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CHEYENNE — Community members are asking for a handful of things from the Laramie County School District 1 Board of Trustees in response to racist and anti-gay flyers found in a Cheyenne junior high last month. Flyers reading “it’s great to be straight it’s not OK to be gay,” “black lives only matter because if it weren’t for them who would pick our cotton,” and “Join the KKK,” with “the confederate kid club” in parentheses beneath it were taped to walls and passed out to targeted students at Cheyenne’s McCormick Junior High on March 26....
CASPER — A state-appointed group tasked with finding sustainable air service for Wyoming’s far flung communities took a significant step in the process last week, announcing the state had entered into negotiations with a Utah-based airline to provide regular flights to as many as four Wyoming cities. Members of the Commercial Air Service Improvement Council announced Friday that the state would be entering into contract negotiations with St. George-based SkyWest Airlines for its proposal to provide regular, regional flights to cities like Gil...
Kidnapping suspect faces 3 felony charges in Cheyenne CHEYENNE (WNE) — The man accused of kidnapping a 1-year-old child and assaulting the child’s pregnant mother Thursday is facing several felony charges in Cheyenne, along with new charges from his arrest in Colorado. Mijito Johnson, 26, was charged Friday with two felony counts of aggravated assault against a pregnant woman and a charge of interference with custody of a child. Johnson currently is in custody in Aurora, Colorado, where he also faces misdemeanor charges of interference wit...
Evanston schools approve concealed weapon policy again EVANSTON (WNE) — Slightly more than one year after passing policy CKA to allow approved staff to carry concealed firearms on school district property, the Uinta County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees voted again to adopt the concealed carry rule at the Tuesday, April 9 regular board meeting. After several months of revisiting the rule and again soliciting public comments following a court ruling declaring the original policy null and void last fall, trustees voted unanimously in f...
GILLETTE — Duncan Davidson was at Sage Valley Junior High on that day in November when another student brought guns and ammunition to the school, allegedly with the intent to kill. “I was scared for my life,” he said. “That’s why I’m pro arming teachers.” He said this opinion is shared by many of his fellow students. “As someone who was there, I would have felt much safer and less fearful if I knew that someone was armed there besides the police, before the police got there.” Davidson was one of 26 people who spoke Monday night at the third and...
LARAMIE — The public comment period of the Albany County Commission’s Tuesday meeting was eventful as several expressed dismay over an officer-involved shooting from November. The commission meetings are typically a harmonious affair, but not this week after ACoPP, which stands for Albany County for Proper Policing, organized an effort to protest the county’s handling of the death of Robbie Ramirez, a 39-year-old man who was fatally shot by an Albany County Sheriff’s Office deputy in November. The public comment at the beginning of the commiss...
DOUGLAS — Converse County’s oil and gas boom is reviving the region’s economy and sending record revenues to local governments. Douglas’ housing is full, the county is the new state oil production leader and industry continues to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the area – all with no signs of letting up. After a difficult economic downturn the last few years, the boom is more than welcome, but as the frequent wails of sirens suggest, the boom places an ever-increasing demand on local emergency services. Memorial Hospital of Converse...