Seiling, OK. She is survived by her son, James R. Goff (Ann) of Tucson, daughter, Ruth Penton of Alabama, granddaughter, Ami Goff (Aaron Alexovich) of Pasadena California, and Nephew Bruce Lincoln of Tucson. She served her churches, Worland United Methodist Church and First United Methodist Church in Tucson, as an accomplished pianist and organist for 30 years, and a Sunday school... Full story

  • Sep 19, 2015

    Public Notice Worland City Council Minutes from September 15, 2015 meeting...  Website