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WORLAND - She has been playing soccer since she was 4. Now, at 14 years old, BreAnna Parra has earned the opportunity to play among the best soccer players in the nation. Parra was selected to the Wyoming 307 girls' soccer team earlier this year after her performance at a state tournament. The team travels around the nation playing showcase games. Parra's destinations include playing games in Colorado and Las Vegas. "She's the youngest player they have ever recruited," her mother Shelly said....
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is ordering that American flags be flown at half-staff in honor of the victims of the mass shooting at an Oregon community college. Obama signed the proclamation at the White House on Friday. He’s directing flags to be lowered until sunset Tuesday. The order applies to flags at the White House, public buildings, U.S. military installations and naval vessels, government facilities and U.S. embassies abroad. Authorities say a 26-year-old gunman opened fire Thursday in a class at Umpqua Community College, kil...
SHERIDAN (AP) — The Wyoming Department of Transportation is lowering the speed limit on a 10-mile stretch of U.S. 14 in the Big Horn Mountains after a speed study found most drivers were slowing down already. The Sheridan Press reports that between Dayton and Burgess Junction, from mile post 70 to mile post 80, the speed limit will change from 65 mph to 40 mph. WYDOT officials announced Wednesday that they conducted a speed study and found that the 85th percentile speed in this section of the mountain pass was 39 mph. A spokesman says the d...
WORLAND — The Wyoming State Reading Council would like to recognize the 2015 Celebrate Literacy recipients for their contribution and support of literacy in Wyoming. The students and adults in Wyoming benefit from the efforts and dedication of these individuals. Mark and Ruth Stephens were nominated by the Washakie County Reading Council. Both Mark and Ruth were elementary teachers and involved in many programs to support literacy such as Bingo for Books and Family Fun Nights. Ruth was nominated in memorandum as she passed away earlier this y...
President Barack Obama, during his speech in response to the mass shooting at a community college in Roseburg, Ore., Thursday, said, “Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine. The conversation in the aftermath of it. We’ve become numb to this.” He’s right, especially about the routine of the reporting. Or is he? It appears to be a change somewhat in the way some agencies are reporting about the shooter and even some news outlets. In a few of the recent shootings, and yes...
