Amy Richards is News Director for Townsquare Media-Cheyenne. She has many years of experience covering local news and is well known in the state capitol for her Legislative coverage. BA-English State University of New York. My favorite color is pink.
Amy Richards
Federal Court Approves Wild Horse Consent Decree
A federal court in Wyoming has approved a consent decree between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Rock Springs Grazing Association (RSGA) which will allow the BLM to move forward with a plan to reduce the maximum number of wild free-roaming horses allowed in the state of Wyoming by 46%...
Cheyenne Police Respond to Shots Fired Early Sunday
The Cheyenne Police Department continues to investigate a report of gun shots being fired in the area of the 600 block of Oakhurst in the early hours of March 31st.
Multiple Meth Arrests in Wyoming and Colorado
Monday morning, law enforcement officers from multiple agencies from southeast Wyoming and Colorado began serving federal arrest warrants for 18 individuals located in both states.
Gov: WYDOT Can Help Plow Yellowstone If Communities Pay For It
Governor Matt Mead has decided that Wyoming Department of Transportation equipment and labor will be made available if the Cody and Jackson communities raise money to pay the state to get the roads to the east and south gates of Yellowstone National Park open on time...
Yellowstone: Willing to Listen to Plowing Proposals
Yellowstone National Park spokesman Al Nash says the park would be willing to listen to proposals from wyoming and montana to help plow the roads in the park. Nash says Yellowstone superintendent Dan Wenk has had discussions with state and local officials about the delayed opening of the park and how they might address the issues they raised.
Mead: Supports Gas Play in Carbon and Sweetwater Counties, If Done Right
Governor Matt Mead says he supports a significant natural gas development in Carbon and Sweetwater Counties, which would create thousands of jobs in Wyoming. The project is called the Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Project (CD-C Project)...
Gov. Mead: Reviewing Options To Help Plow Roads in Yellowstone
Governor Matt Mead said Thursday that state and local officials are still reviewing options on whether and how to help plow roads into Yellowstone National Park. The National Park Service announced earlier this week that snow plowing would be delayed in an effort to save money to meet across-the-board federal budget cuts required by Congress under the sequestration plan that took effect March 1...
Cheyenne Police Arrest Burglars
Cheyenne Police responded to 518 East 17th Street about 10 p.m. on Feb. 28, for a report of a residential burglary in progress. Cheyenne Police Department spokesman Officer Dan Long says a watchful citizen in the neighborhood notified police after he heard glass break and saw people climbing in the window of the residence
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Natrona County Woman Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud
Connie Bryant, of Casper, pleaded guilty of fraudulently billing Wyoming Medicaid. Christine Stickley, Director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Wyoming Attorney General's Office, says from about August of 2010 to August of 2011 Bryant billed Wyoming Medicaid certifying that she provided long term care waiver services to her disabled daughter that she in fact did not...
Legislative Leaders Address Session [AUDIO]
Several Wyoming legislative leaders decried what they said were rude and threatening tactics by supporters of certain bills in the legislative session that wrapped up this week.