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THERMOPOLIS — Hot Springs County Sheriff’s deputies will continue the search for a missing hunter today. Thursday Hot Springs County Sheriff’s deputies and Search and Rescue members conducted an extensive ground and aerial search aided by the Wyoming Wing of the Civil Air Patrol in an attempt to locate Wayne Hockaday, 82, of Thermopolis, who had not returned from a deer hunt the previous evening. Hockaday was said to be hunting on Bureau of Land Managment land near Black Mountain Road in North Eastern Hot Springs County. The search inclu...
WORLAND — The Worland High School Future Community and Career Leaders of America Chapter is running a sock drive called Socktober. There are drop off locations at each school as well as at the Edward Jones office downtown. The drive started Monday and runs through Nov. 4. Some students will also be trick-or-treating for socks over Halloween. About a week before Halloween, slips will be left at the homes to inform the residents that FCCLA members will visit. Some socks will be donated to cities nearby such as Casper but others will go to more p...
WORLAND – The first-grade students at East Side Elementary school were in a frenzy Wednesday afternoon reading and sharing pages of their own personalized version of the "I Like Me!" book. They made up a fraction of the first graders in Washakie County School District No. 1 that will receive their own personalized copy of the book from the Worland Kiwanis Club. West Side Elementary students received their copy last Thursday and South Side Elementary will receive their copies today, with a t...
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — U.S. State Department figures show nearly 80 percent of the more than 11,000 Syrian refugees who have arrived in the United States over the past year were children. Resettlement agencies say that’s a larger percentage than most refugee groups, in part because Syrians tend to have larger families and many have managed to stay together despite displacement. Many of these kids are now enrolling in public schools around the country, including in Chicago; Austin, Texas; New Haven, Connecticut; and suburban San Diego. El Caj...
WORLAND - Montana Shakespeare in the Schools returned to Worland High School for the fourth straight year. Worland High School Librarian Vickie Overcast said she was excited the company was bringing "Hamlet" to life on stage this year as that is a Shakespearean work that is taught at the high school. Montana Shakespeare in the Schools actors performed a 75-minute "Hamlet" production at the Worland Middle School Auditorium Thursday morning. Following the performance, the actors conducted four...
WORLAND – With the hope of expanding Lighthouse, Cloud Peak Counseling Center’s crisis prevention and stabilization center, to house more patients, a group of county commissioners, law enforcement, health care professionals and legal professionals met Thursday at the Worland Community Center to discuss Title 25 improvements and the possibility of funding. Currently, under Title 25, patients entering Lighthouse for care are assessed for possible risk (suicide or self-harm) or alcohol or drug abuse, and held until they have been stabilized or...
JACKSON — The Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office alerted county clerks to require an undetermined number of people to provide proof of citizenship before allowing them to vote, stirring anger from some who say it has deterred people from casting ballots. State Election Director Kai Schon said some noncitizens can apply for driver’s licenses and that information did not make it into the voter registration system until recently, making it necessary to ask some people to show they are qualified to vote, the Jackson Hole News & Guide repor...
WORLAND - Worland youth golfer Karsten Simmons has kept busy during the summer and fall by competing on the Rocky Mountain Junior Golf Tour. Having won multiple tournaments this season, Simmons continued his winning ways at the Fall Challenge in Westminster, Colorado, at the Hyland Hills golf course on Oct. 15 and 16. "He played amazing on Saturday," said Karsten Simmons father Randy Simmons. "He was hitting greens and making putts. When he missed the green his wedge game would get him close...
WORLAND - The Worland Lady Warriors (23-3) hit the road Thursday night to take on the Cody Fillies (15-12) and returned home the 3-1 victors. Dropping the first game of the match to the Cody Fillies 25-19, the Lady Warriors locked it down and persevered in a hard fought game two 27-25. In game two Worland was up 22-19 before Cody stormed back to take a 24-23 lead. From there the team used their grit and experience to outscore Cody 4-2. "Our serve/receive percentage was really low and we had to b...
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