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WORLAND — Twenty-two wrestling teams and 400 to 500 high school wrestlers will be descending upon the City of Worland today and tomorrow for the ninth annual Battle in the Big Horns tournament. Worland High School Activities Director Bruce Miller said typically, the tournament, which began in 2007, has 23 to 24 teams competing, so it is down just slightly this year. “We pack our motels pretty full,” Miller said, adding that teams also stay in Thermopolis. In addition to the 400 to 500 wrestlers, he said there are a lot of fans from out of to...
WORLAND — During their monthly meeting Thursday, Washakie County Hospital Board members discussed the ongoing $23.4 million renovation at Washakie Medical Center in Worland and the state site survey which was conducted this week. Surveyors from the Wyoming Department of Health were at Washakie Medical Center for two days this week to review the hospital and the performance of its staff. WMC Chief Financial Officer Jennifer McMillan said that the hospital and its staff performed extremely well during the two-day survey. “We’re above stand...
CHEYENNE (AP) — Budget legislation headed toward approval by Congress includes an additional $610 million for the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires next year but no long-term fix to how the agency, year after year, has had to borrow money from other programs to keep up with the ever-growing cost of fighting fires. The Forest Service spent a record $1.7 billion fighting fires this year. Firefighting now accounts for more than half of the agency’s budget, up from 16 percent 20 years ago. The Obama administration wants to address the For...
Picture the following scenario. Crowds of Americans rioting in the streets. Two opposing groups shout loudly, vying to have their messages heard and heeded. The groups meet. Confrontation ensues. Fistfights break out. Church windows are smashed. What are these rioters fighting about? Christmas. One group favors celebrating Christmas. The other opposes all Christmas observances. Is this an imaginary future event? No, it is history. It happened in Boston Christmas Day in 1706. In America's...
WORLAND – Having gone through the same routine each preseason and going to the same tournaments, playing the same teams – both the Warriors and Lady Warriors opted for something new this year. New opponents. New venues. New level of competition. Both Worland basketball teams hit the road to the Flaming Gorge Shootout in Green River and Rock Springs, a three-day tournament that draws competition from the 2A, 3A and 4A ranks in Wyoming along with schools from neighboring states Idaho and Uta...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - The Denver-Pittsburgh matchup is the only NFL game this weekend pitting two winning teams. It also features the best receiving trio in football facing the league's top secondary, dubbed "The No-Fly Zone." Antonio Brown, Martavis Bryant and Markus Wheaton vs. Aqib Talib, Chris Harris Jr. and Bradley Roby. "It's the best versus the best," Harris said. A wide-open offense and a shut-down defense, what more could fans ask for? Ben Roethlisberger's trio of big-time receivers r...