North Platte River

Respect Our River – Saved by the Jacket is an organization created on September 9, 2014 after a tragic drowning on the Platte River, with the initiative to “Create a safer river environment for our residents and visitors”. A collaboration between local businesses, the City of Casper and over 30 local sponsors...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department cautions sportsmen that the flushing flows causing sizable increases in water flows in the North Platte River have been extended one day. Flows began on Mar. 16 and were originally scheduled to continue through Mar...

This is the time of year when we start to get heavy fog rolling across the plains along the banks of the Platte River. If you spend any amount of time along the river, be sure to keep an eye out for a ghostly ship of death!

Rescue crews continue to search the North Platte River east of Casper for Bernie Bickels who has been missing since Saturday.

Several towns in the Upper North Platte River Basin in southern Wyoming, are trying to fight off rising waters from nearby rivers.

Memorial Day weekend is considered by many to be the unofficial start to summer, and some people might be tempted to jump in the pool, lake or river.

People, fish and other critters don't want an oil spill to happen on the North Platte River, and energy companies, environmental agencies and first responders don't want to see one, either. So last Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency, Spectra Energy and more than 20 different crews from fire police and other departments participated in a drill to test their responses, EPA spokesman John

Casper City Council discussed how to spend its $3.7 million share of county consensus funding during its Tuesday work session. Council agreed to put $1 million toward continued restoration efforts along the North Platte River, another $1 million toward the installation of a new scoreboard and ribbon board system at the Casper Events Center and $1...

Officials with Casper Fire-EMS say emergency personnel successfully rescued an unidentified woman stranded on a North Platte River ice shelf late Wednesday night. Casper Fire-EMS spokesperson Craig Kidder says rescuers donning specialized ice suits arrived at the scene near a river-spanning F Street bridge shortly after 10:45 p...

A Casper man is recovering after rescue crews were able to pull him to safety, after he fell through the ice on the North Platte River.