awards

Journey Elementary School teacher Rebecca Junge stood in front of an auditorium full of her students and peers to accept the Milken Educator Award, which included an unrestricted $25,000 to do with what she wanted.

The Natrona County Public Library abolished overdue library fees in June of 2020 and, for this act and many others, they have been awarded the 'Librarian at Your Service Award' by Unique Management Services, an organization dedicated to "material-recovery service for libraries."

This is the gathering that honors not only outstanding work by officers of the department, but civilians who went above and beyond.

And he says, it's a chance to thank those civilians who go above and beyond to help and sometimes, save the lives of others.

The awards ceremony highlighted the behind-the-scenes work at the communications center and those who do tedious investigative and analytical work.

TeBeest provided lifesaving CPR on a man for 15 minutes without relief.

Natrona County Sheriff Gus Holbrook said Serita Estes, and Randy and Rodney "Shane" Kindel courageously went into Alcova Lake and rescuing the two victims.

Congratulations go out to five Natrona County School District teachers to receive the 2015 Fund For Teachers Fellowship Grant. This fellowship will allow NCHS teachers, Mr. Todd Hallsted, Mr. Dan Wright and Mr. Carl Myers, to experience the environmental and cultural dynamics of American Samoa, one of the last places on Earth settled by humans and colonized by Europeans...

For the first time in her career, senior Chaundra Sewell has been selected to the 2013 WBCA Division I Coaches’ Honorable Mention All-America Team. She is one of four Cowgirls in school history to earn the honor and the first since 2008.

Wyoming senior forward Leonard Washington has been named to the All-District 17 Second Team, as announced by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). The award is voted on by member coaches of the NABC and this year a total of 242 student-athletes from 24 districts were honored. Washington earned the accolade for a second-straight season.