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WORLAND – The Worland High School will be hosting their annual ‘Worland Warriors Pageant’ at the Worland Middle School auditorium at 6:30 p.m. this Friday. The pageant was originally scheduled for Monday but there was a conflict. Student Counc...

WORLAND – Starting February, Worland Senior Center started holding a Jam Session the second Monday of each month. The Jam Session is held at the senior center at 6:30 p.m. This Monday night, super nachos are to be served with a cost of $5. Dan G...

WORLAND – In honor of local volunteers and what they do for us, Worland Mayor James Gill proclaimed April 3 as National Service Recognition day, encouraging residents to recognize the positive impact that the national service has in our community a...

WORLAND – A tradition for most families on Easter is to partake in a local egg hunt and this year there are three local Easter egg hunts. The first one is on Saturday at the Worland Aquatic Center. The center holds the hunt at 1 p.m. for children a...

WORLAND – The National Forensic League National Qualifiers took place two weeks ago in Lander with Worland High School qualifying two members for the national competition in June. Alongside the qualifiers, they also had two alternates, and one who a...

WORLAND – The Hot Springs County High School forensics team captured fifth place in the Class 3A division at the state meet in Lander last weekend. More than 500 high school students from across Wyoming competed at the state speech meet. HSCHS c...

WORLAND – With a successful regular season behind them, the Worland High School speech and debate team is now focusing on their next meet, the state meet this Thursday through Saturday in Lander. Those who will be competing are Kaitlyn Bostrom and T...

WORLAND – Last weekend, the WHS speech and debate team had a meet in Greybull where they grabbed another win. Worland placed second overall and captured first place for 3A schools. Multiple individuals and duets broke through during the meet. S...

WORLAND – The Hot Springs County High School speech and debate team has seen a handful of wins this season. With a young team, they’ve brought home a fourth-place finish at Kelly Walsh, a third place from Jackson and a second place in 3A from Gre...

WORLAND – The Worland Speech and Debate team went to Natrona County for their most recent tournament two weeks ago. This tournament was the second biggest tournament of the state with 30 schools competing from Wyoming and outside the state. F...

WORLAND – Monday, Feb. 12, was the first day of the Worland Senior Center’s annual tax assistance. Sherry Stottler has been in charge of this event for two years. “The taxes here at the senior center have been getting done for a lot of years...

WORLAND — WHS debate team witnessed another win this weekend at their tournament in Jackson Hole. “We won overall for small schools,” Rick Dorn, the debate team coach, said. “There were some kids who advanced in every area that they were entered...

For many of the local businesses in downtown Worland, 2017 held an increase in sales from the previous year. Stores such as Larsen’s Bicycles and Outdoorsman have noticed this sales increase and are hoping for even bigger sales growth. Lisa Weamer w...

WORLAND – The 1897 Wyoming was more of a wild and lawless settlement than ever. Sweeping upon this scene came the unruly Belle Drewry, who brought her own brand of mayhem and debauchery. Worland man Clay Gibbons spins the true tale of crime, death, g...

WORLAND — The Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District is hoping with the new year to help educate Worland area residents about ways to properly recycle cardboard and office paper. Washakie County Solid Waste Disposal District manager Mike S...

WORLAND — Now that school has started up again, so has speech and debate. This year, Worland High School coach Rick Dorn has about 30 students competing. Dorn said that some of the top returners from last year include Paris Caines and Rachael C...

The iconic ball drop in Times Square turns 110 years old Sunday. According to history.org, the earliest celebrations for the New Year mark back to 1904 when New Yorkers brought in the new year with a literal bang as they allowed one fiery blast...

Worland high school students Caleb Fraser and Jaycee Page both recently had the chance of a lifetime, a chance to perform with national ensembles. The band and choir students had the opportunity to partake in the 2017 All-National Honor Ensembles in...

WORLAND — If you’ve listened to the radio lately, you’ve probably found yourself not surprised over the holiday music that’s played through the station. Well, the same kind of jolly-filled music has been playing through the halls of schools through...