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  • Huskies make noise in their first official season in 6-man football

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Nov 24, 2016

    BURLINGTON - One step back, two steps forward is how the saying goes and for Burlington football it's something they did to keep the program alive. Last season Burlington football played only the season opener in 1A 11-man football. With 11 players on the entire roster, the program had to take a step back by forfeiting the remainder of their season due to low participation. Following the season forfeiture it was decided Burlington would enter into the 1A 6-man football class in 2016. Rather...

  • Wyoming weekly crop and stock report

    Nov 24, 2016

    CHEYENNE — Wyoming experienced warmer than normal temperatures for the week, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. All 34 reporting stations reported above average temperatures for the week with the high temperature of 76 degrees recorded at LaGrange and Torrington, and a low of 0 degrees at Dubois. Below normal moisture was reported at 18 of the 34 reporting stations. Five stations reported no moisture for the week with Lander reporting the most moisture at 1.11 inches. Corn h...

  • Guitar, percussion ensembles perform

    Nov 24, 2016

    POWELL — The Northwest College Guitar Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble will perform together in a 7 p.m. concert Monday, Dec. 5, in the Nelson Performing Arts Center Auditorium. The NWC Guitar Ensemble, under the direction of Jeff Troxel, is a performing group open to college students, high school students and members of the community. The aim of the band is to build guitar skills through rehearsal and performance of pieces from a variety of musical genres. The Advanced Guitar Ensemble is made of more experienced players and performs more c...

  • Obama makes final Thanksgiving turkey pardon

    Nov 24, 2016

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama got the holiday mood started at the White House on Wednesday with the traditional pardoning of the national Thanksgiving turkey, this time with his nephews standing in for daughters Malia and Sasha. The light-hearted ceremony in the Rose Garden also featured Iowa-raised turkeys Tater and Tot, with the latter receiving the formal reprieve. Obama said he has used the past seven pardoning ceremonies to embarrass his daughters with what he called a “corny-copia” of bad jokes about turkeys. “This year, t...

  • Thankful Deer

    Nov 24, 2016

  • Meet Worland's new prevention management specialist

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Nov 24, 2016

    WORLAND – The Prevention Management Organization of Wyoming has hired Lila Jolley as the Washakie County Prevention Management Specialist, replacing Mary Buchanan who retired in July. Jolley brings to the table a bachelor's degree in sociology and 10 years of experience, having worked at the Northwest Wyoming Treatment Center in Powell as a case manager for young people with addictions. Community Prevention Director Organization Charlotte Carlton said in an earlier interview that Jolley "brings...

  • West Side Elementary gives back

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Nov 24, 2016

    WORLAND - Thirty West Side Elementary students raised enough money last week through the first annual Turkey Bowl to donate 55 turkeys to the Ministerial Association Food Bank in Worland. The Turkey Bowl idea came from Principal Bruce Miller, who heard about another school doing something similar. Students in first through fifth grade volunteered to get pledges or a set donation before bowling with frozen turkeys last week. Miller said having 30 students participate in the first year exceeded...

  • Jeremie Michael Moore

    Nov 24, 2016

    Jeremie Michael Moore, 34, lifelong Worland resident, died Nov. 19, 2016, at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper. There will be a visitation time for family and friends on Saturday, Nov. 26, from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Bryant Funeral Home.... Full story

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