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Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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LARAMIE - The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will ask the state to provide $49.6 million for a renovation of War Memorial Stadium's west side stands and the Corbett Pool, which is used by the university's swimming and diving teams. UW Athletic Director Tom Burman has described a rebuild of Corbett Pool as his department's greatest need. "The Corbett Pool project is something we've been talking about for 10 years. It's a project that needs to happen if we're going to have men's and women... Full story
WORLAND — May is Historic Preservation Month. This year, the Alliance for Historic Wyoming (AHW) partnered with 12 Historic Preservation Commissions throughout the state to celebrate local businesses across Wyoming who operate in historic buildings. In addition, it is a month to recognize the multitude of historic buildings that have been rehabilitated, repurposed and “working” throughout the state. The Washakie County Historic Preservation Commission nominated Larsen’s Bicycles located in Worland to be recognized for their historic preserv... Full story
Legal Aid of Wyoming wants to help vets regardless of income CHEYENNE (WNE) — Legal Aid of Wyoming is testing a pilot program in Laramie County to provide military veterans access to free legal assistance, no matter their income level. Currently, Legal Aid of Wyoming restricts its services to Wyomingites whose income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. But the new program being tested in the county would provide in-person legal assistance for any veteran without any income qualifier, said Raymond Macchia, executive director of Leg... Full story
Secretary of State Ed Buchanan is seeking a judgeship just seven months after winning election to his statewide office and a judicial commission has submitted his name and two others for Gov. Mark Gordon's consideration. Buchanan put in an application with Wyoming's Judicial Nominating Commission for a vacant circuit court judgeship in Goshen County. He was one of three names selected by the commission. The names now go to Gordon, who has 30 days to select a candidate. The other two candidates a... Full story
CASPER — When DeMaret Kirtley was last home in July 1950, he posed for a photo. His starched Army uniform hanging from his thin frame, Marston — as his friends and family called him — stood next to his father, the two men staring straight ahead, quintessential Wyoming ranchers. When Marston posed with his mother, he was closer, as warm with her as he was reserved with his dad. In another photograph, he leaned back against the fence of his parents’ porch, his hands in his pockets. He was 20. More than four months earlier, in late Februar... Full story
CASPER — As Beau Brindley paged through a jury verdict form, five attorneys crowding around him craned their necks and leaned over his shoulders. Brindley returned the form to Judge Alan Johnson and walked back to a defense table in Casper’s federal courthouse. He shared whispers with his client, Dr. Shakeel Kahn, before Johnson read the form aloud to the courtroom. By the time Johnson completed his recitation, Kahn had been found guilty of all 21 felonies he faced, including an enhancement holding him responsible for the 2015 death of an Ari... Full story
RIVERTON (WNE) — After a 3-3 vote by the Northern Arapaho Business Council last week, Wind River Hotel and Casino CEO Jim Conrad received a letter from NABC chairman Lee Spoonhunter which stated Conrad will not be offered a new contract. "This is not a termination," Spoonhunter said. "Your present contract will expire on its own terms on June 30, 2019. We expect that you will continue to serve as CEO until that date. We thank you for your service to the Northern Arapaho Tribe." However, not all council-members are in agreement about Conrad's f... Full story
GLENROCK - She grew up just north of Glenrock, grazing in lush, lowland swamps. When she lumbered over to the creek for a drink, crocodiles and turtles lounged on the bank beside her. Unlike the squarish cattle and nimble pronghorn roaming today's sagebrush, she was well equipped for battle, with a nine-foot-long head studded with long, hefty horns that would put today's rhinos to shame. A large frill, with a couple of holes in it, protected her neck. Sixty-eight million years ago, she died of...
Cheyenne kidnapping suspect bound over to district court CHEYENNE (WNE) — A Cheyenne man accused of kidnapping a 1-year-old child and assaulting the child’s pregnant mother was bound over Friday to Laramie County District Court. Mijito Johnson, 26, is facing two felony counts of aggravated assault against a pregnant woman and one count of interference with custody of a child. Following testimony at Johnson’s preliminary hearing Friday, Laramie County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Lee said there’s sufficient evidence to move the case on to distric... Full story
According to the National Weather Service, a flood warning was issued for Washakie, Hot Springs, Big Horn and Fremont counties. A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT FOR EASTERN HOT SPRINGS...EAST CENTRAL FREMONT AND CENTRAL WASHAKIE COUNTIES... At 844 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated an area of heavy rainfall was continuing across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Worland, Thermopolis, Lucerne, Kirby, Winchester, Lysite,... Full story
The National Weather Service in Riverton has issued a * Flood Warning for... Northeastern Washakie County in central Wyoming... * Until 315 PM MDT Wednesday. * At 530 AM MDT, the river gauge on the Nowood river near Ten Sleep was at 10.1 feet, flood stage is 8.5 feet. The river continues to rise at this location. Public spotter has reported that flooding is occurring at this time. * The river at Ten Sleep should crest late this morning. Expect flooding along the Nowood River to the Big Horn County line. * Some locations that will experience... Full story