More than 8,000 Wyomingites received unclaimed property checks
◆ Wyoming law requires the state to hold unclaimed property in perpetuity until the rightful owner claims it. Provided by the Unclaimed Property Division of the State Treasurer’s Office Wyoming’s Unclaimed Property Division of the State Treasurer’s Office cut a…
Active Coronavirus numbers climb by 24; Now top 500
————– As of 3:00 p.m. Monday, July 20, the total number of coronavirus cases in Wyoming had increased by 62 — from 1,728 to 1790. Sheridan and Uinta counties each report just one new coronavirus case; Carbon County has two…
University of Wyoming drafts COVID-19 closure plans
The University of Wyoming has put together a comprehensive plan to return students to campus which began back on June 1 with the reintegration of student-athletes in Laramie. Officials have now released a plan to address any increase in COVID-19…
Wind River Casino to reopen Wednesday
—————– CASPER (WNE) — The Wind River Hotel & Casino will reopen next week after closing in March to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The “grand reopening” will take place at noon Wednesday, the casino announced in a Facebook…
Frontier Days ticket holders face broker troubles
————– CHEYENNE (WNE) — The struggle between event venues and online ticket resellers has been going on for more than two decades, but this year, the cancellation of Cheyenne Frontier Days has caused a uniquely problematic situation for the CFD…
Not guilty plea entered in swaddling death
CHEYENNE (WNE) — A day care worker accused in the swaddling death of an infant under her care pleaded not guilty to a manslaughter charge Thursday morning in Laramie County District Court. Kristina Croy, 37, was charged with a single…
Expanded lane project between Thayne and Alpine delayed yet again
———————- The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will delay 11 construction projects and review local transportation programs due to revenue shortfalls. WYDOT has experienced long- and short-term funding issues caused by reductions in fuel tax revenues, petroleum market revenues and…
Lincoln County with 42 reported recoveries of COVID-19
Probable cases identified as people who had direct contact with a person with a confirmed case of coronavirus and who is showing symptoms of the disease but has not been tested. A recovery is defined as occurring when a patient…
Rock Springs man is 22nd coronavirus death
ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — One of three patients hospitalized at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has become the county’s first COVID-19-related death, according to the Sweetwater County District Board of Health. The patient, a 77-year-old Rock Springs man who was…
75 years later photograph still arouses memories and controversy
◆ Wyoming book brings the story together. Released as a service of the Wyoming Press Association Although World War II had ended in Europe, on Thursday, July 12, 1945, war was still raging in the Pacific. That morning, two events…