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Richard Ivan Brown, 90-year-old life-long Worland resident, passed away on July 24, 2019 at the VA hospital in Sheridan, Wyoming. Richard was born on June 30, 1029 in Worland. A Military Memorial service will be at 11 a.m., Monday, July 29, 2019 at the Bryant Funeral Home Chapel....
A $2.6 million pavement improvement project is scheduled to begin next week between Meeteetse and Cody. Prime contractor on the Meeteetse Rim project is McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co., of Worland. The Wyoming 120 project begins north of Meeteetse just west of Greybull River Road (milepost 57.924) to north of Meeteetse Rim (milepost 63.065). By contract, all work on the 5.4-mile project must be completed this year except for chip sealing. Contract completion date is June 30, 2020. Project work consists of shoulder flattening and adjustments...
Mary Irene Sutherland, 99-year-old Worland resident, passed away on July 24, 2019 at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Graveside services will be Saturday, July 27 at Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Pastor Timothy Trippel officiating....
CASPER — Lander-based Fremont County School District No. 1 became just the fourth district in Wyoming to allow approved staff members to carry firearms in schools after a school board vote earlier this week, despite objections from some in the community who criticized the policy as hastily written and the board of ignoring “overwhelming” opposition. “Where I really take issue with it, recognizing that the board seems intent on arming teachers regardless of what public really wants, my issue is this is just incredibly sloppy policy making,” said...
LARAMIE — Former University of Wyoming football player Carl Granderson is appealing his six-month jail sentence, which was imposed July 11 after the defensive end pleaded no contest to a charge of sexual battery and unlawful touching. Granderson’s counsel, Laramie attorney Megan Overman Goetz, has already filed a notice of appeal to the Wyoming Supreme Court. She’s also asked Albany County district court Judge Tori Kricken to allow Granderson to withdraw his no contest pleas, vacate his sentence and be given a new trial. However, the groun...
SHERIDAN — Recent reports indicate state tax revenues continued to grow through the end of fiscal year 2019, but recent disruptions in the state’s energy sector have cast doubt as to whether that growth can continue. Jim Robinson, principal economist in the Wyoming Department of Administration and Information’s Economic Analysis Division, said statewide sales and use tax collections and severance tax collections saw large year-over-year gains in fiscal year 2019. Much of the mining sector growth was driven by oil production, but even if oil p...
G&F wants to keep regional office in Jackson JACKSON (WNE) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s leadership prefers keeping its regional office and current operations in Jackson, rather than co-locating with the Pinedale office or moving elsewhere. Teton County’s extraordinary cost of housing sparked talk this spring about redrawing the agency’s boundaries or investing in pricey Jackson Hole housing to put up employees who cannot afford a house of their own. The department’s staff came back to the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission with the...
GILLETTE — Wyoming has come a long way from its roots. But when it comes to gambling, some lawmakers believe the Cowboy State today isn’t much different from its wilder days. “On the surface, it really is the Wild West,” said state Sen. Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower. “It’s do whatever you want until someone says no.” Driskill wants the state to get a handle on gaming across Wyoming before it gets out of control. In June, the Joint Committee on Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources, of which Driskill is co-chair, decided not t...
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Attorney General’s office filed suit last week against Equifax Inc. for allegedly violating the Wyoming Consumer Protection Act. The lawsuit filed in Laramie County District Court alleges Equifax partook in unfair and deceptive trade practices in connection with “consumer transactions prohibited by the Wyoming Consumer Protection Act.” The case comes as Equifax reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in connection with its 2017 data breach that comprom...
CASPER — A WalletHub data analysis has ranked Wyoming’s education system the 10th best in the nation for 2019, the group said in a press release Monday morning. The Equality State came in behind a slew of East Coasters who dominated the top five. Nebraska was eighth, and North Dakota ranked ninth. The study — conducted by the rankings-happy website WalletHub — used 29 metrics across two broad areas, safety and quality, to measure the school systems. Wyoming’s scores on the various metrics were mixed. It was best in the nation in some categorie...
Cody schools spend $10K to train for concealed weapons CODY (WNE) — The Cody School District spent just under $10,000 in the first full year of the CKA program that vets and trains certain staff who apply to carry concealed weapons in school buildings. No information on the number of armed staff or where they are located is made public regarding the policy as part of an effort to safeguard teachers and schools. The fiscal year 2018-19 budget concluded at the end of June and included a line for CKA program expenses at $9,838.50. The line in the...
SHERIDAN — As state officials continue discussions about how they can improve the transparency of Wyoming’s government, they have placed a greater emphasis on improving the legibility of government data. Though early transparency efforts have focused on increasing access to the state’s spending records, state officials — including Gov. Mark Gordon and State Auditor Kristi Racines — have said access alone is not enough. The state’s financial data is extensive and complex and, without the proper context, that data can be misleading or outright...
JACKSON — A half square mile of sagebrush flats and rolling Gros Ventre Range foothills with remarkable Teton views is being considered for a sale to raise funds for a state agency that’s been bit by Jackson Hole’s housing crisis. The undeveloped swath of land, known as the Teton Wildlife Habitat Management Area, is owned by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, an appointed board whose members directed the department to explore conveying the land to the federal government. “That WHMA, right now, really serves very little use,” Commissio...
July 23 was the kind of muggy midsummer’s evening where school is the farthest thing from most people’s minds — a distant obligation that comes after the vacations, barbecues and long days off. But in Lander, as more than 100 people filed into the high school auditorium for a meeting of the Fremont County School District #1 Board of Trustees, it was clear that the school system weighed heavily on the thoughts of this community. One-by-one, people stepped forward to share their perspective on a proposed policy that would allow qualified, volun...
Rocky Mountain Power delays release of resource plan ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — Rocky Mountain Power postponed the release date of its integrated resource plan, which would detail the potential closures of Jim Bridger Plant units one and two. Instead of coming out on Thursday, the plan is scheduled to be released Oct. 18, according to its website. The plan, which is updated every two years, is designed to be a support tool and roadmap for meeting the company’s goal of providing reliable, cost-effective energy to its customers while addressing the...
Sheridan, WY-July 31, 2019- On the evening of July 30th, firefighters were looking for two reported fires in northern portion of the Bighorn National Forest. It was determined that there is likely only one fire, named the Lick Creek fire. This fire is located approximately one mile down Forest Trail 076, accessed by Forest Road 147, off of the Dayton Gulch Road (Forest Road 15). It is described as Township 56N, R 90 W, Section 9. It is currently four acres in size, burning in heavy timber fuels. Approximately 15 firefighters using All Terrain...
TEN SLEEP — A $1.1 million pavement rehabilitation project is scheduled to begin Aug. 6 on Wyoming 434 (the Big Trails Road) south of Ten Sleep. The project is slated to begin on the south edge of Ten Sleep (milepost 0.267) and it extends nearly 15 miles south to milepost 15. "Crack surfacing is scheduled to begin next week (mileposts 7.75 to 11), with the scrub seal portion of this project starting about Aug. 19," said Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Kaia Tharp of Thermopolis." Prime contractor is Intermountain Slurry S...