Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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CHEYENNE — Laramie County’s largest school district is still being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education a little less than two years after a student filed a complaint accusing the district of discrimination against African-American and disabled students. In a letter addressed to former LCSD1 Superintendent John Lyttle and dated Dec. 7, 2017, department officials wrote the parties had reached a settlement and would close investigations into whether the district discriminated against the student for his disability and on the bas...
CHEYENNE — The argument over whether a Republican gubernatorial candidate can stay on the ballot for the Aug. 21 primary kicked off Wednesday in a Laramie County courtroom. Attorneys for the state are asking Laramie County District Judge Thomas Campbell to suspend the campaign of Dr. Taylor Haynes over questions about whether he lives in Wyoming. They also want a general ruling on whether the secretary of state should have broader power to remove ineligible candidates from the ballot even after they’ve been certified and printed. Haynes cla...
CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Republican Party on Saturday selected a former Wyoming Speaker of the House, a local attorney and a Cody farmer as the three finalists for Secretary of State. Torrington’s Ed Buchanan, Cheyenne’s Darin Smith and Cody’s Richard George are all vying to fill the spot left vacant by former Secretary of State Ed Murray. Murray resigned earlier this month after two women publicly accused him of sexual misconduct. Now, Gov. Matt Mead will select the replacement to serve the remaining 10 months of Murray’s term. That appointee...