COVID spikes in state prisons
By Ellen Gerst Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Cases of COVID-19 at Wyoming prison facilities have spiked to their highest total since the start of the pandemic. The most recent round of testing found 148 total cases…
Sublette County man requests reduced bond, trial
PINEDALE (WNE) — A Sublette County man pleaded not guilty at his Oct. 14 arraignment in 9th District Court to 16 charges ranging from allegedly disturbing the peace to striking and strangling a live-in girlfriend. Mark S. Estrada, who was…
Man who killed friend sentenced to prison
By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — A Gillette man who shot and killed his friend in 2020 will serve three to 10 years in prison. Joshua Lewis Campbell, 22, was charged in the death…
Bridger Valley veterans are Wyoming inductees into memorial program
LYMAN — Two Bridger Valley residents are the Wyoming veterans who will be inducted into the ‘In Memory’ Program for 2020. Both men took the oath, both men served in Vietnam and both returned home. Later to suffer illnesses brought…
Yellowstone sets visitation record for year
CODY (WNE) — Yellowstone National Park has broken its all-time visitation record with three months still remaining in the year. A record 4,463,000 million visitors have come through the Park in 2021 so far, shattering the previous full year record…
Legislators recommend $72 million adjustment to schools
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Education Interim Committee voted Monday to recommend adding an external cost adjustment worth more than $72 million to the state’s next K-12 education budget….
Another 29 deaths tied to COVID
By The Wyoming News Exchange The deaths of another 29 Wyoming residents have been linked to coronavirus, the Wyoming Department of Health announced Tuesday. The department said the deaths that occurred in September and October brought to 1,080 the number…
Rock Springs backs Amtrak expansion
ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — The resolution to support the Amtrak Passenger Rail Expansion in the city of Rock Springs and Southwest Wyoming was approved at the Rock Springs City Council meeting on Oct. 5. Amtrak, a passenger railroad service, provides…
Yellowstone scales back search for canoeist
JACKSON (WNE) — Yellowstone National Park is winding down search and recovery efforts for Kim Crumbo, 74, who had been on a four-night backcountry trip to Shoshone Lake with his brother, who died of hypothermia. The National Park Service has…