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  • Wyoming agricultural producers share soil practices in new videos

    Oct 5, 2016

    Farmers and ranchers in five Wyoming counties in a series of videos describe innovative soil practices they say are cost-effective and help maintain profitability. Producers in Big Horn, Fremont, Goshen, Hot Springs and Washakie counties are featured in the eight videos, “Soil Management on Wyoming Farms and Ranches,” available at bit.ly/wyomingsoils. University of Wyoming Extension educator Caitlin Youngquist developed the videos of farmers and ranchers showing practices specific to Wyoming. They offer a convenient reference for local pra...

  • Lady Bobcats win Bobcat Invite

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Oct 5, 2016

    THERMOPOLIS - The Thermopolis Lady Bobcats closed out their homecoming week by winning the Bobcat Invite at Legion Town and Country Golf Course Saturday morning in Thermopolis. Lady Bobcat coach Brenna Abel was thrilled with her team's performance. "We were mentally prepared for our race," said Abel. "Last week we were in Worland which is a flat and fast course, but our course is unique in that there are so many hills, which provides its own set of challenges. The kids rose to the occasion what...

  • Rain produces flooding, record moisture

    Oct 5, 2016

    WORLAND - Emergency crews were busy Monday night with some flooding issues in Worland. According to the National Weather Service, Worland received nearly two inches of rain within a 24-hour period, 1.93 inches, from Oct. 3 through Oct 4 at about 6 a.m. For just Monday, the National Weather Service reported record moisture for Worland with 1.79 inches, breaking the 2013 record of .84 inches. The National Weather Service (NWS) has reported that approximately 2.25 inches of rain has fallen in the...

  • Worland teen named Distinguished Young Woman of Wyoming

    Oct 5, 2016

    WORLAND - Worland senior Taelor Nielsen was named the Distinguished Young Woman of Wyoming 2017 and was awarded $2,600 in cash scholarships during a statewide scholarship program for high school girls held at the First Christian Church in Laramie Saturday. Nielsen was one of five high school senior girls from Wyoming who competed to represent the state as the Distinguished Young Woman of Wyoming for 2017. Participants were evaluated in the categories of scholastics (25 percent), interview (25...

  • Air ambulance service 'busier than expected'

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|Oct 5, 2016

    WORLAND – An eight-month review of Guardian Flight program was given at the Washakie County Commissioner meeting on Tuesday morning. Shannon Pollock, with Guardian Flight, met with the commissioners and went over response times and reflected on eight months of service in Washakie County. Guardian Flight is an air ambulance service in Washakie County. They are contracted with the county until 2020 for $25,000. Pollock said transport volume has been good and the location is good. Since the contract started last year in November, the base o...

  • Thomas Alfred Terry

    Oct 5, 2016

    Greybull resident, Thomas Alfred Terry, 84, died on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, at Spirit Mountain Hospice in Cody. He was born on Jan. 13, 1932. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m. on Oct. 7, 2016, at the Donald J. Ruhl Memorial Cemetery in Greybull. Atwood Family Funeral Directors assisted the family with the arrangements....

  • David A. Godfrey

    Oct 5, 2016

    David Abe Godfrey, a longtime Big Horn Basin resident passed away Saturday, October 1, 2016 in Billings, Montana. He was 68. Dave was born on October 17, 1947 in Heber City, Utah, the eldest child of Sidney and Mary Jones Godfrey. He was raised in Hyattville and graduated from Manderson-Hyattville High School in1966. On June 28, 1968 he married Linda Lee Schwartz in Worland, Wyoming. Their marriage was sealed in the Idaho Falls L.D.S. Temple on August 12, 1976. Linda preceded Dave in death on...