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GILLETTE, Wyo. — Days after an 88-year-old woman was found deceased outside the Legacy Living & Rehabilitation Center, Campbell County Health has announced three staff members have been suspended for their alleged involvement.  The woman had been a resident of the Memory Care Wing of The Legacy’s Cottonwood unit. She was found by a ...

CASPER, Wyo. — A Casper man was sentenced to six to eight years in prison on Thursday for his role in two burglaries last year. Jordan Lee Bernard, 33, had pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit burglary for two different cases. In o...

CASPER, Wyo. — There’s a storm a-brewin’, and the City of Casper wants to ensure that residents don’t experience disaster during the coldest days of the year. The city has issued a “frozen pipe advisory” as freezing temperatures are about to abound in Casper. The City of Casper is urging reside ...

CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming’s economy in December 2024 showed a mixed performance, according to the latest report from the Wyoming Economic Analysis Division. Natural gas prices rose significantly, while oil prices saw a slight decrease compared to the previous year. Sales and ...

PINEDALE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently found the presence of chronic wasting disease, or CWD, in an adult female elk from Elk Hunt Area 98. The elk was found dead on the Scab Creek feedground at the end of December. Depa ...

CASPER, Wyo. — On Jan. 23, community partners and volunteers will work to get an accurate count and demographic breakdown of Natrona County’s homeless population with the annual Point in Time Count. The PIT Count is designed to identify and connect with the unsheltered and unstably housed members of the community. To conduct...

CASPER, Wyo. — A search is underway in remote terrain southwest of Rock Springs for a missing single-engine plane and its pilot, a Green River man in his 50s, the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday evening.  Deputies got the missing person report around 1:22 p.m. Tuesday after ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Air National Guard has officially joined the firefighting efforts in California. That’s according to a social media post from the Guard, confirming Wyoming’s assistance in the devastating California wildfires that have killed at least 24 people and displaced thousands more. “Three of our...

GILLETTE, Wyo. — Wyoming Game and Fish Director Angi Bruce says failing to delist grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is a failure to appropriately recognize one of the greatest wildlife conservation success stories on earth. L...

CASPER, Wyo. — The Natrona County Fire District posted its incident totals from 2024, along with previously released run totals from past years. The information came via a social media post, which included incidents from 2016 to 2024. “One topic we wanted to highlight, was the sharp jump in wildland fires in Natrona County last year,” the post stated. “The state of Wy ...