Pat Sweeney

Nine Wyoming House of Representative positions were up for grabs on Tuesday with 17 different people attempting to take a two-year seat.

Dozens gathered at Conwell Park in Casper on Saturday to stand up for women's rights, reproductive rights, and bodily autonomy in light of the recent discussions of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

Council approved the early retirement of V.H. McDonald and the appointment of Liz Becher as interim city manager Tuesday.

It has hosted Ernest Hemingway and John Wayne, and horses were allowed to walk through the bar in the 1940s.

At a kickoff gathering and press conference at the Ramkota Hotel, Sweeney said he hopes to bring a more cooperative attitude to state government.

Casper City Council on Tuesday approved actions about two liquor licenses, but not before a restaurant owner and the mayor blamed the changes on the voter-approved smoking ban in November.

Casper voters will have the opportunity to decide whether they want uphold a relaxed smoking ban or go back to a total smoking ban in buildings in Casper.

Casper City Council voted to repeal the 2013 softened version of the hard-and-fast 2012 smoking ban, and then voted to repeal the 2012 version itself after a two-hour public hearing and council discussion on Tuesday.

Casper City Council had no choice Tuesday but to follow state law when it suspended a 2013 relaxed version of a near-total smoking ban in buildings in Casper.

The Parkway Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre probably will be sold soon to a California firm.