Wyoming News

Rock Springs's local horse wins the race and sets a new record

Rock Springs’s local horse wins the race and sets a new record

Cowboy Cadilac, owned by Sheridan resident Bill Doenz, exploded out of the gate and won the $250,000 Sweetwater Downs Quarter Horse Futurity by 1-1/2 ...

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Teacher salaries, class sizes, and school counselors come into focus as recalibration advances

Teacher salaries, class sizes, and school counselors come into focus as recalibration advances

A first-year teacher in Sheridan County School District 3, which serves the small community of Clearmont, earns a base salary of $48,000. Superintendent Chase ...

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Sheridan man charged with criminal forgery after cashing a fake $7K check

Sheridan man charged with criminal forgery after cashing a fake $7K check

GILLETTE, Wyo. — A Sheridan man faces felony forgery charges after cashing a fraudulent check last year. After recovering the check and verifying security ...

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Kids Aren't Phone Zombies': Evanston High School's Two-Week Cellphone Ban

Kids Aren’t Phone Zombies’: Evanston High School’s Two-Week Cellphone Ban

EVANSTON — Uinta County School District 1 Superintendent Ryan Thomas recalls the moment he realized children using cellphones in class was a problem that ...

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A couple has ambitious plans to restore Liberty Belle Lodge in tiny Aladdin, Wyoming

A couple has ambitious plans to restore Liberty Belle Lodge in tiny Aladdin, Wyoming

Kyle Meade will never forget the afternoon he drove into a restaurant in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and someone immediately asked his girlfriend Julia ...

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Wyoming man who drove a car with a baby inside gets 8-10 years in prison

Wyoming man who drove a car with a baby inside gets 8-10 years in prison

A 29-year-old Fremont County man who accidentally stole a 3-month-old baby while taking a running vehicle from a Riverton apartment complex in February was ...

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In a complaint against police and the city, a man from Lander claims that officers who pepper-sprayed him used excessive force

In a complaint against police and the city, a man from Lander claims that officers who pepper-sprayed him used excessive force

A Lander man who accused local police of using excessive force during an arrest last fall has filed a lawsuit against the city, the ...

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Door-to-door K-9 smell testing at a homeless shelter resulted in the arrest of Gillette lady

Door-to-door K-9 smell testing at a homeless shelter resulted in the arrest of Gillette lady

GILLETTE, Wyo. — A K-9 sniff test of a building at the Council of Community Services alerted police to a unit containing multiple types of ...

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Casper teen who wanted to ‘gut that dude’ gets life sentence for mall stabbing

CASPER — The now-16-year-old boy who killed Bobby Maher, 14, with a knife outside a Casper mall on April 7, 2024, and “shocked” the ...

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‘I like to go fast’– Riverton 17-year-old charged with escaping authorities at high speeds twice in one night

‘I like to go fast’– Riverton 17-year-old charged with escaping authorities at high speeds twice in one night

(Riverton, WY) – A 17-year-old Riverton boy was arrested for reckless driving in connection with an incident that occurred in the early morning hours of September ...

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