Wyoming

Wyoming lawmakers to hold 2 swearing-in ceremonies

Legislative leaders in Wyoming voted Tuesday to hold two swearing-in ceremonies for new lawmakers, one that will follow public health orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and one that won’t. The 10-3 vote to hold separate ceremonies came as the Legislature’s...

Wyoming Reports 431 New COVID Cases on Friday as Surge Continues

More than 11,000 Wyomingites have been confirmed to have COVID-19 since the pandemic began in the spring. And the surge continues as 431 new cases were confirmed across the Cowboy State on Friday. Of the 11,020 confirmed cases in Wyoming,...

Structure fire in Casper, Wyoming

At approximately 8:00 AM today, Casper Fire-EMS was called to a structure fire in the 200 block of North Lowell Street. Dispatch information indicated several callers seeing smoke from a single family residence. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke...

Laramie Police Officer Hits Protester with Vehicle During Protest

A video has been circulating online that allegedly shows a Laramie police vehicle hitting a protester during a demonstration on Wednesday (September 23) in Laramie. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that the video from the Laramie Human Rights Network shows an LPD officer directing the person...

‘Strong Cold Front’ May Bring Late Summer Snow to Wyoming This Weekend

While temperatures have regular reached 90 degrees in recent weeks, that situation could quickly change with a “strong cold front” set to move into central and western Wyoming starting Sunday. There’s also a chance parts of the state could see...

University of Wyoming announces seven new COVID-19 cases

Testing has identified another seven cases of COVID-19 among members of the University of Wyoming community, the school announced Wednesday. Those cases include three UW employees in Laramie, two students living off campus in Laramie, one student living off campus...

New rule could allow gas, firing squads for US executions

The Justice Department is quietly amending its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection and clearing the way to use other methods like firing squads and poison gas. The amended rule, published Friday in the Federal Register, allows the U.S....

As schools reopen, teachers shoulder weight of pandemic’s myriad challenges

In mid-March, public schools, the most far-reaching institution in Wyoming, closed down in a matter of hours. Students and staff went home on Friday the 13th and never came back. The coronavirus had founds its way into the Equality State, and state officials took...

Chadron Native Killed In Wyoming Crash

The Wyoming Highway Patrol says the Casper man killed last Thursday afternoon when he drove through a stop sign and collided with a garbage truck was a Chadron native. 44-year old Rocky Vaughan suffered fatal injuries when he was ejected...

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