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  • Different worlds, different attitudes

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|May 27, 2017

    Friday was a day of mixed emotions. While getting ready for work I had the news on and heard a report of some Texas teachers who gave out mock awards this week, giving "most likely to be a terrorist" award to a good student. I was shocked. What were these teachers thinking? Well the fact was these teachers were not thinking at all. Whether in jest, joking or not, it was wrong. No ifs, ands, or buts. In a world where we try to prevent bullying the teachers took bullying to a new level and called...

  • More records, barely, as stocks rise for 7th day

    May 27, 2017

    NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks made the tiniest of gains Friday as media companies and sellers of beauty products and food ticked higher. Major indexes added to their winning streak and record highs. Stocks spent the day flipping back and forth between small gains and losses. Beauty products maker Ulta rose after a strong first-quarter report and competitor and Coty climbed as well. Media companies including Comcast and Disney also advanced while video game and drug companies slipped. The market has been steady in recent months, and with i...

  • Memorial Day observances for Worland, Ten Sleep Monday

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|May 27, 2017

    WORLAND – American Legion Post 44 in Worland will be commemorating Memorial Day with observances at the Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery and Ten Sleep Cemetery Monday, with a brunch at the American Legion hall in between ceremonies. Starting at 11 a.m. at the Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Worland, Legion Honor Guard will hold an observance for fallen servicemen at the Arch in Memory of Valiant. The ceremony will include an invocation by Reverend Edward Farmer, a wreath laying, a pres...

  • Putting Ten Sleep on the map

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|May 27, 2017

    TEN SLEEP - Sports are the best, while a form of entertainment they serve so many life lessons. They're hard to top and here's reason #105 why they are the best - when you watch a group of athletes come together, believe in one another and see the foundation of something special beginning. Then when you combine that with a David vs. Goliath-esque story there's some serious magic brewing. For example, the Lady Pioneers track team went into this season well under everyone's radar. Even coming off...

  • Gillette junior high school students arrested for threats

    May 27, 2017

    GILLETTE (AP) — Two junior high school students have been arrested for making threats to shoot other students at their Gillette school in northeast Wyoming. The 14-year-old and 15-year-old boys were arrested Wednesday and held in Campbell County jail with charges pending. Police Lt. Chuck Deaton tells the Gillette News Record that both students made numerous statements to others that they were looking for a gun to do a school shooting. Deaton says they also told other students to wear a red shirt on the last day of school Thursday so they w...

  • Leadership class beautifies bike path

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|May 27, 2017

    WORLAND - The 2017 Washakie Leadership Institute Class of 2017, the seventh WLI class completed their community service project earlier this week with some beautification of the entrance to the Worland bike/walking path. WLI Class VII student Rachel Larson said every class must select a project that benefits the community and involves all class members. She said normally the project must be completed by the end of the class, May 9, however due to weather and awaiting for delivery of sustainable...

  • Katherine Taylor

    May 27, 2017

    Katherine Taylor, 91, of Worland, went to be with our Lord on May 20, 2017. One of eleven siblings, she was born on October 11, 1925 (a true Libra) in Fresno, CA to the late Caspar and Katherine Klein. She was first married to the late Wilbur McKim (Streak) in 1940 and remarried to the late John R Taylor (Bub) in 1950. Katherine spent most of her life in Worland, and she would tell you her greatest joy was also her biggest challenge - raising three boisterous boys. Some who knew Katherine might...

  • May 27, 2017

    Public Notice Termination of Parental Rights...  Website

  • May 27, 2017

    Public Notice Bids for Ten Sleep Library...  Website