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  • Depleted Pioneers keep the fight

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Oct 19, 2016

    TEN SLEEP - With a season ravaged by injuries the Ten Sleep Pioneers have carried on and continued to fight in each game. When the Meeteetse Longhorns came to town for Saturday's homecoming game the Pioneers continued to fight during the 69-32 loss. While the scoreboard shows a blowout loss the Pioneers hung with last season's 1A 6-man runners-up, by holding a lead or staying within one possession in the first half. To do that Ten Sleep used their size to their advantage with traditional...

  • Former U.S. ambassador to speak in Worland

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Oct 19, 2016

    WORLAND – The Rotary Club of Worland will host guest speaker ambassador Gary Grappo today at noon, at a public event at the Washakie Museum. Grappo, a University of Wyoming senior visiting scholar, was a State Department official working in the Middle East for 40 years, then Ambassador to Oman under President George W. Bush and President Barak Obama form 2006-2009. Grappo will speak on the subject of “The Middle East and Next U.S. President,” drawing on his 26 years with the foreign service, and his background in strategy and diplomacy. Grapp...

  • Free dump day requested during commissioner meeting

    Oct 19, 2016

    WORLAND — The possibility of having a free day to assist residents with the tipping fee at the landfill is up-in-the-air and more information about costs was requested during Tuesday’s Washakie County commissioners meeting. No decisions were made during the meeting that included representatives from the Washakie County Conversation District, Worland Public Works Superintendent Brian Burky, Worland Mayor Dave Duffy and Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District Chair Travis Filler. Washakie County Commission Chair Aaron Anderson said “Brain (...

  • Kerby Theater closed by city for safety

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Oct 19, 2016

    WORLAND – Citing safety reasons, the Worland Department of Building Inspection has boarded up the abandoned Kerby Theater, located at 606 Big Horn Avenue. "Somebody broke out two of the front windows this spring, so we thought it was best to close up the front to avoid injuries or further vandalism," said Nick Kruger, city building inspector. On Sept. 14, 2015, the City of Worland deemed the property a "dangerous structure" and was condemned. The current owner of the property, Donald Dean G...

  • Beet Harvest

    Oct 19, 2016

  • Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame

    Oct 19, 2016

    THERMOPOLIS — Three cowboys from Hot Springs County, two of them posthumously, were inducted in the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame in a ceremony Sept. 25 at the Casper Events Center. Among the 53 inductees this year were Joe Campbell, Dub McQueen and Lee Martinez. The following information on the three inductees were provided by the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame from nomination forms. Joe Campbell Joe Campbell was born in 1933 in Hot Springs County, the first of two sons of Ralph and Hazel (Sneider) Campbell. Joe began riding with his mother at a...

  • Oct 19, 2016

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