Dozens protest sentence in 2021 shooting
By Ellen Gerst Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Protesters gathered outside the Casper Police Department on Friday, calling for a reduced sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to shooting someone he suspected had sexually abused an…
Girl taken from Alaska found in Gillette
CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. marshals and Gillette Police Department officers on Friday afternoon found a child kidnapped from Alaska earlier this spring. The recovery followed the arrest of the noncustodial mother in Gillette, according to a U.S. Marshals Service announcement…
Farmer sues DCI over drug charges
By Ellen Gerst Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A Laramie County woman is suing the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation and one of its officers after being accused of growing marijuana on her hemp farm, court filings…
Turbine turbulence: Residents continue legal battle against Rail Tie Wind Project
By Abby Vander Graaff Laramie Boomerang Via- Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE – In another step in a years-long battle over the proposed Rail Tie Wind Project, some area residents are making their case to the Wyoming Supreme Court. The Albany…
Rawlins under water restrictions
RAWLINS (WNE) — Rawlins residents are under water restrictions as the city continues to attempt to mitigate impacts from a catastrophic failure of the water system in March and ongoing drought conditions throughout the region. The restrictions went into…
Game and Fish: Wolves remain recovered species
By Zac Taylor Cody Enterprise Via- Wyoming News Exchange CODY – For two decades, Wyoming’s wolf population has been above the minimum population number to be considered a recovered species. Wyoming Game and Fish recently released its annual report on…
Teacher’s assistant charged with abuse of student
By Braden Schiller Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — A teacher’s assistant was arrested April 18 and charged with abuse of a vulnerable adult stemming from an October incident in which she allegedly beat a special education student…
Trump announces Casper rally
By Victoria Eavis Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Former President Donald Trump will appear at a May 28 rally in Casper, he announced in a statement Monday. The city has for months been discussed as a possible…
Teton County Planning Commission approves affordable housing rezone
JACKSON (WNE) — Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust Executive Director Anne Cresswell said she hasn’t seen such a philanthropic pairing: 13.13 acres in Horse Creek from part-time residents Paul and Kathy Spicer and $10 million from the Hughes Charitable Foundation…
Jackson Hole’s wealth is displacing Star Valley’s neediest
By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Rosalie Mansir says she began hyperventilating when a packet of paperwork marked with an “E” came in the mail. After 11 years of residence she had to leave the Star Valley Trailer Court near Grover in…