Wyoming Conservation Corps (WCC) members Chris Folsom and Lola Philips work on the Casper Rotary Club Park trail on Casper Mountain, one of the first WCC projects of this summer. (WCC Photo) Projects ranging from building trails in the Shoshone and Bridger-Teton national forests in northwest Wyoming to building a yurt at Glendo State Park Read More…
A couple of large data problems from the U.S. Department of Education recently came to the attention of U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. One of those errors uncovered billions of dollars in student loan costs, of which Congress was previously unaware. The other affects potential college students’ ability to make an informed decision about what Read More…
The Microsoft Data Center outside of Cheyenne is “by far the biggest customer on the grid,” Michelle Patron, Microsoft’s director of sustainability policy explained in a recent post on the Microsoft Green Blog. “We needed more energy and wanted to use wind power to satisfy our growing demand, but didn’t want the local utility or Read More…
Grizzly bears near Wyoming schools got national attention after Donald Trump’s Education Secretary nominee mentioned them in a Senate hearing. She suggested teachers in Wapiti, Wyoming, near Cody, may need guns to fend off bears. Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, was asked in a Senate hearing Tuesday, “You can’t say today Read More…
God works exceedingly slow. But our trip back to the Pacific Northwest, where our marriage had essentially begun, symbolized that if we’re willing to endure through hard times, miracles can happen. When my husband and I met, we were only 18 and broken. This brokenness, which had attracted us like magnets, likewise threatened our destruction Read More…
But there’s no denying her drive for the trucking industry, both through her work with an insurance company as well as her recent rise to become the first female president of a state organization that represents the industry. Dixon became president of the North Dakota Motor Carriers Association in late May following several years of Read More…
Dear Kate: It does seem that any amount of incontinence is disproportionately depressing to many people considering how many other, larger, issues can occur with aging. Likely the reason for this is that it makes people feel that they are beginning to lose control over their body. While having trouble accepting incontinence is probably normal, Read More…
POWELL, Wyo. — The problem with counting butterflies is you have to catch them first — no easy feat. With nets in hand, more than a dozen Powell residents could be seen in August trying their hand at capturing the beautiful insects in the margins between Chief Joseph Highway and the Beartooth Mountains. Some employed Read More…
These days, “Star Wars” still fills theaters but trucking no longer captures the imagination of movie goers or, it turns out, the young and unemployed. Veteran drivers are leaving the profession, and young people entering the workforce are put off by long hours away from home and the profession’s low-brow image. The result is a Read More…
Here is a list of 12 items to consider in preparation for next year’s sure-to-be-better yard and garden. 1. Write it down. I’m positive I’ll remember the name of the spinach variety that grew especially tender and tasty, but by next spring I’ll be asking my wife, Mary, if she recalls the name. Start a Read More…
Sharing Aug. 19 with World Humanitarian Day, World Photo Day was founded by Australian photographer Korske Ara in 2009 in an attempt to inspire a better world through photography. With a global photo contest and citywide photo event in Canberra, Australia, the day unites millions of photographers while pledging 10 percent of total gross annual Read More…
A: And beauty you did share. Thanks for reminding us of a robust, winter-hardy perennial where a tall feature is wanted. Joe-Pye Weed is among the perennials that I wish would drop the “weed” portion of the common name, because it sounds bad. If you prefer a different name, it used to be called Eupatorium, Read More…
Meanwhile, minutes before taking on North Dakota State at Dacotah Field, the Bison players were awarded their Summit League championship watches after winning the regular season title last season. None of that mattered on the scoreboard Friday night, Aug. 18. NDSU had a major ball control advantage but UND got the goal—a high, lobbing free Read More…
If the Midgets, who went 5-4 overall in 2016, are to return to the playoffs after a one-year break, they will have to do so with a new quarterback. Head coach John Tuchscherer said the battle for quarterback boils down to seniors Antonio Nunez and Dawson Dutchak, with the possibility of sophomore Tallon Klatt. The Read More…
