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Memorial services for Mary C. Warenski, 75 of Riverton, are at 2 p.m Wednesday, March 14, at the Davis Funeral Home of Riverton. Pastor Ian McFarland of the Cornerstone Church officiates. Cremation has taken place. Mrs. Warenski died at Wind River Healthcare in Riverton on Monday, March 12, 2012.
Memorial services for Georgia A. Scott, 82, were Tuesday morning, 10:00 a.m., March 13, at the Owl Creek Apartments in Riverton. Mrs. Scott died on Friday, March 9, 2012.
Rachel O. Ratliff, 83, died at her home in Riverton on Saturday evening, March 10, 2012. Memorial services are at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14, at the Davis Funeral Home of Riverton with the Rev. Melinda Bobo officiating. Cremation will take place with inurnment on Wednesday. Committal rites at the cemetery will be by the P.E.O. Chapter AP and American Legion Auxiliary. Viewing is from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home.
The Pioneer Museum in Lander, Wyoming, is opening a new exhibit detailing the daily life of the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes of the Wind River Reservation in Fremont County.
The results of a study on the cause and effects of the West Nile Virus in Fremont County will be presented this month in Riverton. It’ll be held Wednesday, March 21, at 3:30 in the afternoon in the Main Hall of Central Wyoming College in Riverton.
Investigators say it was a trail of blood that lead to the arrest of 19-year-old Laziur Hanway Jr. of Ethete for a double slaying in Hudson.
In Yellowstone National Park, officials say the park’s wolf population has stabilized over the past two years at about 100 wolves. That represents about a 60 percent reduction from 2007 wolf numbers as elk populations have also declined.
The family of Jack Corsi who died in November, has filed a lawsuit claiming the Alpine resident is the one known Wyoming fatality involving the contaminated produce that was distributed and sold by Jensen Farms of Holly, Colo.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is offering free seminars on what people should do if they encounter a wolf, mountain lion or grizzly bear. One will be held in Lander on April 3. Others are set for Thermopolis, Marbleton, Cody, Newcastle and Jackson.
A former Riverton High School teacher has entered an Alford plea to a charge of third-degree sexual abuse of a minor, acknowledging that a jury might convict him.
Riverton sees the new opening of a 90-room hotel today at the Wind River Casino a mile south of town. The grand opening ceremony starts at 11 and the public is welcome.
