Articles from the August 1, 2019 edition
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Wyoming governor settles 2016 lawsuit he filed as treasurer against state
CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon announced Thursday that he would be ending a legal proceeding he initiated as state treasurer in 2016 over that office’s authority to approve contracts related to the state capitol building construction project. Gor... Full story
Wyoming lawmakers won't touch 'yote whacking' with snowmobiles
JACKSON — A Jackson Hole woman’s effort to criminalize running down and running over coyotes with snowmobiles was shot down last week by a legislative committee. Local wildlife activist Lisa Robertson has had the ear of Rep. Mike Yin, of Teton County... Full story
Flags at half-staff for El Paso, Dayton victims
Governor Gordon, pursuant to President Donald Trump's proclamation, has ordered both the U.S. and State of Wyoming flags be flown at half-staff statewide until sunset on Thursday, August 8, 2019 to...
Federal royalty rule challenged in Wyoming courts
CASPER (WNE) — A rule requiring energy companies to pay full royalties on minerals extracted from public land will come under scrutiny again in Wyoming courts, after industry groups filed a lawsuit last month against the Interior Department over the... Full story
Contura winning bidder for Blackjewel's Wyoming mines
GILLETTE — Nearly 600 Blackjewel LLC coal workers in Wyoming and West Virginia may see a monthlong forced layoff end soon after the company has agreed to sell a trio of mines to Contura Energy Inc. An agreement to sell the company’s flagship Eag... Full story
Laramie man arrested for 2018 murder
LARAMIE — After what the Laramie Police Department described as a “lengthy and intensive investigation,” a 24-year-old Laramie man was arrested for the killing of a woman in March 2018. Artem Day has been charged with second-degree murder, a felon... Full story
Wyoming News Briefs AUGUST 5
GILLETTE (WNE) — An Alabama man pleaded not guilty last week to 42 big game violations that he is accused of committing over a 10-year period in Campbell County. Russell “Rusty” B. Vick, 54, could spend up to 31 years in jail and pay up to $218,000 i... Full story
Schools test athletes to track concussions
CHEYENNE — Student-athletes across Laramie County School District 1 are just a few short days from practice starting for fall sports. But before they take the field, court, course or track, those athletes will be testing their cognitive abilities i... Full story
Riverton moves closer to new hospital
RIVERTON — Riverton is inching closer to having a new nonprofit hospital in town, with a local group of prominent residents hoping to break ground on the facility this fall. The group — officially dubbed the Riverton Medical District — is prepa... Full story
Court approves Blackjewel mines sale
GILLETTE — Contura Energy Inc. plans to reinstate about 500 jobs immediately at the locked out Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte coal mines now that it's been given a green light to buy the mines from bankrupt Blackjewel LLC on Tuesday. The sale was a... Full story
American Cancer Society urges higher tobacco taxes
JACKSON — Between Devil’s Tower and the South Dakota state line, along a pine-covered hillside, sits Aladdin, population 15. Father-son duo Maynard and Lee Rude own most of the town, including its mobile-home park, gas station and 125-year-old mer... Full story
Wyoming News Briefs AUGUST 7
Man charged after woman run over, dragged by vehicle DOUGLAS (WNE) — A Casper man was charged July 26 with aggravated assault, driving while under the influence, possession of marijuana, driving under suspension and duty to stop a vehicle where t... Full story
Nowater Fire
Worland and Ten Sleep fire departments were dispatched to the Nowater Fire at about 9:40 a.m. Wednesday morning. According to the Bureau of Land Management, The Nowater Fire, south of Ten Sleep, is...