I’ve been doing radio in some way since the age of 16, first cutting my teeth in my hometown of Soldotna, Alaska, doing play-by-play for high school hockey. From there, I gravitated toward radio news and sports coverage, doing civic reporting for a National Public Radio station in East Lansing, Mich., then doing news, sports and on-air work for a number of stations in Havre, Mont. Now, I'm a part of Wyoming's biggest and best radio news team. I’m a very proud alumnus of Michigan State University, where I studied broadcast journalism. At MSU, I did news updates for the campus radio station. I also dabbled in TV, producing the EMMY Award-winning on-campus news program. I also did hockey play-by-play and filmed athletics press conferences for the Big Ten Network and its website. For my efforts, I picked up a few awards, most notably from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.
Anthony Pollreisz
CPR Sees Another Passenger Increase in October
October was a good month for Casper-Natrona County International Airport, but the last couple of months haven’t been as good as expected.
The airport saw a nearly eight percent increase in the number of its departing passengers last month when compared to figures from October of last year...
Keep Casper Beautiful Offering Branch Cleanup Assistance to Elderly, Disabled
Keep Casper Beautiful says it’s offering free assistance to some Casper residents that are still feeling the effects of the record snow storm that hammered central Wyoming last month.
“What we’d like to do is just extend a helping hand to people who are elderly or disabled who may still have branches in their yards,” Keep Casper Beautiful coordinator Beth Andress said...
Casper City Council Approves Star Apartments Abatement Funding
Casper City Council voted 8-1 on Tuesday to allocate $480,000 toward asbestos and pest abatement at a blighted downtown apartment building that will be owned by the Casper Housing Authority by the end of this week.
Housing authority officials say they plan to renovate Star Apartments into a mixed-income rental complex that would contain 66 market-rate and public units...
Casper City Council Approves Reeves Hiring
The city of Casper has hired another area lawyer to conduct its conflict of interest investigation into city councilor Craig Hedquist.
Casper City Council agreed to retain Wes Reeves as alternate legal counsel for the city on Tuesday...
Wyoming Gas Prices Fall Sharply as Winter Nears
The average gas price in Wyoming saw a sharp decline last week.
Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst with Gasbuddy.com, says the average price for a gallon of regular slid nearly nine cents last week to $3.33. That price is 18 cents lower than the average price from a year ago and 19 cents lower than the average price last month...
City of Casper Nearing Hockey Agreement
Professional hockey could soon be coming to Casper.
Casper mayor Kenyne Schlager says city officials are very close to approving a franchise and lease agreement with a minor league hockey organization.
“We are unbelievably close,” Schlager said...
Three People Displaced After Casper Mobile Home Fire
Authorities say no injuries were reported after a fire damaged a mobile home in the 1600 block of Burlington Avenue on Friday.
Flames were found burning beneath the single-wide trailer when firefighters arrived at the scene at around 2:00 p...
Council to Vote on Hiring Reeves to Conduct Hedquist Investigation
Casper City Council on Tuesday will vote on hiring another area lawyer to conduct a conflict of interest investigation into councilman Craig Hedquist.
Council will vote on adding Weston Reeves to the city’s alternate legal counsel.
If council approves the hiring, Reeves will be tasked with figuring out whether Hedquist, who owns Hedquist Construction, a Casper-based road construction firm, breache
Keep Casper Smoke Free: Trial Against City to Occur in March ’14
Officials with Keep Casper Smoke Free say the anti-smoking group’s lawsuit against the city of Casper will go to trial next year.
According to a post on Keep Casper Smoke Free’s FundRazr page, the trial has been scheduled for March 2014...
City Looking for Public Comment on City Branding Initiative
Several city-affiliated agencies are asking Natrona County residents to comment on the city of Casper’s upcoming branding initiative.
Casper city manager John Patterson says the first community forum will be held at a branding summit this Friday at downtown Casper's Iris Theater...