My Wyoming: The Biden Bust Will Severely Damage Cowboy State
It’s been reported in this column before that often Wyoming’s economy reacts to the national economy much like a teeter-totter. When Wyoming is booming up, the country is struggling down. When the country is...
COVID Puts Strain on County Detention Center
Coronavirus-related restrictions in state penitentiary facilities have slowed the intake of prisoners, resulting in a higher jail population that could further strain the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), officials say.
Approximately 30 prisoners in the...
Gillette Police Chief Announces Retirement
Gillette Police Department (GPD) Chief Jim Hloucal will retire this March after 30 years of service, according to a release from the City of Gillette Wednesday.
Hloucal joined the GPD in 1991, and during that...
Statewide COVID-19 Related Deaths Rise to 257
Twenty-seven more Wyoming residents have died of complications stemming from the coronavirus, including three in Campbell County that occurred last month, according to a Thursday afternoon release from the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH).
This...
Man Arrested for Attempting to Run People Over Following Fight
A 36-year-old man has been charged with two felonies after admitting to trying to run people over in his pickup in a bar parking lot early Thursday morning, according to Campbell County Undersheriff Quentin...
Conservatives Form Freedom Caucus to Challenge House GOP
By Andrew Graham, WyoFile
Conservative members of the Wyoming House of Representatives have created a caucus to negotiate with House Republican leadership, two members of the group told WyoFile this week.
The group calls itself the Wyoming...
Panel OKs Bipartisan Nuclear Bill; Critics See Trouble Ahead
By Jeremy Dillon, Greenwire, E&E News
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a bipartisan nuclear policy and infrastructure package 16-5 yesterday morning.
The compromise bill, S. 4897, would throw a financial lifeline to struggling reactors...
Winter Christmas Market: Dec. 19
The Gillette Saturday Farmers Market features local vendors offering meat, dairy, produce, baked and canned goods, crafts, soaps, candies, dog treats, organic spices and much, more more!
On Saturday, Dec. 19, enjoy the spirit of...
EPA Won’t Require Cleanup Insurance for 3 Major Industries
By E.A. Crunden, Greenwire, E&E News
EPA will not require three major industries to guarantee funding for toxic waste cleanups under federal Superfund law, finalizing a controversial rule in the last months of the Trump administration.
The...
State Unveils New Grouse Rules as Feds Again Ease Protections
By Angus M. Thuermer, Jr., WyoFile
Wyoming officials last week established the framework for a system to offset destroyed greater sage grouse habitat even as the federal government diluted protections for the imperiled species.
Wyoming now has...