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  • Warrior wrestlers ready for challenges of bracket tournament in Miles City

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Jan 12, 2018

    WORLAND - The Worland Warrior wrestlers showed no rust from the Christmas break placing fourth at the Thoman Invitational dual-tournament in Green River on January 5-6. The Warriors went 5-3 in Green River, only losing to Wyoming 4A schools (Green River and Rock Springs) or a 6A Utah school (Vernal, Utah) and had three (Alex Beck, Domanic Hartley, Morgan Tigner) compete in the tournament's best of the best. "We lost to three tough teams and when you wrestle those bigger schools you know you're...

  • Master frame maker to demonstrate at Woodturners club meeting

    Jan 12, 2018

    WORLAND — Master frame maker, carver, gilder and print maker Barrie Lynn Bryant of Kirby will present making tondo frames to the Worland Wyoming Woodturners during the club meeting at 9 a.m. this Saturday, at 1092 Ponderosa in Sam Angelo’s backyard shop. The public is invited to attend the two-hour session which begins with club vice president Dave Morgan leading a brief show and tell, after which Bryant will demonstrate making round picture frames known as tondos. Bryant’s demonstration is in preparation for his classes he’s teaching in Las...

  • Clay Gibbons presents 'The Woman in Blue' for Hot Springs Historical Society

    Cyd Lass, Staff Intern|Jan 12, 2018

    WORLAND – The 1897 Wyoming was more of a wild and lawless settlement than ever. Sweeping upon this scene came the unruly Belle Drewry, who brought her own brand of mayhem and debauchery. Worland man Clay Gibbons spins the true tale of crime, death, gun smoke, and the eternal triangle in his highly acclaimed presentation “The Woman in Blue” this Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Historical Society. Gibbons has been a lover and seeker of history from a very young age. His quest to search out stories and locate exact sites has led him t...

  • Trump work requirement rewrites health care rules for poor

    Jan 12, 2018

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Rewriting the rules on health care for the poor, the Trump administration said Thursday it will allow states to require “able-bodied” Medicaid recipients to work, a hotly debated first in the program’s half-century history. Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said requiring work or community involvement can make a positive difference in people’s lives and in their health. The goal is to help people move from public assistance into jobs that provide health insurance. “We see people moving off...

  • US stocks brush off year's first wobble, return to records

    Jan 12, 2018

    NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks brushed aside their first wobble of the year and got back to setting records on Thursday. Energy stocks led the way after the price of oil touched its highest level since 2014. The gains for indexes marked a return to calm, after a whiff of nervousness wafted through markets a day earlier as interest rates rose. After rates held steady on Thursday, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index marked its seventh gain in the last eight days. The S&P 500 rose 19.33 points, or 0.7 percent, to a record 2,767.56. The Dow Jones ind...

  • Miller announces bid for Congress

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Jan 12, 2018

    WORLAND – "I've been a Republican my entire life, and traditional Republicans, especially Wyoming Republicans, are where it's about right. It's all right there, the things you should believe in and fight for," said Buford resident Rod Miller during a Tuesday visit to Worland to announce his candidacy for Wyoming's at-large U.S. Senate seat, currently held by Representative Liz Cheney. "These Republicans [in Congress] now, I'm not sure what they are, but they're not traditional, and they're n...

  • Will third time be the charm?

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jan 12, 2018

    WORLAND - The time issue is coming back to the Wyoming Legislature for the third straight year. Rep. Dan Laursen (R-Powell) has pre-filed House Bill 0045 – Mountain daylight time. The bill is similar to last year's bill that failed to advance out of committee. In 2016, during a budget session as 2018 is, the bill failed to get introduced with non-budgetary bills requiring two-thirds vote for introduction. Last year's bill and this year's bill would keep Wyoming in daylight saving time and not r...

  • Jan 12, 2018

    Public Notice Application for Liquor License Transfer Firenze...  Website

  • Mary Margaret (Brubaker) Leithead

    Jan 12, 2018

    Mary Margaret (Brubaker) Leithead 77, passed away on January 10, 2018 after a short illness with cancer. Mary Margaret was the third child born to Clifford L. Brubaker and Mary (Taylor) Brubaker in Worland, WY on June 29, 1940. She was raised on the family ranch located on Spring Creek. As a young girl she spent her youth helping her father with the sheep and all the chores that go along with that. Mary Margaret was schooled in Ten Sleep from first to tenth grade. The family then moved to...

  • Jan 12, 2018

    Public Notice to Appropriators of Water Anderson Frances...  Website

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