Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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THERMOPOLIS -Splitting last week's matches with a win against Wheatland 3-1 (18-25, 25-18, 25-16, 26-24) and a loss to Torrington 3-0 (25-7, 25-18, 26-24), the Hot Springs Count High School volleyball team learned that if they speed things up on the court they play much closer to their potential. "I thought we did well. Our serve/receive is something we struggle with but we did much better against Wheatland. Wheatland improved a ton from when we last saw them during the Bobcat Invite. In Game 2...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Wednesday as smaller companies soared following a report that showed business investment climbed in August. Investors also hoped stocks will benefit from tax cuts proposed by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans. The Labor Department said orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rose, and a gauge of business investment climbed for the second month in a row. Investors hope that means U.S. manufacturing is getting stronger as the global economy continues to improve, and they bet on c...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wednesday, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), welcomed Jessica Crowder, policy advisor to Wyoming Governor Matt Mead, to the committee. Crowder was testifying before the committee at a hearing entitled “Forest Management to Mitigate Wildfires: Legislative Solutions.” The hearing focused on forest management and the mitigation of catastrophic wildfires. Barrasso introduced Crowder to the committee prior to her testimony. “I am pleased to first introdu...
LARAMIE — Wyoming high school students with a strong interest in the visual arts will converge on the University of Wyoming campus Friday and Saturday, Sept. 29-30. Students and their art teachers will participate in the High School Art Intensive, an immersive experience that consists of educational sessions and focused, hands-on workshops. The UW Department of Art and Art History hosts the annual event, and UW Fine Arts Outreach supports it. “Through this event, high school students take part in creative processes and activities that they are...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are proposing a far-reaching, $5 trillion plan Wednesday that would cut taxes for corporations and potentially for individuals, simplify the tax system and nearly double the standard deduction used by most Americans. The plan is sweeping in scope but omits critical, controversial details that are likely to take months to work out in a bitterly divided, GOP-led Congress. The political stakes are high for Republicans and for Trump, whose agenda has largely stalled as the G...
BASIN – Wyoming State Fair Director James Goodrich met with around two dozen interested fair goers and members of the local agriculture community in Basin on Tuesday, to hear ideas concerning the annual event, and discuss the impact of state budget cuts to the fair program. The program is part of a state-wide "listening session" program, to gather input from taxpayers. The State Fair is budgeted under the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, and both fair operations and related capital constructio...
WORLAND —Worland High School administrators provided a report on the first 25 days of the school year during Monday’s Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees meeting that showed improvement in absences. Assistant Principal Brian Gunderson then turned his attention to attendance and tardiness. Last year, unexcused absences were at 281 periods for the first 25 days. This year that number has dropped to 101 periods. Gunderson said in looking at avoidable absences or excused absences, last year there were 1,023 periods missed thr...
BRIDGER — Bridger Coal Company and Rocky Mountain Power officials are saddened to report that an employee of Bridger Coal was fatally injured Thursday Sept. 28 in an accident while working at the Bridger underground mine. Jaime Olivas was injured during mining operations at about 4 p.m. MDT. Representatives for the Bridger Coal Company and Rocky Mountain Power say Olivas was hit when a slab of coal suddenly came loose and fell from one of the walls in the underground mine Thursday afternoon. The company is cooperating with the Wyoming State M...
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