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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes retreated from their record highs Thursday as retailers and media companies declined and investors shrugged at quarterly reports from a few big banks. Clothing companies and other retailers fell after women’s clothing company J. Jill slashed its third-quarter forecast. The company’s stock lost more than half its value. AT&T had its worst one-day loss since 2008 after it said lost more satellite and cable TV subscribers in the third quarter. Other cable and satellite TV companies also stumbled. Indus...
WORLAND — Worland High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter is collecting gently used children’s books as a service project. Advisor Brenda Trippel said, “We are needing picture books through easy chapter books [for those learning to read]. We will be taking the books to our State FCCLA Fall Conference next Wednesday in Casper. One of the workshops at the conference will be wrapping the books so that they can then be given to children as gifts.” She added that the chapter hopes to be able to bring at least 50 books....
BILLINGS, MONTANA – Following the announcement by Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to open its programs to girls, Girl Scouts remains committed to and believes strongly in the importance of the all-girl, girl-led, and girl-friendly environment. Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming (GSMW) CEO, Sally J. Leep believes the decision by Boy Scouts of America is unfortunate and a disservice to girls. Research indicates single-gender settings, compared to coeducational settings, help lessen the impact of gender stereotypes that can dictate the activities and...
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., applauded President Donald Trump’s attempt Thursday to create a path for Americans to have more affordable health care choices through increased flexibility and competition. The executive order paves the way for a change similar to Enzi’s Small Businesses Health Plans Act introduced earlier this year that would allow small businesses better opportunities to provide affordable health care for their employees. Under the modification, more small businesses could join together as Association Healt...
WORLAND – About a mile of Medicine Lodge Creek, from the Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site headquarters downstream to the end of Medicine Lodge Wildlife Habitat Management area, is receiving a much needed facelift to address issues caused by bank erosion, and to improve aquatic habitat and create fish passage. The project started in September and is expected to take about eight weeks to complete. “This project, we have about a mile of Medicine Lodge Creek that we are repairing. Downstream, the stream has moved about 150 feet since 199...
LAS VEGAS – When Jennifer Tobin, an internet technologies architect from Phoenix, Arizona, checked into the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Oct. 1, she wasn’t expecting anything more than the usual week of gambling and attending a convention for IT professionals. Arriving at around 5 p.m. and eating, playing the slot machines and mingling with peers in attendance for the NetApp Insight Conference, Tobin decided to go to her 23rd-floor room for the night, rather than see the sights of Vegas’s famous Strip. “I had a sinus infecti...
BUFFALO - The struggles continue for the Worland High School volleyball team, this time on the road against rival Buffalo High School. The Lady Warriors dropped a tightly contested match to the Lady Bison Thursday night, falling 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-20, 27-25). Worland fought all match but could not find a way over the hump. Starting the match the Lady Warriors came out strong, building a commanding lead at 19-8, forcing the Lady Bison into calling a timeout. However, out of the timeout, Buffal...
Lillie Lee Grayeda, 52, of Worland, WY passed away Thursday, October 5th 2017 in Billings, MT. Lillie was born to John and Barbara Christy on August 24, 1965 in Enumclaw, WA. Her childhood was spent in Washington with her family. Around 1999 she moved to Greybull, WY to be near her mother. In 2000 she moved to Worland and met the love of her life Richard Grayeda. The couple was married on November 22, 2002. Lillie enjoyed spending her time reading books, playing on her computer, and watching television. She loved to travel and visited many...