K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For July 16th, 2018 – Morning

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE NATRONA COUNTY SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM, WERE USING A LOUDSPEAKER AND ORDERING A PERSON TO EXIT A RESIDENCE IN CASPER JUST AFTER 12:15 A.M. MONDAY FOLLOWING A REPORT OF AT LEAST ONE GUNSHOT IN THE AREA.

POLICE HAD A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE IN THE 1100 BLOCK OF BURLINGTON AVENUE, WHERE OFFICERS EVIDENTLY CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR THE PERSON OF INTEREST. THE STREET IS CLOSED OFF FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS STARTING AT NORTH JACKSON STREET.

DETECTIVE TIFFANY ELHART OF THE CASPER POLICE DEPARTMENT TOLD K2 RADIO NEWS THAT THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE REPORTS OF INJURIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOTS FIRED CALL, WHICH POLICE RECEIVED AT ROUGHLY 10:30 P.M. SUNDAY.

ELHART SAID POLICE WERE LOOKING FOR A PERSON OF INTEREST, WHO SHE DESCRIBED AS A MALE IN HIS MID-FIFTIES. A PERSON OF INTEREST IS NOT NECESSARILY SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING ANY CRIME.

AFTER AN INITIAL SEARCH, SRT OFFICERS ARMED WITH LONG GUNS DEPLOYED AN ARMORED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF A RESIDENCE IN THE 1100 BLOCK OF BURLINGTON AVENUE. HOWEVER, ELHART SAID IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE PERSON OF INTEREST WAS ACTUALLY INSIDE THE HOME.

THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY. K2 RADIO NEWS REPORTER TOM MORTON IS AT THE SCENE RELAYING NEW DETAILS AS THEY EMERGE, AND THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION AS IT BREAKS.
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A DRIVER OF A SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE WAS KILLED, AND HER PASSENGER WAS INJURED, IN A ONE-VEHICLE ROLLOVER CRASH ON INTERSTATE 25 NEAR BUFFALO ON WEDNESDAY.

THE SUV WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 75 MPH NORTHBOUND ON I-25 AND THE DRIVER FAILED TO NEGOTIATE THE RIGHT-HAND CURVE.

THE SUV EXITED THE NORTHBOUND RIGHT OF WAY, THE DRIVER OVER-CORRECTED TO THE LEFT, CROSSED BOTH NORTHBOUND LANES OF TRAVEL AND ENTERED THE MEDIAN WHERE IT ROLLED TWO-AND-A-QUARTER TIMES.

THE DRIVER, 18-YEAR-OLD RAE WARE OF NORTHGLENN, COLORADO, WAS WEARING HER SEAT BELT PROPERLY, BUT SHE SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

THE PASSENGER, 19-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN BURNS OF THORNTON, COLORADO, ALSO WORE HIS SEAT BELT.

BUT IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE SEAT BELT FAILED OR UNBUCKLED DURING THE ROLLOVER, CAUSING BURNS TO BE EJECTED OR IF HE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE SUV AND THEN COLLAPSED.

BURNS WAS TAKEN TO THE JOHNSON COUNTY HEALTHCARE CENTER IN BUFFALO AND HOSPITALIZED.

THE HIGHWAY PATROL IS INVESTIGATING DRIVER INATTENTION AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE CRASH.

THIS MARKED THE 49TH FATALITY ON WYOMING’S HIGHWAYS TO DATE COMPARED TO 73 IN 2017, 47 IN 2016, AND 69 IN 2015.
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A PANEL CREATED TO ATTRACT COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE TO WYOMING HAS COME UP WITH A DRAFT PLAN.

AT A MEETING THURSDAY IN RIVERTON, THE WYOMING AIR SERVICE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE A DRAFT PLAN FOR LANDING AN AIR CARRIER THAT WOULD PROVIDE UP TO THREE DAILY FLIGHTS TO AND FROM DENVER FROM AIRPORTS THAT JOIN THE AGREEMENT.

THE COUNCIL WAS ESTABLISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR BY THE WYOMING LEGISLATURE.

THROUGH THE PROGRAM, THE STATE WOULD OFFER MINIMUM REVENUE GUARANTEES FOR A CAPACITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH AN AIRLINE.

THE COUNCIL AGREED ON A PROFIT-SHARING FRAMEWORK, WHERE COMMUNITIES THAT OPT IN WOULD SHARE 40 PERCENT OF THE COST AND EVENTUAL PROFIT WITH THE STATE.

THE COUNCIL'S PLAN WILL BE REVIEWED BY GOV. MATT MEAD AND LAWMAKERS.

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THE WYOMING GOVERNOR'S RACE IS GOING NEGATIVE AS ONE CANDIDATE CRITICIZES ANOTHER FOR SUPPORTING RENEWABLE ENERGY AND A THIRD FOR STATE EXPENDITURES.

ATTORNEY HARRIET HAGEMAN CLOSED OUT A WYOMING PUBLIC MEDIA DEBATE THURSDAY BY LAYING INTO FELLOW REPUBLICANS SAM GALEOTOS AND MARK GORDON.

HAGEMAN CRITICIZES GALEOTOS FOR ENCOURAGING RENEWABLE ENERGY WITH HIS BUSINESS.

GALEOTOS IS EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF GREEN HOUSE DATA CORP., WHICH HAGEMAN CALLS "IDEOLOGICALLY OBSESSED WITH SO-CALLED GREEN ENERGY" AND "ANTI-COAL."

GALEOTOS CALLS HAGEMAN'S REMARK BAFFLING, SAYING RENEWABLE ENERGY IS "PART OF THE MODERN-DAY WORLD."

HAGEMAN ACCUSES GORDON OF OVERSPENDING ON INVESTMENT ADVICE DURING HIS TWO TERMS AS STATE TREASURER, A CLAIM GORDON DENIES.

THREE OTHER REPUBLICANS - BUSINESSMAN FOSTER FRIESS, PHYSICIAN TAYLOR HAYNES AND BUSINESSMAN BILL DAHLIN - SCORED LOWER IN A RECENT POLL AND DEBATED SEPARATELY.