Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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THERMOPOLIS - Record-wise the East-West Girls Basketball Classic was a tough go for the Hot Springs Lady Bobcats. In Lander, they went 0-3 losing to Riverton 53-30, Lovell 55-45 and Lander 55-43. The losses were not the desired result but Thermopolis gained valuable experience in the process. THERMOPOLIS 30, RIVERTON 53 The first game of the East-West Classic was not only the Lady 'Cats worst performance of the tournament but also of the early season. Riverton shot 16 of 64 from the field...
WASHINGTON (AP) — So what’s in the massive $1.5 trillion Republican tax package, what’s not and what does it mean for most Americans? The complex legislation, weeks in the making, scales back the popular deduction for state and local taxes, bad news for Americans in some of the wealthiest suburbs of New York, New Jersey and California. The bill preserves the deduction for medical expenses, rebuffing an effort by House Republicans to eliminate it. The bill provides steep tax cuts for businesses and wealthy families, and more modest reduc...
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — The shoulder-shrugging reply “whatever” continues to annoy Americans more than other words or phrases, but “fake news” is coming on strong. The annual Marist College poll of most annoying words and phrases found “whatever” topping the list for the ninth straight year. It was the pick of one third of poll respondents, who were given five choices. The recent addition “fake news” was slightly ahead of “no offense, but” for second place, 23 percent to 20 percent. About one in 10 found “literally” to be most grating, as di...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Commission received the county’s independent audit for 2017 on Tuesday, from the accounting firm of Carver, Florek and James of Rock Springs, with Myriah McCullough of that firm presenting the findings to the commission. Overall, said McCullough, the audit found the county in a satisfactory position with only a minor net loss from fiscal year 2016. According to the 42-page report, as of June 2017, the county has an overall net position of $16,127,067, including cash equivalents and machinery to total $16,583,859. T...
WORLAND — The 23rd annual Christmas tree recycling effort sponsored by the Washakie County Conservation District will be taking place on Jan. 6, 2018. Individuals and volunteers from the Worland Rotary Club, U.S. Department of Agriculture Service Center, Washakie County Conservation District, Chief Washakie FFA, Worland Recycles and the Ten Sleep Sage Stompers 4-H Club will be gathering Christmas trees which will be chipped into wood mulch. Residents within the town limits of Worland and Ten Sleep should have their undecorated trees to the a...