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Flags to be Flown at Half Mast Wednesday

Governor Mark Gordon, pursuant to President Donald Trump’s Proclamation, has ordered both the U.S. and State of Wyoming flags be flown at half-staff statewide from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day….

Latest Updates About the Kemmerer Coal Mine and What You Can Do to Help

City Administrator Brian Muir met with Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon and county commissioners to discuss action plans to advocate the operation of the coal mine in Kemmerer. Muir said the city of Kemmerer and other officials are hoping to change…

LDS Church Expresses Support for ‘Fairness for All’ Approach

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is deeply concerned that the ongoing conflicts between religious liberty and LGBT rights is poisoning our civil discourse, eroding the free exercise of religion and preventing diverse Americans of good will from…

Coal Power Expected to Fall over Summer

CASPER — The amount of electricity coming from coal this summer will likely fall as natural gas and renewable power creep into coal’s territory, according to the Energy Information Administration, an independent federal agency that tracks energy data and forecasts…

Cloud Peak Files for Bankruptcy

GILLETTE — Cloud Peak Energy’s bankruptcy filing Friday afternoon may be the beginning of the end for the Gillette-based coal producer. Unlike previous Powder River Basin coal bankruptcies, Cloud Peak seems to be looking to shed debt and sell its…

Drug Trafficking Suspect Flees Traffic Stop Near Fort Hall

On Saturday, May 11, 2019, at 8:45 P.M., an Idaho State Police trooper conducted a traffic stop northbound I15 at milepost 77, near Fort Hall. Richard A. Burns, 35, of Idaho Falls, fled the traffic stop in a 2018 Ford…

UW Trustees name three Candidates for Acting President Job

By Daniel Bendtsen Laramie Boomerang Via Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees named three candidates for the position of acting president Friday. Two are no longer university employees and the third has been a…

NEWS BRIEFS for Monday, May 13, 2019

Man fired multiple times at Cheyenne police in chase CHEYENNE (WNE) — The man who was shot twice after leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase through Cheyenne on May 3 allegedly told investigators he fled because he was in…

Church Honors NAACP for Advancing Equality and Justice in Society

Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints honored the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Saturday night for the organization’s commitment to advancing equality…

Shooting Investigation – Bonneville County

Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputies, Idaho State Police, and Idaho Falls Ambulance responded to Highway 20, West of Idaho Falls near 65th West at 6:45 p.m. A 911 call was received reporting an adult male with a gunshot wound in need…