Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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Cloud Peak Middle School closing in May WORLAND – Eighth grade 2016-2017 graduates will be the last class to graduate from Cloud Peak Middle School in Manderson due to the Big Horn County School District 4 board members vote in their April meeting to close the school at the end of the current school year, a couple of years sooner than originally planned. Big Horn County School District 4 Business Manager Andrew DeGraw stated that the original plan was to close Cloud Peak Middle School upon t...
GOP senator regrets saying guy in tutu 'kind of asks for it' WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator from Wyoming said Tuesday he regrets his poor choice of words after telling students a man who wears a tutu to a bar and gets into fights "kind of asks for it." Sen. Mike Enzi said in a statement that his comments at Greybull High School and Middle School last week were about respect, tolerance and the dangers of bullying. "I regret a poor choice of words during part of my presentation," Enzi said. "None of us is infallible and I apologize to a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite the lifting of a federal hiring freeze, the Department of Veterans Affairs is leaving thousands of positions unfilled, citing the need for a leaner VA as it develops a longer-term plan to allow more veterans to seek medical care in the private sector. The order by VA Secretary David Shulkin is described in an internal April 14 memorandum obtained by The Associated Press. The VA indicated it would proceed with filling open positions previously exempted under the hiring freeze. Noting that the White House had ordered a...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - John Elway has a wicked defense and a wretched offense. In many respects, Denver's defense last year was even better than the one that carried Peyton Manning across the finish line of his stellar career that ended with a Super Bowl 50 ring. The Broncos' offense, on the other hand, was the primary culprit in Denver missing the playoffs one year later. Denver needs upgrades at O-line and tight end and better depth at wide receiver and running back. All these pressing...
WORLAND — The National Weather Service issues a winter weather advisory for the Southwest and Southeast Big Horn Basin including cities of Worland and Thermopolis and the Owl Creek and Bridger mountains. The advisory is in effect through Friday. According to the NWS, significant snow over the West was forecast to end early Thursday afternoon but shift to northern and central Wyoming through Friday evening. According to the advisory, “The main impacts from this storm system has shifted from western Wyoming into northern and central Wyoming as...