Lodge manager’s theft case bound over to district court
PINEDALE (WNE) — A former Boulder Lake Lodge manager charged with theft waived her right to her June 9 preliminary hearing in Sublette County Circuit Court. Katherine A. Entsminger and her husband Thomas W. Hickman were arrested Feb. 24 in…
Enzi proposes park fee hike to pay for improvements
CODY (WNE) — Cody residents may end up paying more to visit Yellowstone National Park. Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) has proposed an amendment to the Great American Outdoors Act that will increase the fees for weekly passes to the national…
Uinta County leads state coronavirus increase with 12
Uinta County’s total of confirmed coronavirus cases went up by 12 on Monday as the total number of cases seen since the illness was first detected in Wyoming grew to 856. The Wyoming Department of Health, in its daily coronavirus…
No death penalty in Riverton shooting death
RIVERTON (WNE) — The state will not seek the death penalty against Mario M. Mills, the Riverton man accused of killing his best friend with a gunshot to the head on March 26. Fremont County Attorney Patrick LeBrun announced during…
Former wrestling club treasurer pleads guilty to theft
GILLETTE (WNE) — A former treasurer of two youth wrestling clubs in Gillette has pleaded guilty to theft and agreed to pay $50,000 in restitution for money he stole from them. Sentencing for Steven D. Johnson, 44, is set for…
Supreme Court reverses Wyoming State Hospital wrongful death case
By Isabella Alves Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The adoptive brother of a Wyoming State Hospital patient was ruled to have grounds to pursue a lawsuit against the hospital in a wrongful death case, according to…
Wyoming targeted by unemployment fraud ring
By Sheila McGuire Uinta County Herald Via- Wyoming News Exchange EVANSTON — Evanston man James McDaniel was perplexed when, while sifting through his mail one day at lunch, he came across not one, but three, letters from the Wyoming Department…
Legislators decide against June special session
————– By Nick Reynolds Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The Wyoming Legislature will not be meeting in a special session later this month as anticipated, legislative leadership wrote in a letter to members Thursday, potentially delaying several…
Japanese carbon capture technology to be tested at ITC
By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — A Japanese company has signed on to use the Integrated Test Center near Gillette to test a technology designed to capture carbon dioxide from flue gas produced by…
Tree trimming in recommended wilderness raises questions
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Jeff Ruch was paging through the results of a Freedom of Information Act request about a categorical upgrade to Yellowstone’s WiFi infrastructure earlier this year when he came…