Big Piney News

A woman uses an umbrella to ward off heavy snow in downtown Denver, May 1. The Denver area could get up to around 5 inches, but not much is sticking to the pavement, still warm after a weekend with temperatures in the 70s.

The concerns and fears of parents, families and guardians of residents of the Wyoming Life Resource Center were aired Thursday night before officials from the Wyoming Department of Health, who are charged with a study on how to reduce costs at the Lander-based facility.

Officials expect Big Piney High School in western Wyoming to remain closed at least through the weekend after a mercury spill was discovered in a storage room next to a chemistry classroom.