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LARAMIE — Maybe it wasn’t set up this way, but the University of Wyoming women’s basketball program will definitely get a taste of what an extended road trip will feel like this week when it travels to Gonzaga on Thursday and Idaho on Saturday. With multiple two-game Mountain West road trips on the docket in the first month of the conference season, this week will give the Cowgirls (3-1) something of a crash course in life on the road. And waiting for them will be arguably two of the top teams on the Cowgirls’ schedule all season. Wyoming...
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is updating its plan for managing chronic wasting disease (CWD). CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk and moose, which was first detected in wild populations in Wyoming in 1987. Game and Fish is seeking feedback on the draft of the CWD management plan now and will ask the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to approve a final version of the plan at its meeting January 28-29, 2016 in Cheyenne. The CWD plan focuses on disease management, research, public information and funding. The d...
WORLAND — With Worland receiving its first major winter storm of the year, city crews also faced their first test in getting the streets clear. According to Worland Superintendent of Public Works Brian Burky, the city is successfully removing snow and ice buildup from last week’s storm. Burky added that there is always room for improvement. Snow began falling in the Worland area Wednesday and continued through the weekend, leaving several inches on the ground. Burky said intensive cleanup efforts began 5 a.m. Thanksgiving with crews win...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top House leader predicted Monday that Washington will avoid stumbling into a government shutdown next week over a tea party-backed drive to take away Planned Parenthood’s funding. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy added, however, that Congress may need additional time to work through a massive, $1.1 trillion catchall spending bill that tops the agenda as lawmakers return to Capitol Hill for a two- or three-week sprint to finish this year’s session. McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters that “I do not hear people shutting the gov...
Longtime Worland resident Sidney Harold Geis, 85, died peacefully at his home in Worland, WY on Saturday, November 28, 2015. He was born on July 28, 1930 at the Harvard Ranch near Ten Sleep, Wyoming. He was the son of Hazel Irene (Harvard) and Nicholas E. Geis. He moved to Worland as a boy and had attended schools in Ten Sleep and Worland. In his early teen years he went to work in the family trucking business, Nick Geis Trucking. He enlisted in the U. S. Air Force in 1951 and was stationed at...