Afternoon News Update

A NEW MANAGER HAS BEEN NAMED FOR A CASPER ANIMAL FACILITY. The new president at the University of Wyoming made his first visit to the University on Monday.

Wyoming's average retail gasoline prices went up another 3 cents a gallon this past week. A CLOSING OF ONE CHAPTER OF A WESTERN WYOMING TOWN THAT IS DOING WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WON'T.

CASPER POLICE SAY THE ARREST OF A SUSPECT IN GILLETTE AND A CAR CRASH IN THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER ARE BOTH TIED TO A LOCAL STABBING. A CONFERENCE CENTER AND HOTEL WILL NOT BE BUILT IN DOWNTOWN CASPER ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

A 34-YEAR-OLD OKLAHOMA CITY MAN HAS ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA ON CHARGES STEMMING FROM AN ONLINE THREAT AGAINST RESIDENTS OF CASPER. A  DISTRICT JUDGE IN CHEYENNE HAS REJECTED STATE SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT CINDY HILL'S REQUEST TO HAVE HER POWERS AND DUTIES IMMEDIATELY RESTORED.

A MILLS MAN NOW ADMITS HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT AND KILLED HIS BROTHER. CASPER CITY COUNCIL APPROVED CHANGES TO THE CITY'S DUI ORDINANCE AT ITS REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT.

CASPER FIRE-EMS RELEASED ITS 2012 STATISTICAL REPORT ON MONDAY. A CASPER MAN IS HEADING TO PRISON AFTER ADMITTING THAT HE TRIED TO HIRE SOMEONE TO SET FIRE TO HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND’S CAR.

Average retail gasoline prices in Wyoming remained unchanged for the most part this past week. The price went up just over one cent to $3.29 a gallon. GOVERNOR MATT MEAD VETOED THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE-WORKER'S MISCONDUCT BILL THURSDAY.

ACCORDING TO U.S. CENSUS FIGURES AND RESEARCH FROM THE STATE'S ECONOMIC ANALYSIS DIVISION, WYOMING CONTINUES TO GROW DESPITE A STATEWIDE MINERAL EXTRACTION SLOWDOWN. A HOMELESS MAN IS ADMITTING THAT HE ATTACKED A CHURCH CUSTODIAN, AND WILL SPEND TIME IN JAIL.

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. Wyoming money being spent on lottery tickets in other states is what Gov. Matt Mead to sign legislation opening Wyoming to the cont

IT WAS YET ANOTHER STRONG MONTH FOR CASPER-NATRONA COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. OFFICIALS SAY THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS THAT LEFT THE AIRPORT IN FEBRUARY INCREASED 24 PERCENT COMPARED TO PASSENGER NUMBERS IN FEBRUARY OF 2012. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is urging people to be on the lookout for high water along the North Platte River later this month.