Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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LARAMIE — Albany County School District No. 1 board members plan to revisit the possibility of offering softball at Laramie High School after they complete their budget for the 2019-2020 school year. The board declined a request from Laramie Girls Softball in February in a dramatic 4-4 vote. The ninth school board member, Michele Mitchum, resigned the same day as that board meeting, and a tie vote was enough to kill the proposal. Since then, organizers of Laramie Girls Softball have pushed the board to reverse that February decision as more d...
CHEYENNE — Statewide leaders in agriculture recently launched an initiative to clean oilfield wastewater for use in arid Western states, hoping to reduce the region's carbon footprint and improve the lives of ranchers and farmers. "Just Add Water" would deliver new water sources to Western states such as New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, North Dakota and Wyoming - oil producers that typically see 15 inches of rainfall or less per year. Local agricultural company Encore Green, in conjunction with the national Beneficial Use Water A...
THERMOPOLIS — The Wyoming Supreme Court issued an opinion on March 27, in favor of Hot Springs District Court’s action regarding Paul D. Mathewson. In his appeal, Mathewson contended the district court erred by denying his motions to suppress evidence and to dismiss for lack of a speedy trial. He further contended his conviction for felony possession of a controlled substance and claimed liquid contained in his water pipe that tested positive for methamphetamine doesn’t constitute “a controlled substance in liquid form” under Wyoming statutes....
POWELL — In recent weeks, more than a dozen women have contacted the Park County Sheriff’s Office to report being abused at a Clark facility for troubled teenage girls. The allegations — from 15 former patients of Trinity Teen Solutions — are all years old, dating as far back as 2007 to as recently as 2015. Angie Woodward, who cofounded Trinity with her husband Jerry, said in an interview that the business takes any allegations of abuse or mistreatment very seriously. However, she also said the complaints appear to be coming from a group of you...
WORLAND — Due to upcoming construction to their facility Crisis Prevention and Response Center will be temporarily operating out of the Worland Community Center board room. Business line and 24-hour Crisis HotLine have remained the same. CPRC Director Karina Pacheco-Rice said, “Thank you for being understanding during this transition and we are looking forward to the completion of our facility.” The current facility is just about 600 square feet. The new addition will be 1,214 square feet, making the entire center, 1,799 square feet. The total...