Wind River Casino to reopen Wednesday
—————– CASPER (WNE) — The Wind River Hotel & Casino will reopen next week after closing in March to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The “grand reopening” will take place at noon Wednesday, the casino announced in a Facebook…
Frontier Days ticket holders face broker troubles
————– CHEYENNE (WNE) — The struggle between event venues and online ticket resellers has been going on for more than two decades, but this year, the cancellation of Cheyenne Frontier Days has caused a uniquely problematic situation for the CFD…
Man charged in sword attack
LARAMIE (WNE) — Paul Harper, former owner of Paul’s House of Food in downtown Laramie, was charged with second-degree attempted murder for attacking his friend with a sword. If Harper were convicted of that crime, he would face a minimum…
Not guilty plea entered in swaddling death
CHEYENNE (WNE) — A day care worker accused in the swaddling death of an infant under her care pleaded not guilty to a manslaughter charge Thursday morning in Laramie County District Court. Kristina Croy, 37, was charged with a single…
Rock Springs man is 22nd coronavirus death
ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — One of three patients hospitalized at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has become the county’s first COVID-19-related death, according to the Sweetwater County District Board of Health. The patient, a 77-year-old Rock Springs man who was…
Growing tensions with China could affect land deal
————————- By Nick Reynolds Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — If Wyoming plans to double down on minerals to save its future, then trona – one of the Equality State’s most critical natural resources – is probably its…
UW expects 20% enrollment drop
—————- By Daniel Bendtsen Laramie Boomerang Via- Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming is expecting to have about 1,900 fewer students enroll this fall than were enrolled at the university in fall 2019. UW had 6,212 undergraduates…
Man charged with multiple sex crimes
————- GILLETTE (WNE) — A Gillette man is accused of multiple counts of sexually assault and abusing two girls in Gillette over several years, and a mother has been charged with promoting prostitution for allegedly setting up her daughter to…
Sweetwater commissioners pass on mask resolution
—————— GREEN RIVER (WNE) — Responding to a recent increase in COVID-19 infections, the Sweetwater County commissioners debated a resolution mandating people visiting county buildings to wear masks while inside, ultimately passing it back to the county’s human resources office….
Sublette County rejects Bondurant resort proposal
———————— By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange PINEDALE — An upscale resort that would have nearly doubled the population of Bondurant was denied Tuesday by Sublette County commissioners who said the high-end guest ranch didn’t square…