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POWELL — Northwest College Forensics claimed its place as top community college in the Western States Communication Association Tournament at Santa Clara University in California. The team took second overall behind the University of Utah, and e...

BASIN — “Enlighten us but make it quick” is the tagline for Ignite Talks. Ignite Talks began in Seattle in 2006 and are now in more than 350 cities worldwide including Basin, according to organizer Lynn Davies. Ignite’s mission is “Everyo...

CHEYENNE — For a fourth consecutive year, Wyoming will send a team of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (D/HH) students to the Gallaudet University National Academic Bowl competition in Washington, D.C. The Academic Bowl challenges D/HH high school s...

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...

BASIN — The Riverside Academic Challenge team is coming off a busy week of competition. On Feb. 17 the team got up early and drove to Torrington to compete at Eastern Wyoming Community College in the last of the regular season meets. The two teams m...

What happens in Idaho in the coming weeks undoubtedly will not stay in Idaho. What happens there could make a big difference in how much you pay for your health insurance – or whether you can even get insurance. Idaho’s Republican governor, C. L....

WORLAND – “Kilroy Was Here.” It was a staple that began in the lead-up to World War II, and soon became famous across Europe as an indication that American GIs had been in the area. A simple cartoon character, drawn on walls and battlegrounds aroun...

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...

LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following students from Wyoming at the completion of the 2017 fall semester. The following degrees may be included on this list: BA (Bachelor of Arts); BAS (Bachelor of Applied S...

WORLAND — Head to the Worland Senior Center Tuesday, Feb. 20, for the bi-monthly blood drive from the United Blood Services. The blood drive runs from noon to 5 p.m. at the Worland Senior Citizens Center. United Blood Services is a nonprofit c...

BASIN — On Saturday two three-member teams from Riverside High School participated in the regional science bowl in Casper. The science bowl, which is funded by the Department of Energy tests high school students on questions dealing with science, m...

POWELL — Outstanding performers from the Showalter Memorial Music Festival present a free concert at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, in the Nelson Performing Arts Center Auditorium at Northwest College in Powell. The festival is named in memory of V...

BASIN — Riverside Academic Challenge is in the midst of its season with several meets coming up in Cheyenne, Torrington and Billings. The team has been on a roll this year finishing in the top three spots in all of its competitions so far, a...

WORLAND — The status of brucellosis in Wyoming, producer requirements for transport or selling and liability and reports on a new test for the disease are among topics at February meetings in Worland and Lovell presented by members of the G...

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...

LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming lists the following students from Wyoming on the 2017 fall semester president’s honor roll. The president’s honor roll consists of regularly enrolled undergraduates who earned a 4.0 (“A”) grade-point average f...

LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming lists the following students from Wyoming on the 2017 fall semester academic dean’s and dean’s freshman honor rolls. The honor rolls consist of regularly enrolled undergraduates above freshman standing who earne...

WORLAND — Seventeen Worland High School music students were selected for All-State music groups, participating in All-State Music Jan. 15-16 in Evanston. Selected for All-State Orchestra were Dane Bennett, oboe and Caleb Fraser, bassoon. All-State J...