Ray Pacheco

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.

Allowing some groups to use council chambers but banning others will lead to lawsuits, and courts have consistently ruled governments cannot play favorites.

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.

An anti-discrimination ordinance for lesbian, gay bisexual and transgendered people has not been on the radar for the Casper City Council.

Ten candidates for Casper City Council were in attendance Monday for a special forum held by the Wyoming League of Women Voters. Several subjects were discussed during the over two-hour forum, including current city council unity, the use of citizen advisory boards, the hotel and conference center plan, the recently approved-then-repealed public indoor smoking ban and the performance of the city m