Besides the city, other EclipseFest contributors are the publicly funded Downtown Development Authority and the Casper Area Economic Development Alliance.
Casper City Council approved two contracts during a special meeting Tuesday.
The first contract was for $940,000 with Grizzly Excavating and Construction LLC for utility site work in anticipation of the YMCA's major expansion.
"We needed to approve our piece in that and get it formally approved and passed so that we can start on the infrastructure improvements which basically involve street l
A fire broke out in the men's sauna of the Casper Family YMCA this afternoon.
The first staff member who found it was taken to the Wyoming Medical Center for possible smoke inhalation, said John Kirlin, the Y's school-age programs director...
For Peter Wold, heading a campaign for a new YMCA was personal.
"I grew up here in Casper, and I used the YMCA a lot when I was growing up," Wold said Tuesday.
"And then I came back to Casper after being gone for a few years, and realized that this is a wonderful facility, but it's tired, and it's worn out, and it needs to be replaced," he said...