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BYRON — In cooperation and at the direction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently captured and removed three grizzly bears southwest of Byron. Cody Regional Wildlife Supervisor Dan Smith said this is the furthest east that a grizzly bear has been captured in recent history. “We have not had grizzly bears in this area of Big Horn County since well before grizzly bear recovery efforts began in the 1970s, but as grizzly populations continue to expand in distribution, bear sightings are occurring mor...
WORLAND – Worland resident Teresa Seidel lived through the most terrifying four hours of her life, Wednesday, Oct. 10 when Hurricane Michael hit Panama City, Florida where her parents, brother and many other family members live. Seidel stated that her parents knew the hurricane was coming and that the night before Michael hit land they received a telephone call stating that there were evacuations occurring. Seidel’s mother called 9-1-1 and was told to call 2-1-1 where she was asked what their address was and upon learning that Seidel’s paren...
WORLAND — Washakie County’s ice jam flood mitigation proposal is one of 10 pilot projects selected in the northern region for study. Washakie County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director Jeff Schweighart said the funding for the project was approved through the Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, recently signed by President Donald Trump. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected two sites on the Missouri River watershed system — Miles City, Montana, and Worland, Wyoming. Schweighart said too often, due to population requi...
I realize with this column I'm probably preaching to the proverbial choir but I feel compelled to do it anyway, especially this time of year. I'm imploring our readers and Big Horn Basin residents to be informed residents - about candidates running for office, and about all the various scams that are circulating. First, be an informed voter. This week we have profiled most of the U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor, secretary of state, state treasurer and state auditor candidates. State treasurer...
WORLAND - After a hard-fought performance at the 3A East girls swimming conference meet in Douglas, on Oct. 19-20, the Worland Lady Warriors enjoyed the week off as they prepare for the 3A State meet in Laramie next weekend. The Lady Warriors finished second as a team scoring 276 points and were only 26 points shy from first place Buffalo. While they were not able to successfully defend their 3A East title for the fifth straight season, Worland gave it their best shot and certainly made Buffalo...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A gunman who's believed to have spewed anti-Semitic slurs and rhetoric on social media barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday and opened fire, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest attacks on Jews in U.S. history. The 20-minute attack at Tree of Life Congregation in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood left six others wounded, including four police officers who dashed to the scene, authorities said. The suspect, Robert Bowers, traded gunfire with police and was shot...