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TEN SLEEP - After last week's game in St. Stephens in which Ten Sleep had to call due to numerous injuries. The Pioneers had to not only regroup quickly but also develop Wolverine, of the X-Men, like healing powers in time for the Burlington Huskies. Thankfully the Pioneers were able to play the game without injury, unfortunately the Huskies were too much for the banged up squad, as they beat Ten Sleep by a score of 62-8. Ten Sleep football coach Jake Zent recognized his team was banged up but...
WORLAND - The Warrior and Lady Warrior cross-country runners have been gearing up for their first and only home race this Thursday and coach Tanya Kienlen has liked the focus and hard work her team has put in this week. "We're excited to be home this week," said coach Kienlen. "We had a wonderful workout Monday, running on your home turf gives you something to defend and with the home crowd support it's going to be an advantage." After the race, the course, which will be at Green Hills Golf Cour...
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LARAMIE — After initiating academic degree program reviews in March, the University of Wyoming is considering elimination of six low-enrollment bachelor’s degrees, eight master’s degrees and two doctoral degrees, under recommendations released Monday by UW’s Office of Academic Affairs. The recommendations also include proposals to consolidate or reconfigure several academic units, including the American Studies Program, the Department of Statistics, the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Religious Studies, and the Science and Mathema...
TEN SLEEP – The Ten Sleep Town Council held a special meeting Tuesday to approve a resolution seeking $96,000 from the State Loan and Investment Board for an ongoing sewage improvement project. Previously, the town voted to raise sewer rates by $2, to qualify for a United States Department of Agriculture loan to replace outdated sewer lines and upgrades for the town’s lagoon. When the town failed to qualify for the USDA loan, the council began exploring other options. According to Mayor Jack Haggerty, the project would cost an estimated $1....
CHEYENNE — The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported Tuesday that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 5.7 percent in July to 5.5 percent in August (not a statistically significant change). Wyoming’s unemployment rate was significantly higher than its August 2015 level of 4.3 percent and higher than the current U.S. unemployment rate of 4.9 percent. From July to August, unemployment rates fell in 21 counties and were unchanged in Laramie and Carbon counties. County unemp...
WORLAND – The Worland mayor and city council discussed the street committee report at the council’s scheduled meeting on Tuesday evening. Months ago, a street improvement committee of three council members, one from each ward, was put together to look costs for street improvement with the city curb and gutter loan. Keith Gentzler, Dennis Koch and Michelle Rideout met and got estimates with help from City Building Inspector Nick Kruger from McClellan and Macqueen and Schneider Construction. For a 45-foot lot it’s going to cost over $1,800 with...
WORLAND — The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to conduct three prescribed burns and two slash pile burns within the Cody and Worland field office areas this fall. Burns are contingent upon fuel moisture and weather meeting optimal burn conditions. “The prescribed burns are designed to enhance rangeland and woodland vegetation health, improve wildlife habitat, increase livestock and wildlife forage and improve distribution, and reduce the hazardous build-up of fuels which lessens the probability of...
