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  • Roling claims 3A state championship

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Sep 29, 2016

    THERMOPOLIS - Thermopolis Bobcat junior Hudson Roling won the 3A state golf championship at the 3A State tournament at the Powell Golf Club last weekend. Having won the regional championship in Buffalo the previous week, Roling added to the season's hardware by shooting a 76 during the rain shortened state tournament. His score was two strokes better than runner-up Chase Cochran (Wheatland) giving him the clean sweep of individual championships and his second straight all-state selection....

  • Write-in candidate ready to serve

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|Sep 29, 2016

    WORLAND – Mike Neufer is running for a seat on the Worland City Council, and the Ward 3 write-in candidate has the public’s support. Neufer received three write-in votes in the Aug. 16 primary election, enough to make him eligible as a candidate. Neufer said he’s lived in Worland most of his life, and while he hasn’t been out going door-to-door campaigning; he’s received encouragement from the community, and ultimately, Worland residents helped him accept the nomination to run for council. It was a surprise to find out he had been written in, b...

  • Two WHS choir students 'Best of the best'

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Sep 29, 2016

    WORLAND – Worland High School students Chris Nicholas and Jaycee Page worked hard to earn a chair in the Wyoming All-State Choir. After receiving that honor they learned that they had been chosen to join the "best of the best" for the National Association for Music Education's (NAFME) All-National Choir. The students will be performing as part of the choir during the NAFME 2016 National In-Service Conference in Grapevine, Texas, Nov. 13. According to Worland High School vocal music director C...

  • Gorgeous Gals Gala Saturday evening

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Sep 29, 2016

    WORLAND – The Gorgeous Gals Gala, put on by the Business and Professional Women, is Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Worland Community Center Complex. The gala is an Octoberfest-themed dinner and super-secret-heroes-themed show to benefit local men and women with cancer. The Gorgeous Gals began as group of breast cancer survivors. “The Gorgeous Gals started out 22 years ago and we were all breast cancer survivors. Now we’ve opened that up to any female cancer survivor is a gorgeous gal. Our whole purpose is to show people that there is laughter after...

  • Idaho militia group members resign, say leader took money 

    Sep 29, 2016

    BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than 30 members of an Idaho militia group say they’ve resigned after the group’s president spent $2,900 in donations on personal items rather than using it to help four Idaho men facing charges from a 2014 armed standoff with government agents in Nevada. The 36 members in mainly leadership positions of Idaho 3% announced the resignations Tuesday in a letter obtained by the Idaho Statesman. The former members say that PayPal and bank account statements show that Brandon Curtiss used the money for unauthorized car acces...

  • Marvin Lewis Hankins

    Sep 29, 2016

    Marvin Lewis Hankins was born July 6, 1930, in Greybull, Wyoming, to Lewis and Marjorie Hankins. Marvin grew up and attended school in Greybull. On February 3, 1951, Marvin married Beverly Brown. The couple raised two daughters, Marva and Marjorie, and made their home in Greybull and then Shell Valley until they moved to Sheridan in 2014 to be closer to family. In 1948, Marvin found work as a lineman for Bighorn Rural Electric. He spent the entirety of his 47-year career with Bighorn Rural... Full story