Committee studies ways to solve public defender shortage
By Shane Sanderson, Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming lawmakers are weighing legislative action to help resolve a shortage of public defenders that has forced judges to call on private attorneys. Meanwhile, lawyers have begun outlining arguments…
Diocese says more abuse victims have come forward
By Seth Klamann, Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — More people who say they’re victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Wyoming clergymen have come forward since the release in early June of a list of 11…
Pair of rabid bats in Jackson called coincidence
By Tom Hallberg, Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Sitting around a campfire is the stereotypical camping activity: Flames lick the logs, someone roasts marshmallows while bats and nighthawks swoop around, eating mosquitoes. For Ashley Pipkin that…
Bill to share mental health info with feds survives committee vote
By Ramsey Scott, Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – A bill to mandate Wyoming share disqualifying mental health information on potential firearms purchasers with the federal background check system is still alive for a potential 2020 vote….
Wyoming News Briefs: August 19, 2019
SVI Media is part of the Wyoming News Exchange. These stories come courtesy of the WNE. Woman sentenced to prison in stabbing case CHEYENNE (WNE) — A woman who fatally stabbed another woman last year was sentenced Friday morning to…
Address verification needed for Wyoming livestock brand records
The Wyoming Livestock Board Brand Recording Unit recently completed address verification on all livestock brand records. “There are approximately 1,241 addresses that are no longer deliverable,” said Renae Krakow, executive assistant of the Wyoming Livestock Board. “We are reaching out…
Number of bears killed around Yellowstone drops
By Mark Davis, Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — The rate at which grizzly bears have been “lethally removed” by wildlife managers in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has dropped significantly this year. Through mid-August, nine grizzlies have been…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office investigating shooting in Osmond
*This story has been updated to reflect a name correction and addition information from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. On August 3, 2019 at 2030 hours the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Wyoming Highway Patrol and Afton EMS responded to a…
Progress made in irrigation canal repair
By Tom Milstead, Torrington Telegram Via- Wyoming News Exchange TORRINGTON — Both the Goshen Irrigation District and the Gering-Fort Laramie Irrigation District held public meetings on Monday, Aug. 12 to discuss the status of an irrigation tunnel that collapsed on July…
ACLU offers plan to cut incarceration by half
By Nick Reynolds and Shane Sanderson, Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming could save $20 million and reduce incarceration by more than one-sixth if it deeply cuts prison sentences for drug crimes and altogether ends prison terms…