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  • Public input needed for 2016 hunting seasons

    Feb 27, 2016

    CODY — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will conduct six open-house meetings throughout the Big Horn Basin and one final meeting in Worland to discuss 2016 hunting season proposals for game birds and big game. During the open houses, Game and Fish personnel will be available to discuss the proposed 2016 hunting seasons for local hunt areas. A formal meeting, during which statewide seasons may be discussed, will be held from 6-8 p.m. March 21 at the Washakie County Fairgrounds in Worland. In addition to hunting season proposals, herd unit p...

  • California pony in unicorn getup captured after 3-hour hunt

    Feb 27, 2016

    MADERA, Calif. (AP) — The calls coming into a California Highway Patrol office were alarming: A tiny unicorn was running down a road. KSEE-TV reports more than three hours later the suspect was taken into custody. A not-so-mythical white pony named Juliette who wears a fake horn for photo sessions was illuminated by a CHP helicopter Wednesday in an orchard and Madera Ranchos resident Renee Pardy used another horse to lead it out. The ersatz unicorn’s owner, 5-year-old Tatum Boos, says Juliette was given a timeout for being a bad pon...

  • Diving dominance continues at state meet

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Feb 27, 2016

    WORLAND — Worland High School junior Caleb Truman dove his way to the Class 3A state championship Friday in Gillette. It was Worland’s fourth title in five years, according to Coach Kristin Kelton. Truman was the team’s lone champion at the two-day meet that started Thursday. Kelton said, “That was fun,” Kelton said. She said Austin Reddinghouse, now diving for the University of Wyoming, won three state titles. Last year Truman came in second and this year he grabbed the title. As head coach and diving coach, Kelton said Reddinghouse and Truma...

  • British lawmakers write to NFL about Redskins nickname

    Feb 27, 2016

    Two British lawmakers have written to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to complain about the nickname of the Washington Redskins ahead of the team’s visit to London next season. Ruth Smeeth and Ian Austin, who are members of the Labour Party, wrote in a letter dated Feb. 2 that the NFL “should consider changing the name of the Washington franchise or, at a minimum, send a different team to our country to represent the sport, one that does not promote a racial slur.” LONDON (AP) — Two British lawmakers have written to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodel...

  • Behind the scenes of 'Heroes and Villains'

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Feb 27, 2016

    WORLAND - Washakie Museum and Cultural Center's Sherryl Ferguson of Worland and Margaret "Muffie" Shaw of Thermopolis have teamed up to organize and direct "Heroes and Villains" a production that includes a 30-minute melodrama. This is Shaw's second production she has helped director for the museum, while Ferguson has handled director duties for the museum's musicals for several years. This year's Heroes and Villains was performed Friday night for the Patron Appreciation Dinner Theater....

  • House and Senate negotiating school transportation funds ahead of budget approval

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Feb 27, 2016

    CHEYENNE – State lawmakers were in conference committees late into the afternoon on Friday, negotiating necessary deductions before submitting a final budget to Governor Matt Mead. In particular, the House and Senate have been going back and forth to trim the state school’s transportation budget, and still keep a feasible operating cost. “It’s been a real issue in conference,” said Rep. Mike Greear (R-Worland), “this is the third round, and we hope to have it done today, or else we will be pushing the budget to deadline. The governor st...

  • Karla's Kolumn Leap Day and the four-year anomaly

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Feb 27, 2016

    Every four years February gets an extra day, so instead of 28 there are 29 days in the second month of the year. Why? Well according to timeanddate.com, the additional day every four years, helps the calendar year (365 days during non-Leap Years) catch up with the solar year of 365.2422 days. What it means is by adding a day, we mere humans are trying to keep our calendars in synch with the Earth’s revolution around the sun. There are many folklore and superstitions centered around Leap Day, which is Monday this year. It can be bad luck to b...

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