Employees: Company lays off workers

Current and former employees reported that Teton Buildings, formerly Teton Homes, laid off approximately 115 workers during meetings on Friday afternoon.

Teton Homes, known for manufacturing high-end trailers, sold its physical contents at an auction on the Natrona County Courthouse steps on Oct. 2. The company, owned by Boston-based Webster Capital, had defaulted on an almost $6.5 million loan. Zions National Bank purchased the contents for slightly more than $1 million.

An attorney for Zions, which held the lien on the property, said he didn't know what would be done with the property or the business after the sale.

CEO Chris Braun didn't comment at the auction and also was not available on Friday.

Calls to Teton Homes on Friday were answered with this recorded message: "Hello. You have reached Teton Homes Corporation. Teton Homes is no longer taking orders, manufacturing product or performing service work. If there is something else we can help you with, please leave a message after the tone. Thank you."

Searchers look for fisherman in Snake River

Searchers were continuing to look in the Snake River for a missing Casper fisherman on Friday afternoon, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office.

Witnesses said they saw 23-year-old Joshua Lee Martin of Casper slip into the river near the Sheep Gulch boat ramp on the afternoon of Nov. 15 while wearing waders.

Lincoln County Sheriff Shane Johnson told the Jackson Hole News and Guide on Thursday that the witnesses reported watching Martin struggle in the water. Johnson said the waders could have filled with water and dragged Martin down.

Johnson said the Star Valley Search and Rescue has been looking at areas of the river where Martin could be found. Johnson said searchers plan to continue to look in likely spots of the river.

WYDOT: Remove election signs

The Wyoming Department of Transportation encourages anyone who has placed campaign signs within the state right-of-way to remove them, according to a release. WYDOT workers will soon be looking for signs and removing them.

"Not only do the signs present a potential safety hazard, they're fast-becoming eyesores now that the election is over," said Jeff Goetz, WYDOT District 2 public involvement specialist.

Any leftover signs found on right-of-way or property will be removed and taken to the District 2 office, 900 Bryan Stock Trail, or to the nearest WYDOT field office. Signs will be available for pick-up for five days after removal. Signs not picked up after five days will be discarded.

Talk centers on English learners

Keonghee Tao Han, assistant professor of literacy education at the University of Idaho, will give a presentation titled "Listening to Hyun-woo: What Can Teachers Learn from an English Language Learner?" at noon on Monday in the Rosemary Malone Room at Casper College's Goodstein Foundation Library, according to a release.

The discussion is hosted by the University of Wyoming/Casper College Center.

Han will discuss her research involving Korean children and their experiences in public school classrooms in the United States. She will also offer two literacy strategies that can be applied by educators, classroom teachers, literacy specialists, and education students in their approaches to teaching English language learners.

For more information, contact the UW/CC Center at (307) 268-2713.

NC places first at debate meet

The Natrona County High School speech and debate team placed first at a meet on Nov. 14 and 15 in Green River, according to a release. The team placed first in the large school division and first among all of the teams at the meet.

Policy Debate: Novice, 1. Micah Scaling and Seth Marshall.

Lincoln Douglas Debate: Novice, 1. Jim Meyer. Varsity, 2. Kaitlynn Glover.

Public Forum: Novice, 1. Alex Lutz and Abbey Engen; 2. Jennifer Barella and Shalom Marcelli; 3. Roy Uptain and Huner McCurdy.

Extemp: Novice, 2. Jim Meyer; 3. Micah Scaling; 5. Shalom Marcelli. Varsity, 3. Maddie Orcutt; 4. Kaitlynn Glover; 6. Hannah Becker.

Congress: Varsity, 2. Brandon Rosty. Novice, 5. Alex Lutz.

Oratory: Novice, 1. Gabby Grosso; 2. Joanne Ouellet.

Humor: Novice, 5. Gabby Grosso.

Duet: Novice, 5. Paulina Strayer and Sayleana Donohue.

Drama: Novice, 5. Paulina Strayer.