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MEETEETSE -A quick glance at the Meeteetse Lady Longhorns volleyball season and it might seem underwhelming. They finished 9-17 overall, were second at 5-3 in the 1A Northwest conference and went 1-2 at the 1A West regional tournament in Lander. But then take a look at their roster and what they achieved this season was impressive. The Lady Longhorns had five freshman, two sophomores and three juniors. Junior Matilynn May was the team's only returning starter on a squad that started two...
CAMP GUERNSEY JOINT TRAINING CENTER — Sergeant Mitchell Aagard of Worland, a member of the Wyoming Army National Guard’s A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery received the Army Meritorious Service Medal Nov. 19. Aagard was awarded for outstanding performance as an acting section chief on a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during his recent deployment to Afghanistan. A Battery commander 1st Lt. Zachary Jerry presented the award. Aagard has been a member of the Wyoming National Guard for nine years, and is a HIMARS lau...
LARAMIE (AP) — Spending by the University of Wyoming on administration has outpaced most of its peer institutions, according to a report. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni put together the report using publicly available data published through the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Looking at trends in administrative spending and instructional spending through a five-year period, the study found UW’s administrative expenses grew by more than 33 percent, compared to just less than 10 perce...
WORLAND – The fickle weather this autumn affected the sugar beet harvest causing numbers to be different than predicted. Wyoming Sugar Executive Vice President Mike Greear stated that the large amount of rain that the area received in the beginning of September caused the beets to stay in the ground longer, thus affecting the tonnage and sugar content. “They (beets) stayed in the ground longer, so the tonnage goes up but the sugar content goes down,” Greear said. Wyoming Sugar Vice President Vince Salzman does a set of assumptions each year...
WORLAND — With next year’s school calendar already set, the Washakie County School District No. 1 administration has begun work on the 2018-2019 calendar year. Superintendent David Nicholas reported at Monday’s regular board of trustees meeting that four options have been developed. He said in addition to the different calendars that include different start and end dates, he also asked the board to consider a weekly early release on Fridays. Nicholas said the board is asking the teachers to do more and to work together more but they need time t...
Longtime Worland resident, Van Jay Mangus, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2016 in Billings, Montana at age 84. Jay was born on December 25, 1931 at Lovell, Wyoming to Violet (Berthelson) and Chauncey Charles Mangus. Jay was raised on a farm near Byron, Wyoming and attended school in Byron. He was part of a state championship football and basketball team in 1948 & 1949. He graduated as the Salutatorian of his Class of 1950. He attended college briefly, then went to work building the Hyart... Full story
Richard (Lance) Picore passed away November 21st, 2016 in New Castle, Colorado while visiting family. Lance was born May 25, 1944 in Minneapolis, MN to Richard & Mabel Picore. His father was in the Army and involved in the Invasion of Normandy D-Day and was killed 2 weeks after Lance was born. They moved back to Lead, SD to be close to his mother's family. It was hard in the forties to be a single mother raising a new son, but family and friends stepped in as an "adopted family" and Quentin... Full story
David Cameron Taylor, 76, died Nov. 24, 2016, in Buffalo at the Suzi Lawrence Bowling Hospice. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, at The Church of Jesus of Latter-day Saints Christ Stake Center in Worland.... Full story
Wesley “Wes” Wayne Leech, 50, died Nov. 26, 2016 at his residence in Hot SpringsCounty. Cremation has taken place and the family will hold a private service at a later date. Mortimore Funeral Home assisted the family.... Full story
Public Notice Hearing on Alkali Creek Reservoir... 
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