Sano and Eduardo Escobar each hit two-run shots in the seventh inning. Max Kepler and Brian Dozier added solo homers while Ervin Santana recovered from a tough start to pitch six steady innings. Santana (13-7) allowed three runs on seven hits and three walks. He struck out six batters as the Twins drew within a Read More…
They then reeled off 13 straight points. About two minutes later — with 4:54 to go in the first quarter — the Lynx led the Indiana Fever 22-9. Then things got crazy. Over the next 10 minutes, Minnesota outscored Indiana, 37-0. Yes, 37-0. It was part of a 57-4 run that spanned more than 15 Read More…
Court records show that Timothy Wade Allery pleaded guilty to the Class C felony aggravated assault charge on Friday. Judge Gary Lee sentenced him to 360 days in jail, with a requirement that he serve the 117 days he has already spent in jail, and three years of supervised probation. He must also pay $1,100 Read More…
Take “Millennial Matt,” whose catchphrase – “Hitler did nothing wrong!” – earned him tens of thousands of fans before he went to the rally,but his Twitter account has since been deleted, his real identity publicized, and he is now begging fans for money to flee his hometown because “my life is in shambles.” There are Read More…
Left tackle Riley Reiff (back) and left guard Alex Boone (knee) did not suit up. Neither did cornerback Trae Waynes (shoulder) and safety Andrew Sendejo (undisclosed injury). Also out for the Vikings were running back Latavius Murray (recovering from ankle surgery), wide receiver Laquon Treadwell (hamstring) and linebacker Kentrell Brothers (hamstring). Reiff was replaced by Read More…
Jamaal Marquie Mays, 32, of Crystal, was shot by a clerk at the Cellular Connection as the two exchanged gunfire at about 11 a.m. Thursday. Mays, a convicted felon with a lengthy criminal history in Minnesota, is recovering from multiple gunshot wounds at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. He was listed in critical condition Friday Read More…
He said Friday he expects a crowd of around 200 to 300 people. Tefft attended the “Unite the Right” rally that got out of hand last weekend in Charlottesville, Va. Last Saturday, a driver with alleged Nazi sympathies drove into a crowd of counter-protesters. Heather Heyer was struck and killed, and 19 others were injured. Read More…
“(The bikers) they love us, they treat us really, really well,” Paulette said. “Even though we are the biker bar we’re everybody’s bar with the bikers there.” The family farmed and ranched outside of Dickinson for many years before opening the bar. Bernie had also worked at the Esquire when it had a different set Read More…
That’s how Derek Weimer, his favorite teacher in 2015, remembers it. Then one day in that spring semester, Fields told Weimer that the Army had turned him down for a reason related to his psychiatric history, Weimer recalled this week. Weimer wasn’t surprised by the rejection, he said, because Fields had confided to him a Read More…
“We are striving to find effective beef production systems that will carry us into the next century,” Kris Ringwall, director of the Extension Center, stated in a press release. “We are looking at different avenues to do that, and efficiencies and reducing cow costs are the way to do that.” Ringwall will talk about how Read More…
At this time, there is an estimated 840 students enrolled to begin the school year at the middle school. This will generate significant traffic to and from the building in both the morning and afternoon. The purpose of this article is to provide some information about the traffic pattern at the building. It is also Read More…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A 25-year-old Wyoming woman charged in the death of her 16-month-old son has waived her preliminary hearing. Sabrina Sawicki, of Cheyenne, is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse. Her case now moves to Laramie County District Court, where Sawicki will next appear for an arraignment. The next court date has Read More…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Transportation reports increased traffic in the state leading up to next week’s solar eclipse. WYDOT spokesman Doug McGee said numbers from Wednesday and Thursday show overall traffic counts increased by more than 30,000 vehicles per day when looking at a five-year average for the same time frames in Read More…
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s own astronomy enthusiast, Mack Frost, will share his “Diary of a Moonshadow Chaser” on Aug. 31 at 5:15 p.m., a wrap-up of sorts of the solar eclipse. Frost is traveling to a spot east of Riverton: Castle Gardens, a state historic site featuring a series of eroded sandstone Read More…
JACKSON, Wyo. — The dusty two-track leads back to 1913, to a time when many of the log cabins were built and their green roofs first laid. The window frames hold panes of wavy glass, and the doors have been painted with green linseed oil. The wood planks of the floors — those not damaged Read More…
