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CASPER, Wyo. — A federal judge has entered judgments totaling $155,000 against a Casper police officer for his brutality when he arrested a woman and against the city of Casper for a pattern of constitutional violations by police. Adrianah Rodriguez filed the civil rights lawsuit against officers Michael Quirin and Ryan Lowry and the city in December 2023, claiming Quirin “brutally and illegally a

CASPER, Wyo. — Two former Casper police detectives will receive a $200,000 settlement in a federal civil lawsuit in which they claimed Police Chief Keith McPheeters allowed a hostile work environment to flourish due to conduct by another investigator. F...

Jacqueline Claire Desmarais: 1937 – 2024 Jacqueline Claire (Fontaine) Desmarais, age 87, of Glenrock, Wyoming, peacefully passed away surrounded by her family at Transitions LifeCare Hospice Facility in Raleigh, North Carolina on October 3, 2024. Jac...

CASPER, Wyo. – The Wyoming Symphony Orchestra is kicking off its 75 anniversary season with the aptly named “Celebration Overture” on Saturday, Oct. 12., at the John F. Welsh Auditorium at NCHS. Music will start at 7:30 p.m., and doors open ...

GILLETTE, Wyo. — The Thunder Basin National Grassland and Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests will enter Stage 1 Fire Restrictions this week due to dry fuel conditions and persistent fire weather patterns, according to the U.S. Forest Service. P...

GILLETTE, Wyo. — Wyoming’s economy continued to grow in the second quarter of 2024, though the pace of expansion appeared to decelerate, according to the Wyoming Department of Administration and Information.  Per a second-quarter state economic summary report from A&I, total employment increased by more than a percentage point compared to the previous year. The increase is in ...

CASPER, Wyo. – An air quality alert from smoke mainly caused by the Elk Fire in the Bighorn National Forest near Dayton, and the Pack Fire near Dubois is in effect much of today. According to the National Weather Service in Riverton, the alert is for much of central and northern Wyoming, including Natrona County. The ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A 56-year-old Illinois man, Joe Lees, died in a motorcycle crash on WY 120 near Cody on Oct. 5. The accident occurred around 7:03 p.m. when Lees, driving a rental motorcycle, failed to slow down as the speed limit dropped. The ...

CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper Police Department Victim Services Unit is joining law enforcement and faith institutions nationwide to celebrate National Faith and Blue Weekend, from Oct. 11 to Oct. 14. National Faith and Blue Weekend is a collaborative initiative that builds bridges and breaks down biases through activities and outreach among law enforcement professionals and the communities they serve

CASPER, Wyo. — The Elk Fire burning in the Bighorn National Forest near Dayton has now reached 72,998 acres, according to an update from the U.S. Forest Service on Monday morning. According to the update, the fire is now 10% contained along the northeast edge of the fire, which is north of Dayton. Crew ...