Given the choice of what to hear first, good news or bad news, Powder River Basin coal producers and the thousands of people who work the mines are used to asking for the good news only to be told there is none.
Editor’s note: Mark Englert, the former longtime vice president of Gillette College, talks about what it would take to bring back the school’s athletics programs and the value of student life on campus and in the community. This is the fourth of a series of Q&A reports leading up to the …
Near the end of 2020, Chaycee Worden, 17, stood in front of District Judge Thomas Rumpke yet again for violating her probation.
Campbell County recorded 28 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, raising its active case count to 80, the highest its been since Jan. 21.
Physical time travel may only be possible in sci-fi novels and movies, but for history buffs, sometimes the perspective gained from examining the past and comparing it to the present is the next best thing.
While out on bond with a felony meth charge, Ronnie Muller, 32, was arrested again for allegedly kidnapping his wife, slamming her head into the passenger window of his car and choking her last week, according to court documents.
Another Campbell County death was recorded on Tuesday as part of 10 newly counted COVID-19 related deaths statewide, while the state’s active case count surpassed 1,000 for the first time since February.
If someone tries to say that summer school isn’t real school, don’t listen to them.
As the COVID-19 delta variant continues to take hold as the most prominent version of the virus in the United States and Wyoming, a midsummer rise in cases concerns public health officials.
The man who was accused of stealing catalytic converters must pay $41,315 in restitution for thefts as part of his sentence.
A local rancher will receive state recognition this month.
A Rozet saddle maker will return to the Campbell County Rockpile Museum this week for a two-day residency. Matt Avery will be at the museum Friday and Saturday. He’ll demonstrate his leatherwork technique while answering questions.
The Campbell County Courthouse and other county facilities will close at noon Friday in honor of former U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, who died July 26.
The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming remained relatively stable over the weekend, growing by eight as the state Health Department received reports of more than 300 recoveries among those with laboratory-confirmed or probable cases.
Black Hills-based band Camp Comfort is coming to Gillette on Thursday to entertain residents and visitors with its unique mix of funk and blues.
Country western artists Sterling Drake and Kellen Smith will perform at Big Lost Meadery and Brewery on Friday.
The Campbell County School District Planetarium will host multiple programs on Saturday at 1000 Lakeway Road.
Area kids can get a chance to learn some magic next week at Cam-plex.
The Campbell County Children’s Developmental Services Foundation will host a fundraiser next week.
The Campbell County Master Gardeners will host a class at the Campbell County Public Library where people can learn tips about how to can their garden produce.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of children traveling alone who were picked up at the Mexican border by U.S. immigration authorities likely hit an all-time high in July, and the number of people who came in families likely reached its second-highest total on record, a U.S. official said Monday, …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package unveiled by the Senate includes more than $150 billion to boost clean energy and promote “climate resilience” by making schools, ports and other structures better able to withstand extreme weather events such as storms and w…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has donated and shipped more than 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 60 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Zambia, the White House announced Tuesday.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The 2021 Cheyenne Frontier Days set records for rodeo and concert ticket sales.
SHERIDAN — Thirty miles northeast of Lovell off U.S Highway 14, a makeshift town of trailers and yurts appears out of nowhere.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The quickly approaching fall semester has America’s colleges under pressure to decide how far they should go to guard their campuses against COVID-19 while navigating legal and political questions and rising infection rates.
New York City will soon require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for indoor activities, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday, making it the first big city in the U.S. to impose such restrictions.
HONG KONG (AP) — China will stick to its goal of having its carbon emissions peak by 2030 and will release more complete reduction plans soon, the country's climate change envoy said Tuesday, even as U.S. and British officials urged it to do more to limit global warming.
Ticket sales strong for Cheyenne Frontier Days' 125th anniversary
CASPER – Wyoming is widely regarded as one of the last states without a hate crime law, but that assertion is not as straightforward as one might think.
The president of Activision's Blizzard Entertainment is stepping down weeks after the maker of video games like “World of Warcraft” and “Call of Duty,” was hit with a discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit in California as well as backlash from employees over their work environment.
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania has ordered its border guards to turn away, by force if needed, migrants attempting to enter the Baltic country, as a surge of Iraqis and others coming in from neighboring Belarus has emerged as a major foreign policy issue.
BOZALAN, Turkey (AP) — As Turkish fire crews pressed ahead Tuesday with their weeklong battle against blazes tearing through forests and villages on the country's southern coast, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government faced increased criticism over its apparent poor response and inadequ…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida rose to an all-time high of 11,515 patients in one day, according to data the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released Tuesday.
MOSCOW (AP) — A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who had a public feud with officials from her team at the Tokyo Games said Tuesday that they “made it clear” she would face punishment if she returned home to an autocratic government that has relentlessly stifled any criticism.
It's a perfect day for Reese Witherspoon as the actress and producer is selling the media company she founded to a newly formed company backed by private equity firm Blackstone Group.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — People who inject drugs in West Virginia's largest county should have expanded access to sterile syringes, testing and treatment in response to one of the nation’s highest spikes of HIV cases, according to federal and state recommendations released Tuesday.
GLENROCK, Wyo. (AP) — A small earthquake rattled rural central Wyoming late Sunday.
GLEN ULLIN, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the woman who died along with her two children in a fiery interstate crash in Morton County.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met Tuesday with the Belarusian opposition leader at his office in London, saying the U.K. is “on her side" and committed to supporting human rights in her country.
PepsiCo will sell Tropicana and other juices to a private equity firm in a $3.3 billion deal.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press appointed Daisy Veerasingham, its executive vice president and chief operating officer, as the news cooperative’s president and CEO on Tuesday, setting her up to replace the retiring Gary Pruitt at the beginning of next year.
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has taken to popular social media apps in a new push to encourage vaccinations against COVID-19, combat “false information” and reach out to younger people.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — After years of attacking Brazil's voting system as susceptible to fraud, President Jair Bolsonaro ignored a Monday deadline from the nation's electoral court to present proof of his claims. And the election authority, in turn, adopted its strongest measures yet aimed …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Southeast Asia later this month aiming to bolster U.S. engagement in the region in an effort to counter China’s growing influence globally.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece closed the Acropolis and other ancient sites during afternoon hours starting Tuesday as a heat wave scorching the eastern Mediterranean worsened.
HONOLULU (AP) — Firefighters gained more control over a wildfire in Hawaii that forced thousands of people to evacuate over the weekend and destroyed at least two homes on the Big Island, but officials warned that strong winds will return on Tuesday, raising the danger again.
Gillette residents continue to use a lot of water this summer, but that's not surprising for city officials.
The Deer Creek 2 Fire, which started about 32 miles west of Gillette on Echeta Road and grew to affect both Sheridan and Johnson counties as well, has been fully contained as of Sunday, said Nick Zaczek, a Type 4 incident team command trainee.
A two-pronged hazardous weather outlook from the National Weather Service in Rapid City, South Dakota, is in effect for Gillette and Campbell County this week.
In less than a week’s time, Donavon Voigt will stand before a crowd in the Pronghorn Center and remember the life of Michael B. Enzi.
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