Every so often, Scott Guenther finds a car stopped in the middle of the road with the doors open and the keys in the ignition. The conversation then goes a little like this: “Hey, whose car is this running in the middle of the road with the doors open?” “That’s mine,” a guy says. “Can Read More…
An off-duty Natrona County sheriff’s deputy caught a man pleasuring himself Wednesday in a truck in front of a Casper convenience store, according to court documents. Gerritt Joseph Shepperson has been charged with public indecency in relation to the incident. The Natrona County sheriff’s deputy, Stephen Wolosin, had stopped at about 4:20 p.m. at the Loaf and Jug Read More…
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead said he has no regrets about withdrawing his name from consideration for Interior Secretary in the Trump administration last year. In an interview with the Star-Tribune, Mead said that in addition to a number of standard considerations, such as not wanting to relocate his family to Washington, D.C., he was also Read More…
LARAMIE, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming has officially dedicated its new state-of-the-art research facility on the Laramie campus. The $68 million High Bay Research Facility was built to for oil and gas research. Gov. Matt Mead was among those who attended the dedication ceremony Thursday. Mead says the facility represents a commitment to maintaining Read More…
MOOSE, WY0. — Two climbers were helicoptered by rescuers out of the Teton Mountains on Tuesday after they became exhausted and chilled. Grand Teton National Park’s Jenny Lake Rangers, Teton Interagency Helitack, and the Teton Interagency Contract Helicopter retrieved Nick Marucci, 30, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Laura Robertson, 23, of Orem, Utah. The Read More…
With the Great American Solar Eclipse quickly approaching Monday, eye safety should be of the utmost importance to eclipse viewers around the country. Looking directly at the sun during the eclipse could cause a variety of effects from miniscule to extreme. Local eye doctor Jacob Despain said he believes many people do not understand the Read More…
Brothers Bradley and David Flint came to court in well-worn boots and freshly starched shirts of white and blue. Each entered pleas of not guilty to three charges of misdemeanor animal neglect at their Tuesday morning arraignment in circuit court. Authorities say the brothers didn’t take adequate steps to rescue their three horses after they Read More…
Park County Commissioners made sure nothing could cut short the third and final public hearing on Julie Forconi’s permit to run a group home for one to four disabled adults. Third time was the charm, and the commissioners unanimously approved Forconi’s permit. Two previous hearings had stretched well past their scheduled end times and a Read More…
The old Sunset School property is no longer public, and it likely won’t be empty much longer. The Cody School Board agreed with Superintendent Ray Schulte that the 4.5-acre parcel on 22nd Street was no longer worth holding onto if it could no longer be used by the district, and approved the sale of the Read More…
Park County School District No. 6 students are maintaining their already high standards. On the recently released results of the annual Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students only two school districts in the state performed on average above Park 6. Of the districts that assistant superintendent Tom Foley likes to compare Park 6 to, only Sheridan Read More…
Cody, WY (82414) Today Sunshine and clouds mixed. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 82F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph.. Tonight Some clouds this evening will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low near 55F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: Read More…
The Wyoming Department of Transportation will have $2.5 million less in yearly funding but more certainty in financing long-term projects under a new funding model. That was one of the key revelations at a WYDOT meeting held Monday morning at the Park County Public Library. Cody Mayor Matt Hall, State Representative David Northrup (R, HD-50), Read More…
A study to determine the impact a splash pad would have on Cody residents and visitors has the endorsement of city council members. The idea isn’t new. Over the past 10-15 years costs and possible locations have been investigated. Yet the project hasn’t gone forward for various reasons. Now the Cody Recreation Foundation Board has Read More…
Skaters and hockey players can now expect cooler ice temperatures thanks to a new ice cooling system at Riley Arena. “This new system is going to be more energy efficient,” Riley Arena General Manager Courtney Boutelle said. “It’s going to keep our energy costs down. It is going to require less energy loads and it Read More…
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