K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For May 2nd, 2018 – Morning

CASPER CITY COUNCIL WILL ASK WYOMING'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION -- SENS. MIKE ENZI AND JOHN BARRASSO, AND REP. LIZ CHENEY -- TO ASK THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO CONSIDER BUILDING A POST OFFICE ON THE CITY'S WEST SIDE.

COUNCIL VOTED 8-1 FOR THE POST OFFICE RESOLUTION AS A RESULT OF PARADISE VALLEY RESIDENT BRIAN CLARK COLLECTING SCORES OF SIGNATURES FROM INTERESTED PEOPLE ON THE WEST SIDE.

WHETHER THAT EFFORT AND GOOD INTENTION GETS ANY RESULTS IS ANOTHER MATTER.

COUNCIL MEMBER DALLAS LAIRD SAID HE SUPPORTED THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE THE PUSH FOR IT CAME FROM CLARK WHO IS IN HIS WARD
COUNCIL MEMBER JESSE MORGAN ALSO COMPLIMENTED THE EFFORT OF CLARK, WHO SAID MARCH 20TH THAT FAR MORE PEOPLE LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE THAN THE TOWN OF MILLS, WHICH HAS ITS OWN POST OFFICE.

BUT MORGAN ADDED THE MILLS POST OFFICE IS NEAR THE WEST SIDE, AND THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ISN'T BUILDING NEW POST OFFICES BECAUSE OF THE COMPETITION FROM THE DIGITAL WORLD AND OTHER METHODS OF SENDING MAIL AND PARCELS.

MORGAN, WHO VOTED AGAINS THE RESOLUTION, ADDED THE BUILDINGS NEED TO BE PROFITABLE, BECAUSE THE POSTAL SERVICE TREATS EVERY POST OFFICE LIKE A BUSINESS.
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CASPER POLICE ARRESTED A MILLS WOMAN IN THE EARLY HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY CRASHED HER VEHICLE INTO TWO PARKED CARS WHILE SHE WAS "VERY DRUNK."

21-YEAR-OLD JEANIE ROSLIE HOBB WAS BOOKED INTO JAIL ON RECOMMENDED CHARGES OF DWUI, HAVING AN OPEN CONTAINER OF ALCOHOL INSIDE A VEHICLE, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, NO INSURANCE AND TWO HIT-AND-RUN CHARGES.

COURT DOCUMENTS SAY A CASPER POLICE OFFICER WAS SENT TO THE AREA OF 10TH AND DURBIN FOR A REPORTED HIT-AND-RUN CRASH SHORTLY BEFORE 3 A.M. TUESDAY. THE SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS DESCRIBED AS A BLUE 2007 SUBARU OUTBACK.

THE OFFICER FOUND THE OUTBACK STOPPED FACING WESTBOUND ON 10TH STREET AT A STOP SIGN AT THE DURBIN INTERSECTION. POLICE SAY TWO VEHICLES IN THE AREA OF NINTH STREET AND DURBIN HAD BEEN HIT BY HOBB'S VEHICLE.

THE OFFICER SPOKE WITH HOBB, WHO WAS EVIDENTLY INTOXICATED. WHEN THE OFFICER ASKED HOBB TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE, SHE NEARLY FELL OVER.

THE OFFICER TRIED TO PERFORM ONE SOBRIETY TEST WITH HOBB, BUT HOBB WOULD NOT FOLLOW DIRECTIONS AND THE TEST COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. HOBB WAS ARRESTED.

ANOTHER OFFICER COMPLETED A VEHICLE INVENTORY OF THE SUBARU AND FOUND A SMALL BLACK PLASTIC CONTAINER CONTAINING MARIJUANA. AN OPEN CONTAINER OF POTTER'S VODKA WAS ALSO DISCOVERED, ACCORDING TO THE AFFIDAVIT.
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METEOROLOGIST DON DAY SAYS THAT WHILE SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE UPCOMING SUMMER MONTHS IS HARD TO PREDICT, THERE ARE TWO PERIODS WHERE IT BECOMES MUCH MORE LIKELY..

OVERALL DAY IS PREDICTING A HOT, DRY SUMMER FOR THE AREA. BUT HE SAYS DORUGHT CONDITIONS ARE UNLIKELY, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS ARE NEAR NORMAL AT THIS POINT.

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WYOMING SECRETARY OF STATE ED BUCHANAN IS NOW RUNNING FOR THE JOB HE WAS APPOINTED TO EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THE REPUBLICAN FROM TORRINGTON SERVED IN THE WYOMING HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR 10 YEARS, INCLUDING TWO YEARS AS HOUSE SPEAKER. HE RAN UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR SECRETARY OF STATE IN 2014.

GOV. MATT MEAD APPOINTED BUCHANAN SECRETARY OF STATE IN MARCH FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION OF ED MURRAY AFTER THREE YEARS IN OFFICE. TWO WOMEN RECENTLY ACCUSED MURRAY OF UNWANTED SEXUAL CONTACT DECADES AGO, ALLEGATIONS MURRAY DENIES.

BUCHANAN IS AN ATTORNEY. HE SAYS HIS PRIORITIES AS SECRETARY OF STATE INCLUDE USING TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE WYOMING MORE BUSINESS-FRIENDLY.

BUCHANAN IS SO FAR UNOPPOSED IN SEEKING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR THE JOB. STATE REP. JAMES BYRD OF CHEYENNE SEEKS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.