Arrest near Muddy Gap nabs drug-laden automobile headed for Fremont County
RIVERTON (WNE) – A man who confessed he was headed to Lander with a backpack full of drugs could face up to 41 years in prison and $51,000 in fines if convicted. Kenneth Anthony Prien, 38, was the passenger in…
Committee drafting bill for new Gillette college
By Jake Goodrick Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — The Select Committee on Community College Funding agreed Friday to start working toward drafting a bill that would clarify state statute regarding community colleges and potentially clear the…
(Video) – Grizzly relocation less common, still important management tool
By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — As a grizzly bear chased a wounded elk into the river in the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park, a Cody wildlife photographer trained her video camera on the…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming to offer premium relief to members
By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming announced Thursday that it will offer a total of $15 million in premium relief to employers and individuals due to the economic…
Pinedale settles with lab over faulty water tests
By Holly Dabb Pinedale Roundup Via- Wyoming News Exchange PINEDALE — Signed, sealed and delivered, following a special meeting on Oct. 9, Pinedale Council members voted unanimously to accept a $175,000 settlement against a former Pinedale lab and its future…
Wyoming energy sectors slogging through slow recovery, report shows
By Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming’s energy industry continued to limp along in September with price, production and employment indexes trailing far behind last year, a new report published by Wyoming’s Economic Analysis Division shows. Data…
Lincoln county man among three new COVID-19 deaths
By The Wyoming News Exchange Three more Wyoming residents have died as a result of coronavirus, the Wyoming Department of Health announced Tuesday, bringing the state’s death toll from the illness to 57. The department said all three of the…
Devils Tower visitor numbers up in September, down for year
GILLETTE (WNE) — Popular tourist attractions have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and Devils Tower is no exception. The number of people who came to see the first U.S. national monument through September 2020 has decreased by 9.6%…
Confirmed coronavirus cases up by triple digits for sixth consecutive day
By The Wyoming News Exchange New laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus increased by 152 on Monday, marking the sixth consecutive day of triple-digit growth in the number of new confirmed cases recorded in the state. The Wyoming Department of Health, in…
Woman sentenced to 5 to 7 years in prison for assault by vehicle in Gillette
GILLETTE (WNE) – A woman who ran into a semitruck on Interstate 90 after getting on the wrong on-ramp will spend up to 14 years in prison. Mary Jane Steele, 52, was sentenced to five to seven years in prison…