Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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SHERIDAN — The Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the Navajo Transitional Energy company announced they reached a short-term agreement late Friday that will allow coal production at the Spring Creek Mine to resume. The interim agreement will keep the mine operating for 75 days while the two parties continue negotiating a long-term agreement, according to Montana DEQ Public Policy Director Rebecca Harbage; it can last beyond 75 days if both parties agree to an extension, she added. While some of the issues that led to the closure w... Full story
Community College Commission leaves tuition unchanged GILLETTE (WNE) — Tuition for Wyoming’s community colleges will remain the same during the next school year after a vote Thursday by the Wyoming Community College Commission, which met in Gillette. The commission sets tuition at Wyoming’s seven community college districts. It passed a measure a year ago to consider tuition rates each October, and it set a goal that tuition equal 23 percent to 28 percent of total community college revenue each year. A year ago, the commission voted to raise... Full story
CASPER — On paper, Wyoming appears to be one of the least discriminatory places in the country. As the scourge of white nationalism has grown across the Mountain West — accounting for one-tenth of all hate propaganda produced across the nation according to the Anti-Defamation League — Wyoming appears to be an outlier. The state counts just one Southern Poverty Law Center-certified hate group operating within its borders and amassing only a handful of recorded hate crimes over the past three years, leading the nation at a time where hate crime... Full story
State approves bachelor’s degree at CWC RIVERTON (WNE) — There is only one step left in the approval process for a four-year Bachelor of Applied Science degree at Central Wyoming College. The Wyoming Community College Commission approved the BAS in a unanimous decision Thursday, according to a Friday statement from CWC. Now all that remains is a visit from the Higher Learning Commission accrediting body, which also must offer final approval for the BAS program. The visit is expected to take place in late December or early 2020. During the Oct... Full story
Better Business Bureau Serving Northern Colorado and Wyoming is warning consumers about Wyoming Limited Liability Company, Zero Origin, LLC. BBB has received 11 complaints and is currently processing 8 additional complaints regarding purchases made from multiple websites that appear to be operated by the business: divinebazaar.com, theunitedamericanmint.com, theflourishingstone.com, and unclewaltsemporium.com. The business has also received 5 negative Customer Reviews regarding these retail outlets. These websites sell a variety of goods... Full story
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon and the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) are urging state residents to avoid vaping products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana, and to be mindful of vaping-related issues in general. Two cases of vaping-associated lung illness connected to an ongoing national outbreak have been reported to WDH to date. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports 1,604 lung injury cases and 34 related deaths nationally (as of October 22). Many patients h... Full story
CHEYENNE – An updated forecast for state revenues released Tuesday paints a grim picture of Wyoming’s economic landscape heading into the next decade. Though the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group’s October report shows the state gaining more revenue this year than initially projected, it estimates a $185.4 million drop in revenue for Wyoming over the next three years. Lawmakers received a rundown of the report from CREG co-Chairman Don Richards during the Joint Appropriations Interim Committee meeting Tuesday morning in Riverton. “Goin... Full story
CASPER — Lawmakers voted narrowly Tuesday to approve a recommendation that Wyoming’s public school system be given a $19 million bump and that the recommendation be sent to Gov. Mark Gordon and the broader Legislature. The funding increase comes in the form of an external cost adjustment, which is essentially an inflation increase. The Joint Education Committee approved the recommendation last month and forwarded it to the Joint Appropriations Committee, which oversees Wyoming’s purse strings. Lawmakers in that committee voted Tuesday to approv... Full story
Man charged with second-degree murder in stabbing death DOUGLAS (WNE) — A charge of second degree murder was filed Oct. 18 in district court as details emerge on the stabbing case that resulted in death earlier in October. James Box, 31, of Casper, admitted to investigators that he allegedly stabbed his father, Mickey Box, also of Casper, after an argument that turned into a fight, according to court documents. In the police affidavit, James stated that he and his father got into an argument that turned into a fight Oct. 2. After the fight i... Full story