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Veterans recall names faces tales from World War II
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rosetta Strecker, 88, searched for the Texas pillar at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., conjuring the names ...
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WWCC supports spaceport school idea
A school to help would-be pilots learn to fly terrestrial craft at the Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport could take off once improvements to the city's spaceport are ...
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Motocross community gathers to honor fallen racer
At 8:30 p.m. local riders, friends, and family descended upon the track at the Sweetwater County Events Complex and placed lanterns and solar lamps in honor of racer #564 David Panzer who had tragically died earlier in the day. According to Sweetwater County Coroner Dale Majhanovich, 31-year-old Panzer missed a jump while doing a practice run, subsequently wrecked and was thrown off his bike. ...
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Savedra sentenced after admitting guilt in Shopko thefts
In exchange for a guilty plea, Savedra's felony larceny charge was reduced to a misdemeanor larceny charge.She was given a six-month suspended jail sentenced and placed on six months unsupervised probation. According to affidavit information, on Jan. 24, Green River Police officer Korey Thompson responded to a call from Shopko to speak with Ricky Casey, who works in loss prevention for ...
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Point of Rocks will officially exist again after mistake
If you ever drive through or stop into Point of Rocks, WY, you can say you've been in a town that does not exist. Officially it doesn't at this time, because of a census. Back in 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau removed Point of Rocks as a census designated place while the organization was collecting information for the 2010 national census. Residents of Points of Rocks are upset with ...
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Board drops student accident insurance to save money
The Sweetwater County School District No.2 board voted against renewing their student accident insurance from Francis L Dean and Associates. According to district business manager Pete Brandjord, the premium would increase from $23,055 to $57,740 if renewed, a 150 percent increase. Brandjord said the district was not required to have the ...
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A sign of summer resident starts ice cream business
DONALD CAMPBELL's SON Nicholas gives ice cream to Kendra Arns, Averie Cornell and Cindy Cornell Mondayafternoon. Campbell plans to drive their motorcycle through neighborhoods, selling frozen ...
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Yellowstone Republicans have new chairwoman
The Yellowstone County Republican Party has a new chairwoman.Jennifer Owen replaced Jennifer Olsen this spring through a party election.Olsen, a petroleum engineer who works in North Dakota, announced in April that she wouldn't seek re-election. Olsen's decision came a couple months after she was accused of making racist joke about President Barack Obama on her Facebook page. Olsen ...
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Nonprofits to receive funding increase for care for mentally disabled
HELENA -- Nonprofit groups that serve thousands of mentally disabled Montanans will get their full 4 percent increase in state payments ...
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USDA awards $250000 to Indian organization in Billings to boost small businesses
Small business creation in Indian Country received a $250,000 boost on Monday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded rural ...
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Man dies in cliff diving incident at Flaming Gorge
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. -- A Rock Springs man has died after he insisted on jumping off a cliff into Flaming Gorge Reservoir.Authorities identified the dead man as 24-year-old Michael Pond.Sweetwater County Sheriff Rich Haskell and County Coroner Dale Majhanovich say Pond went to the Big Firehole area of Flaming Gorge on Saturday with four friends.Pond told his friends that he wanted to jump off a ...
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Charges filed against Billings man involved in weekend standoff
A Billings man who held a gun to his head during astandoff with policewas charged Monday with domestic violence.Brad Allen Sauter, 34, appeared in Yellowstone County Justice Court by video from the county jail on a felony charge of partner or family member assault.Sauteralso was charged with misdemeanor counts of obstructing, drug possession and possessing drug paraphernalia.Sauter was arrested ...
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Deal resolves case against repeat drunken driver
A repeat drunken driver whose fifth DUI charge resulted in a hung jury cut a deal with prosecutors andpleaded no contest Monday to a reduced charge.Jerrad Justin Songer, 40, appeared before District Judge Gregory Todd and entereda conditional admission to a felony charge of criminal endangerment.Todd followed a joint recommendationfrom the prosecution and Songer's defense attorney and ...
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Weather Alert Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Posted: Monday, Jun 17th, 2013 CHEYENNE - The National Weather Service (NWS) in Cheyenne has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Platte County until 10 p.m. NWS Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm near Friend Park Campground, or 29 miles northwest of Wheatand, moving southwest at 5 mph. Wind gusts up to 40 mph are expected with the storm, as is heavy rain. ...
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Rainbow Family to camp in Jackson area
BUTTE -- The Rainbow Family will be gathering on U.S. Forest Service land near Jackson this summer, according to the organization's Web ...
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Officials investigate rig death in southern Wyo.
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) -- The Wyoming Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating the death of a 32-year-old Worland man on a drilling rig near Baggs last ...
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Billings man sentenced for assault against daughter
A 41-year-old Billings man who hit his daughter in the head with the grip of a large knife was sentenced Monday in Yellowstone County District ...
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Reading Rocks gets started in Billings parks
A 41-year-old Billings man who hit his daughter in the head with the grip of a large knife was sentenced Monday in Yellowstone County District ...
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Stolen truck gun threat lands Billings man in prison
A 41-year-old Billings man who hit his daughter in the head with the grip of a large knife was sentenced Monday in Yellowstone County District ...
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Conservation crew wraps up wildlife projects
The projects will allow local wildlife better access through fencing near the company's Granger facility, while the second closes off access to two ...
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Wyoming sees increase in K-12 language program
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- The number of K-12 students in Wyoming participating in a program to help them speak the English language has increased 10.5 percent over the last four years.The number of students in the program has increased from 3,190 in the 2009-10 school year to 3,526 this past year. The majority of students in the program are Hispanic.Beth VanDeWege oversees the English Language Learner ...
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Beach will continue to try to prove innocence
DEER LODGE, Mont. (AP) -- Montana State Prison inmate Barry Beach says he will continue to fight to prove his innocence in the 1979 killing of Kim Nees of ...
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2 injured in rollover crash near Laurel
Two peoplewere injuredin a rollover crash east of Laurel on Monday.Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Darvin Mees said a 19-year-old Laurel man was driving passenger car westbound through a curve on Shannon Road at about 11:30 a.m. when the car went off the road just east of the East Laurel I-90 on ramp.The driver overcorrected and the car began to spin and went into a ditch on the road's north ...
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Cloud Peak seeks 198M ton coal lease in Montana
It wasn't until she returned home in April from a yearlong deployment -- including nine months in Afghanistan -- that Montana Army National ...
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Lawyers for Wyoming death row inmate explore new defense
CHEYENNE, Wyo. --A judge has approved medical testing for Wyoming's lone death row inmate to determine whether he should be covered by a ...
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