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UPTON - The Ten Sleep Lady Pioneers went 1-2 over the weekend at the Upton tournament but for coach Sarah Novak the team's balanced scoring has her the most excited. "Like I was talking with coach Justin Waterworth (TSHS assistant boys basketball coach) we saw the good and the bad this weekend but overall there were a lot of positive things to build upon going forward," said coach Novak. Ten Sleep started the tournament Friday night with a 48-25 win against the Midwest Oilers, Kinley Erickson...
WORLAND – The second annual "Shop With A Cop" program Saturday was a huge success with off-duty and on-duty officers from the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Worland Police Department and the Washakie County Sheriff's Office taking 16 local children, who otherwise wouldn't get the chance under normal circumstances, Christmas shopping for their families. "It was a good time with 16 great, enthusiastic, excited kids," Washakie County Sheriff Steve Rakness stated. Eight children shopped with their own indi...
CHEYENNE (AP) — Special districts governing community needs like pest control are up for review in Wyoming. A legislative task force on special districts has spent the last year coming up with regulations to propose for these government agencies that collectively manage up to $1 billion in public money, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported. Wyoming’s Department of Audit has found malpractice in some special districts while others follow the rules. An interim committee passed two bills that will go to the full Legislature. Both deal with tra...
Republican Donald Trump’s victory in Wisconsin was reaffirmed Monday following a recount that showed him defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton by more than 22,000 votes. Wisconsin finalized its recount on the same day that a federal judge issued a stinging rejection of a Green Party-backed request to recount paper ballots in Pennsylvania’s presidential election and scan some counties’ election systems for signs of hacking. Green Party candidate Jill Stein successfully requested, and paid for, the Wisconsin recount while her attempts for similar st...
As a boy, I always wondered about the source of the street names in my town, and about the men after whom they were named. My recent investigation into the Worland cemetery has provided me with interesting new information. One of the longer streets in Worland is Howell Avenue. This street, running mostly parallel to Big Horn Avenue for some 20 blocks, was named for J. Ashby Howell, who died and was buried in our cemetery in 1940. Howell was a popular fellow in Worland, with a wide range of friends (including Sadie and Charlie Worland). He...
Irene Kiser, 90, passed away on December 10, 2016 at Worland Healthcare. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, John, 5 sisters, 2 brothers and oldest son, Donald. Survivors include her sons, Jerry (Monica) Kiser of Peoria, Arizona and John Kiser of Worland, brothers, Donald Lipps of Cody and Ray (Delores) Lipps of Casper, 11 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at the Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with... Full story
JoAnn "Jody" Morrison Wesnitzer, 85, passed away November 26, 2016 at the Washakie Medical Center in Worland, WY. Jody was born on October 25, 1931 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Walter Huston and Florence (Earnest) Morrison. She was the oldest of three children. At age 7, Jody became a member of the Girl Scouts. Little did she know that her early start would lead to a love and later a life-long career with helping girls in scouting and camping. She graduated from Tulsa Central High School in Oklahoma... Full story
Jacob “Jake” “J.D.” Link, 42, of Greybull, died Dec. 10, 2016, Hospital of Providence in El Paso, Texas. Jake was born March 8, 1974. Services for Jake will be at 3 p.m. on Dec. 17, 2016, at the Grace Fellowship Church in Greybull, 401 South Fifth Street.... Full story