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  • Stepping down from the bench

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Sep 27, 2018

    WORLAND – After 40 years of practicing law and serving as a county, circuit and district judge, Judge Robert Skar is retiring this week, to spend time on his hobbies and travel the United States. A graduate of the University of Wyoming and having grown up in Cody after moving from Detroit as a teenager, Skar started practicing law in Casper, before being appointed Big Horn County Judge in 1999. In 2000, the Legislature converted the county courts to a circuit court system and Skar, who r...

  • 2nd annual Women's CatchAFire event Saturday

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Sep 27, 2018

    WORLAND – The second annual Women’s CatchAFire event is Saturday from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the Worland Middle School Auditorium with the theme “Bringing Our Chaos to Christ.” Women’s CatchAFire event co-organizer Rebecca Scott stated that so many women lead stressful, chaotic lives with having to try to balance work and home and forget to give their burdens to Christ before they get overwhelmed. “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved,” Scott quoted from Psalm 55. She went on to...

  • Bringing books to life: Fifth-graders learn about coon hunting

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Sep 27, 2018

    WORLAND - Worland fifth-grade students reading "Where the Red Fern Grows" got a local glimpse into the life of coon hunting with a field trip this week to the Carrell Farm south of Worland. The popular book by Wilson Rawls is about a boy and his two coon hounds, Old Dan and Little Ann. Fifth-graders visited the Dean Carrell Farm Wednesday, with two more classes visiting today, and listened as Carrell told them about the changes over the years to coon hunting, what he looks for in a coon dog...

  • Bringing books to life: Fifth-graders learn about coon hunting

    Sep 27, 2018

  • Bringing books to life: Fifth-graders learn about coon hunting

    Sep 27, 2018

  • Two weeks left until postseason for Worland cross-country

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Sep 27, 2018

    WORLAND - Coming off a solid outing at their home meet last Thursday at the Green Hills Golf Course, the Worland High School cross-country team has two weeks left in their regular season. With the days counting down there's very little time to waste because this is the point of the season where results weigh heavier and heavier with each passing race. Warrior senior Porter Harman ran a 16:09.82 finishing first and winning the Worland Invitational for the second season in a row. Fellow Warrior te...

  • Sep 27, 2018

    Public Notice Washakie County Commissioners...  PDF

  • Donald Jerome (Don) Feller

    Sep 27, 2018

    Donald Jerome (Don) Feller passed away on September 24, 2018 after fighting prostate cancer for several years. His family was there loving him until the end. Don was born April 4, 1950 in Hardin, Montana, to Harry (Jerome Charles) and Aggie (Agatha Ella Thomas) Feller. He was the first boy after 4 girls; the family added another sister and brother. When he was 6 years old the family moved from their family farm to Worland, WY to farm sugar beets for Holly Sugar. His dad became known as a very good farmer who also added innovations in planting... Full story