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Worland schools preparing for solar eclipse

WORLAND — While Worland is not in the path of totality for the rare solar eclipse coming Aug. 21, Washakie County School District No. 1 administrators are preparing for partial viewing.

Superintendent David Nicholas told the board Wednesday that the district purchased 1,600 eclipse safety glasses. With the path of totality so near (53 seconds in Thermopolis and more than two minutes in Boysen Stat...