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  • Fall follows fame (sort of) for Worland giant pumpkins

    Oct 29, 2015

    WORLAND - Time is running out for a couple of upstart giant pumpkins in Worland. Maximus and Gourdon ('Gourd-on') burst onto the scene last spring, the subject of Twitter tweets, YouTube videos and a grower's blog at Big Pumpkins.com. They have their own Facebook page (search Gourdon and Maximus – The Giant Pumpkins of Worland, WY). Worland seems to be growing a patch of pumpkin fanatics. Caitlin Youngquist, a University of Wyoming Extension educator, introduced the aptly named Maximus and G...

  • Dropping energy prices benefit Wyoming Gas customers

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Oct 29, 2015

    WORLAND – Due to energy prices dropping worldwide, 7,000 Wyoming Gas Company customers will see a break in their heating bills this winter. Gordon Neumann, engineering manager for Natural Gas Processing, explained that Wyoming Gas purchases 75 percent of their gas for the year at a fixed cost and with prices dropping, the rebate goes directly to the customer. On October 1, the Wyoming Public Service Commission authorized Wyoming Gas to pass on a 15.9 percent decrease to customers, which means customers can expect a monthly savings of around $...

  • The Capitol Christmas Tree is coming to Sheridan

    Oct 29, 2015

    SHERIDAN – For more than 50 years, a tree has graced the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol building for the holiday season. The 2015 Capitol Christmas Tree is a 74-foot Lutz spruce, harvested from the Chugach National Forest in Alaska. Sheridan has been selected as one of 13 community stops along the tree’s 5,000-mile route from Seward, Alaska, to Washington, DC. The tree and its caravan of caretakers will arrive in Sheridan for a community celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the north parking lot of the Holiday Inn, located at 1809 Sug...

  • Heart of a Warrior

    Sisco Molina, Sports Editor|Oct 29, 2015

    WORLAND – The biggest question ahead of Worland's game against Green River was senior running back Mauricio Caballero and if he would be able to take the field in his final home game as a Worland Warrior. Caballero sustained an injury to his left ankle in the first quarter against Star Valley on Oct. 16. It was significant enough to sideline Caballero for the rest of the game and it also held him out of practice for the first three days leading up to Green River. Forced to make a decision on whe...

  • Oct 29, 2015

    Public Notice Worland City Council Minutes from October 20, 2015 meeting...  Website

  • H. Curtis Larsen

    Oct 29, 2015

    H. Curtis Larsen, age 99, of Meeteetse, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at West Park Hospital, Cody, WY. Curtis was born to Helen Hagbery Larsen and Henry C. Larsen May 31, 1916, on the family ranch on Wood River southwest of Meeteetse, Wyoming. He attended grade school at the Dick Creek School. Following eighth grade graduation he went to work on the family ranch, where he remained the rest of his working life chronicling the decades with daily journal entries and countless...

  • Oct 29, 2015

    Public Notice of Distribution Lena Ogg...  Website