Active coronavirus cases dip below 200
The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming fell below 200 Wednesday as recoveries far outnumbered new cases, according to the Department of Health. The department, in its daily coronavirus update, said two new cases were reported during the day…
Protesters plan week of marches in Laramie
Laramie, Gillette, Rock Springs see protests over Floyd death Protesters across Wyoming continued to express their dismay this week over the death of Minnesota man George Floyd at the hands of police. Demonstrators took to the streets in Laramie, Gillette…
Teen sentenced to jail for selling LSD to middle schoolers
JACKSON (WNE) — Steven Bailey is in jail after pleading guilty to possessing and delivering LSD that was later found in student lockers at Jackson Hole Middle School. The 18-year-old started serving his six-month sentence Tuesday evening at Teton County…
Lawsuit against Albany Sheriff’s Office allowed to proceed
By Ellen Fike Laramie Boomerang Via- Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — A federal judge approved a civil rights lawsuit to move forward this month against the Albany County Sheriff’s Office. In the lawsuit, a former University of Wyoming student alleged…
Officials say worst of unemployment may have passed
By Allayana Darrow The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — As far as unemployment claims in the state, the worst may have passed, according to Wyoming Department of Workforce Services Director Robin Cooley. The Wyoming Legislature Joint Labor,…
Demand for food, childcare assistance growing in Wyoming
By Nick Reynolds Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Vital social services like childcare assistance and the supplemental nutrition assistance program, or SNAP, are experiencing growing pressures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Department of Family Services…
Man faces 240 years for child porn
GREEN RIVER (WNE) — A Rock Springs man is facing a potential 240-year prison sentence if found guilty of possessing child pornography. James Adam Gehring, 34, of Rock Springs, is charged with 24 felony counts of sexual exploitation of children….
Seventeenth person dies from coronavirus, case count up to 693
By The Wyoming News Exchange A Fremont County woman has become the 17th Wyoming resident to die as a result of the coronavirus, according to the Wyoming Department of Health. The department, in a news release Sunday, reported that the…
Treasure hunter banned from Yellowstone
◆ Hunter was seeking Forrest Fenn’s famed treasure. By CJ Baker and Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange An Indiana treasure seeker who had to be rescued by park rangers after illegally rappelling into the Grand Canyon of…
Jackson community COVID-19 test day nets 1,000-plus swabs
JACKSON (WNE) —About 1,000 tests for COVID-19 were administered in the first eight and a half hours of a community testing event Thursday at Teton County Fairgrounds. Turnout for the event was much higher than anticipated. Teton County Health Department…