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UW assistant coach charged with DUI, suspended CASPER (WNE)— Wyoming assistant coach Willie Mack Garza has been suspended indefinitely from the football team after being charged with driving under the influence, head coach Craig Bohl announced Friday. Garza was booked into the Albany County Detention Center on Thursday night on DUI alcohol and speeding charges, according to the jail log. In a statement, UW said the athletic department would have no further comment. Garza has pleaded not guilty to both misdemeanor charges, according to court d...
CASPER — The sale of two Powder River Basin coal mines owned by bankrupt operator Blackjewel closed Friday, leading the new owner to begin mobilizing furloughed employees after nearly four months of limited communication. The closure of the sale comes after the takeover firm secured surety bonds required to operate the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr mines, according to a statement released Monday morning by permit holder Contura Energy. The finalization of the sale brings the nation’s fourth- and sixth-largest coal mines one step closer to ret...
SHERIDAN — A federal judge ruled in an Idaho district court Oct. 16 that the Bureau of Land Management must temporarily discontinue efforts to expand leasing, drilling and industrial activities in millions of acres of greater sage grouse habitat in Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, California and Oregon. “The judge made it clear that the [Trump] administration ignored the best available science, removed key protections in the plans and did so in a manner that cut out the public,” Nada Culver, vice president for public lands with the N...
Laramie man dies in I-80 wreck LARAMIE (WNE) — A 34-year-old Laramie man was killed in a one-vehicle wreck a few miles west of Laramie on Sunday night, according to a press release from the Wyoming Highway Patrol. Rudi Haskins was driving his 2002 Honda Civic eastbound on Interstate 80 when he exited the left side of the road before correcting to the right, entering a ditch on the south side of the road and overturning. WHP troopers were dispatched shortly before 8 p.m. and Haskins, who was not wearing his seatbelt, died at the scene. WHP is i...
CASPER — The Vatican’s “administrative penal process” into former Wyoming bishop Joseph Hart — which could see the cleric removed from the priesthood — has yet to resolve, the church said Tuesday, and investigations in Kansas City are on hold until the process in Rome finishes. Current Wyoming Bishop Steven Biegler announced in June that Hart, who has been accused of sexual abuse by more than 10 men, would face adjudication by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The body was first formed to safeguard church doctrine and...
SHERIDAN — Wyoming ranks second in the nation for having the least women in the U.S. meeting recommendations by the American Cancer Society for mammograms, according to Health Testing Centers. In the spirit of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, HTC examined the state of women’s health care by state, using 2018 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the ACS Cancer Statistics Center, there have been nearly 3,000 estimated new cases of cancer in Wyoming in 2019 — about 15% of which are breast cancer cases. The Link...
Arch Powder River mines rebound in third quarter GILLETTE (WNE) — Arch Coal Inc.’s Powder River Basin mines showed a significant rebound after second quarter flooding spiked production costs and dropped its cash margin per ton sold by 65%. In the third quarter, the company reported Tuesday morning that it not only dropped its cost per ton by more than $1.50, it also sold 22.2 million tons of PRB coal at a profit of $2.25 a ton, which helped pace Arch Coal to posting a net income of $106.8 million in the quarter. Arch, which operates the Bla...
Missing USU Student Baxter King Found Deceased LOGAN --- Missing Utah State University student Baxter King was found deceased last night in Logan Canyon. No foul play is suspected. Our thoughts are with his family, and we ask that their privacy be respected during this difficult time. We are heartbroken to lose a member of our Aggie family. We thank all of those who shared posts on Facebook and Twitter and those who physically searched for him. LOGAN --- The Utah State University Police...