At the end of the school year, most staff and students can take a minute to catch their breath. Summer break begins for students and many school workers tasked with caring for the youth on a daily basis.
A man who allegedly ignored multiple warnings to slow down before a one-car crash that killed his front-seat passenger last year has pleaded not guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide.
Zarhya Hildebrand, 4, sure knows how to tug some heartstrings.
When Jim Lahey, owner of Sullivan Street Bakery and Sullivan Street Pizza in New York City, published his book “My Pizza: The Easy No-Knead Way to Make Spectacular Pizza at Home,” he couldn’t have chosen a better title.
A Campbell County man accused of strangling his wife multiple times just weeks into his probation term has pleaded not guilty to all counts against him and remains in jail.
I’ve been seeing a man. Well, it’s more than seeing, but somehow the word dating doesn’t quite fit either. The official term is LAT — an acronym for people who are living apart together.
The fate of a proposed hate crime ordinance will be decided Tuesday night.
Gillette is headed into the summer with the least dry conditions it’s had in the past few years.
About 30 minutes into rehearsing detailed portions of musical melodies, Haydn Steele had an idea.
CASPER — In April, the Biden administration proposed a new rule that would allow conservation groups to lease federal lands the same way oil and gas, mining operations and ranchers do, a plan that drew swift pushback from Wyoming politicians and extractive industries.
Wyoming will spend more than $4 million to kill coyotes, wolves, ravens, skunks and other “nuisance animals” in 2023-24 — more than any previous fiscal year.
ANIMAL CRUELTY
Visitors stopping by the Campbell County Rockpile Museum Saturday will get the chance to use an atlatl as part of a World Atlatl Day celebration.
The Energy Capital of the Nation Car Show is roaring back into town this weekend with old cars, new cars, trucks, classics and works in progress. The show is hosted by Campbell County Classics and Customs.
JACKSON — Smith’s parent company Kroger responded Wednesday to reports of employees prohibiting teens, ages 17 and under, from entering the Jackson grocery store.
SUNDANCE — It’s been more than seven years since Rare Element Resources (RER) was forced to put a hold on all the permitting activities associated with its rare earth mine in the Bearlodge Mountains.
Rawlins will receive a $500,000 Brownfields Assessment grant to develop cleanup and revitalization plans for some 20 properties in an effort to remediate environmental and human health hazards while giving the town’s economy a boost.
SHERIDAN — Wyoming’s Telecommunications Act is set to expire in 2025, and legislators have begun work on potential amendments or a replacement bill.
CHEYENNE — Less than a week before Wyoming Department of Education officials were scheduled to appear in Laramie County District Court for a public records lawsuit hearing, the state agency provided 1,170 pages of public records in connection to an anti-sexualization press conference.
Amendments to the proposed hate crime ordinance have been put forth ahead of its third reading before the Gillette City Council, which is scheduled to take place Tuesday night.
The weather pattern that Gillette’s currently in, with a mid-afternoon storm sandwiched by good weather, is expected to continue for the next few days.
SHERIDAN — Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander, thinks Wyoming poll watchers should be able to observe vote counting.
JACKSON — A former Jackson Police Department lieutenant who argued that he was illegally forced to quit in 2020 was awarded $235,000 Friday following a federal trial in Cheyenne.
A 43-year-old woman was arrested for felony theft Wednesday morning. Her parents reported she stole $13,000 in cash from their home on Gap Road while they were gone.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
The third annual Music and Mugs event hosted by AVA Community Art Center takes place from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday at the art center.
A queen and princess contest will kick off the Little Levi Rodeo at 6 p.m. Friday in Cam-plex Wrangler Arena.
The Gillette Abuse Refuge Foundation will host a garage sale at the annual Sleepy Hollow Days from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday on Greensburgh Avenue.
BUFFALO — For decades Dave Belus and his family have ranched across Johnson County, grazing their cattle on a patchwork of private and Bureau of Land Management land.
CASPER — All of Wyoming’s pregnancy-related deaths are preventable, and the state can do more to support pregnant women, mothers and families, a first-of-its-kind report says.
CHEYENNE — A coalition of Wyoming residents who say they are advocating for educators, books and the First Amendment has come together in Laramie County.
A federal judge received improper proposals — which he neither reviewed nor considered — regarding how he should decide on the high-profile corner-crossing trespass case, according to a ruling he filed Friday.
LANDER—Wyoming residents could face a new hurdle when registering to vote if Secretary of State Chuck Gray gets his way.
Biologists once found a crayfish with an entire garter snake and several fish inside a female bullfrog near Sheridan. That may sound like an impressive amount of food for a two-pound frog, but it’s actually pretty standard for the voracious amphibians. Wendy Estes-Zumpf, the state’s herpetol…
John Mowat remembers the day 71 years ago when he and three others became the first to climb the Grand Teton’s Second Tower, a pyramid on the mountain’s skyline that partially crumbled last fall.
Wyoming is poised to become a national leader in nuclear energy.
In June, the Campbell County Commissioners will be approving their budget after weeks of discussion.
The green and blue playhouses sat strapped to a flatbed trailer Thursday morning outside of Thunder Basin High School. Slowly, the truck and driver tasked with delivering them to their new home exited the parking lot, careful not to disturb the prized merchandise.
Campbell County Health celebrated National EMS Week last week by recognizing the work and time the local EMS team put in last year.
The hospital board chairman responded to recent criticism from a founder of a new clinic in town. While emphasizing his support for Campbell County Health employees, he talked about wanting to find ways to work together with, instead of against, competing clinics.
The splash pad at the Energy Capital Sports Complex is now open for the season.
The deadline to request an extension for Wyoming’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program is June 30.
Correction: This story had incorrectly stated the location of a burglary at an RV storage site and has been corrected. The burglary occurred in the 400 block of South Garner Lake Road. It did not occur at EZ RV and Boat Storage.
Andrew Child, bestselling author of the “Jack Reacher” series will be in Gillette Friday at the Campbell County Public Library.
Guests can join in an “Evanescent” reception for artists Blanche Guernsey and Richard Burke from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Wyoming Art and Frame.
Local youth will put their best foot forward in this year’s production of “A-Wop Bop A-Loo Bop” by Mandi Steele Musical Productions. The performances begin at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday at Heritage Center Theater at Cam-plex.
Gas prices in Wyoming rise 5 cents per gallon in last week
CASPER — A grand jury has formally indicted a Fort Washakie man accused of threatening to shoot an FBI special agent in the head.
JACKSON — After Avery Ward wrapped up her day at the Teton Literacy Center on May 23, her stomach hurt so she headed to Smith’s with a friend to grab some over-the-counter medicine.
CHEYENNE — One of Wyoming’s largest natural gas suppliers is proposing a 7% increase in residential customers’ service charges.
CHEYENNE — All of the election policy proposals put forward by Secretary of State Chuck Gray and his team will be considered by the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee during the current interim period between sessions.
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