Morning Update

CERTAIN USAGE FEES WILL BE INCREASING AT THE CASPER MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, THE CASPER RECREATION CENTER AND AT CERTAIN CITY-OWNED PARKS, ATHLETIC FIELDS AND TENNIS COURTS. The College National Finals Rodeo returns to Casper and the Events Center this June.

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A POWELL MAN WANTED FOR THREATENING A CASPER WOMEN WITH A GUN WILL NOW HAVE TO PAY TWICE AS MUCH TO GET OUT OF JAIL. Wyoming Retirement System's chief investment officer has been fired after authorities learned he was indicted on insider trading charges in 2008, two years before he came to work for Wyoming.

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The new UW President says finding funding apart from state funding may be in the cards. A Montana state lawmaker has introduced legislation aimed at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's plan of relocating to Montana wild horses from other states.

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As we head into the Easter Weekend and the month of April, surprisingly gas prices are quite a bit lower than they were this time last year. Robert Sternberg says he plans to spend a lot of his time fundraising as he takes over as president at the University of Wyoming this summer.

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A CASPER MAN COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS WIFE. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CREWS HAVE BEGUN CLEARING THE ROADS IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK IN ORDER TO GET THE PARK OPEN TO VEHICLES THIS SPRING.

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CASPER CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED REVISIONS TO THE CITY’S PUBLIC INDOOR SMOKING ORDINANCE AT ITS REGULAR WORK SESSION TUESDAY NIGHT. The federal government will withhold more than $53 million in mineral payments from the state of Wyoming as part of the automatic federal budget cuts that started this month.

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Robert Sternberg the new president at the University of Wyoming made his first visit to the University on Monday. A judge in Casper has sided with the state of Wyoming and ruled against environmentalists who sought to make public the lists of ingredients that go into hydraulic fracturing fluids.

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CITY OFFICIALS IN CASPER SAY CASPER CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT GO FORWARD WITH AN AMBITIOUS $50 MILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO BUILD A CONFERENCE CENTER AND HOTEL COMPLEX IN THE CITY’S DOWNTOWN AREA. Authorities say a 52-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $77,000 as the bookkeeper for a Gillette salon.

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A CONFERENCE CENTER AND HOTEL WILL NOT BE BUILT IN DOWNTOWN CASPER ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. Dry and windy conditions have increased the fire danger across lower elevation areas of Wyoming.

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A  DISTRICT JUDGE IN CHEYENNE HAS REJECTED STATE SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT CINDY HILL'S REQUEST TO HAVE HER POWERS AND DUTIES IMMEDIATELY RESTORED. The district attorney in Cheyenne says his office will review an old rape case in response to claims from lawyers that new DNA testing proves the innocence of a man who has served 23 years in prison.

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