Committee advances K-12 education recalibration bill with $100M cut to funding model
◆ Education funding shortfall predicted to be hundreds of millions of dollars. By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – State lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday [December 22] to renew the funding model for Wyoming’s K-12…
Feds OK 5,000-well project
DOUGLAS (WNE) — After six years of sometimes controversial debating, studying and protracted periods of waiting, the Bureau of Land Management released its highly anticipated decision regarding the Converse County Oil & Gas Project with a resounding yes. BLM’s signed…
Lincoln County with 59 active cases of Covid-19
A trend of steady declines in the number of active cases of coronavirus in Wyoming was reversed Wednesday as the total climbed back over 1,500. The Wyoming Department of Health, in its daily coronavirus update, said it had received reports…
Peabody reaches deal with creditors
By Greg Johnson Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — In a move that could potentially stave off a second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in five years for Peabody Energy Corp., the company has announced an agreement with its…
Relief program provides $82M; more than half of applicants left empty-handed
By Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER – A coronavirus-related relief program aimed at pumping money into hurting businesses in Wyoming has ended. But over half of all eligible applicants did not end up receiving the money…
Lawmakers weighing options for 2021 general session
By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — After state lawmakers decided last month to delay most of the 2021 general session beyond January due to COVID-19 concerns, plans for the 66th Wyoming Legislature are still…
Rawlins doctor sentenced for unlawful distribution of prescription pain pills
RAWLINS (WNE) — Dr. David Ray Cesko, 66, of Rawlins, was sentenced Dec. 21 in U.S. District Court by Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl following a guilty plea to multiple charges that as a physician, Cesko unlawfully…
32 more deaths tied to COVID, active numbers continue to drop
The deaths of another 32 Wyoming residents have been linked to the coronavirus, the Wyoming Department of Health said Monday. The department, in a news release, said the number of Wyoming residents whose deaths have been tied to the coronavirus…
Mill levy increase plan for schools rejected
◆ If passed, the proposal would have gradually added nine mill levies for real, personal and industrial properties. By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — With Wyoming facing a structural revenue deficit worth hundreds of…
Sweetwater County approves plan for additional horse racing terminals
ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — Sweetwater County commissioners approved a plan by Wyoming Downs LLC to add more historic horse racing terminals in Sweetwater County. Wyoming Downs operates pari-mutuel simulcast wagering in the county and is seeking approval from the county…