Charlie Powell

Council member Chris Walsh said bar owners have told them the total ban has hurt their businesses by pushing customers to bars with smoking outside city limits.

Developer Steve Grimshaw wants to develop a lot on Fairgrounds Road for an apartment complex for people over 55 years old, and 32 twin homes.

Casper City Council will formally choose the new mayor and vice mayor at its first meeting on Jan. 3.

The state has been considering consolidating numerous departments -- some in deteriorating buildings -- around Casper in a centralized campus for efficiency and better service to the public.

Dale Zimmerle, who unsuccessfully applied for a council seat vacated last year, made the suggestion at the May 3 meeting.

The Wyoming Department of Revenue's liquor division granted a new liquor licenses after the 2015 census re-evaluation showed an increase in Casper's population.

To make ends meet, the City of Casper will tap about $1.6 million of its $26 million in reserves, coupled with a variety of spending cuts.

Casper City Council chose vice mayor Daniel Sandoval as its new mayor in a brief ceremony Tuesday.

Immediate facility upgrades will not be coming to a city of Casper-owned shooting range. Casper City Council on Tuesday rejected a nearly $200,000 bid from a Sheridan-based firm to construct an addition at the Stuckenhoff Shooter's Complex that would have included new restrooms and office space...

Casper City Council has signed off on plans to update the lighting system at the city-owned Casper Events Center. Councilors unanimously approved the $190,000 deal Tuesday night between the city and Casper-based Summit Electric. The firm will be challenged with the installation of new, energy-efficient lighting at the nearly 8,400-seat arena...