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WORLAND - With their first swimming meet of the 2017-18 season in the books the Worland Warriors turn their focus to their final meets of 2017 in Lander and Riverton Friday and Saturday. At their first meet of the season in Powell, the Warriors had three swimmers automatically qualify for the 3A State Meet in Laramie on Feb. 15-17. Seniors Dalton Jeffries (50-yard and 100-yard freestyles) and Josiah Sanchez (200-yard IM, 100-yard butterfly) and sophomore Zayne Cooper (100-yard freestyle,...
RIVERTON (AP) — SkyWest Airlines has submitted a proposal looking to compete against Denver Air Connection for the Riverton Regional Airport’s air service contract in the 2018 fiscal year. Air Service Task Force Chair Missy White says because of funding constraints, the city will only be able move forward with one airline. The Ranger reports that Denver Air began operating in Riverton in July 2016 and has begun to see an increase in its boarding numbers. In November, 517 people flew with Denver Air in Riverton, beating the 488-passenger rec...
The major U.S. stock indexes finished mostly higher Wednesday, with small companies notching big gains as lawmakers in the House and Senate reached a deal on a sweeping tax reform package. The Dow Jones industrial average eked out its third record-high close in as many days, driven by a jump in Caterpillar. But a last-minute pullback in bank stocks left the Standard & Poor’s 500 index slightly lower. Packaged food and beverage stocks, health care companies and industrials shares accounted for much of the market’s modest gains. Banks str...
TEN SLEEP – The annual Ten Sleep Parade of Lights, hosted by the Ten Sleep – Hyattville Lions Club with the theme of “snowpokes,” starts Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. Event organizer Becky Cooper stated that there should be at least a dozen floats adorned with lights and music. Santa will also be taking the time to visit Ten Sleep, ride on a float or fire truck in the parade and visit with children after the parade at Dirty Sally’s. Cooper stated that she would like to have all the floats lined up on Cottonwood Street (next to the rodeo gro...
Years ago, Danny Dale used to visit Laramie’s Beitel and Spring Creek elementary schools -- where his daughters attended school -- and taught mini-science lessons to the young students there. Now, years later, the University of Wyoming professor of physics and astronomy is doing something similar. But, this time he is visiting some of the state’s high schools and junior high schools, with a focus on student recruitment by sharing various science lessons with students and explaining how UW undergraduates are involved in cutting-edge res...
WORLAND — Let local officials make the cuts where they need to, not the legislature, was the overwhelming message officials from Washakie County School Districts No. 1 and 2, Big Horn County School District No. 4 and Park County School District 16 (Meeteetse) gave to three area legislators Tuesday. The meeting, hosted by Washakie County District 1 in Worland, was an opportunity for Big Horn Basin educators to talk to legislators about education issues that will be of topic during the 20-day budget session that starts Feb. 12. RESOLUTION W...
CASPER (AP) — Wyoming Department of Health Director Tom Forslund asked lawmakers for help in addressing the $32 million budget deficit that’s only expected to grow. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that in department’s presentation to the Joint Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, Forslund told lawmakers that this is the first time he hasn’t been able to deliver a budget in the authorized time period. State budget documents show that at least $28 million of the shortfall was tied to Wyoming’s aging population and the increasing cost of long-t...
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