UW faced with $42.3 million budget reduction from state
LARAMIE (WNE) – The University of Wyoming will see a budget reduction of $42.3 million worth of grant money from the state, a 10% cut, over the next two years amid the COVID-19 pandemic, biennium budget committee chair and trustee…
Wyoming’s first cryptocurrency bank approved by state board
———————- By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – In a crucial step in the state’s efforts to become the national leader in blockchain technology, a cryptocurrency company had its bank charter approved Wednesday by the…
Multiple people shot early Tuesday morning in Cheyenne
CHEYENNE (WNE) – Three people were shot near the Loaf ’N Jug on Dell Range Boulevard early Tuesday morning in Cheyenne, police officials have confirmed. Cheyenne Police Department officers quickly responded to a call that came in from the area…
Disaster loans follow drought
———————— CASPER (WNE) — Farmers and ranchers in nearly half of the counties in Wyoming are eligible for disaster relief funding related to this summer’s drought after the U.S. Department of Agriculture named two additional counties as primary natural disaster…
Knudsen enters plea agreement
TORRINGTON (WNE) — Former municipal judge and local attorney Greg Knudsen’s counsel has entered a Request For Hearing on Change of Plea and a Binding Plea Agreement with the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District. The plea agreement was…
2018 Roosevelt Fire sparks multi-million-dollar claims from homeowners, hunters
———— JACKSON (WNE) – Thirty households and a pair of hunters have filed tort claims against the Bridger-Teton National Forest, alleging that mismanagement of the 2018 Roosevelt Fire caused them personal harm. A Missoula, Montana, law firm is representing the…
Torrington man dies in Lingle crash
On September 15, 2020, a fatal crash occurred around milepost 123 on US 85 north of Lingle, Wyoming. At 5:00 a.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were notified of a motor vehicle collision. A 2009 Dodge 3500 was traveling southbound on…
Health Orders Extended, Restrictions on Indoor Contact Sports Lifted
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has announced that Wyoming’s Public Health Orders have been extended an additional two weeks through Sept. 30. One change has been made to Order No. 1, which now permits indoor close-contact group activities and sports…
Miners furloughed again at Decker mine
SHERIDAN (WNE) — Another round of furloughs has been announced at the Decker Coal Mine, this time with 73 workers being furloughed until January 2021. This is the second time in recent months that miners at Decker have been furloughed….
UW plans to resume in-person classes this week
LARAMIE (WNE) — The University of Wyoming is planning to reopen to in-person classes and release on-campus students from shelter-in-place orders next week, as the coronavirus’s presence on campus appears to have tempered. The number of active cases among students,…