Casper News

"When I joined the district 20 years ago it was one day a week for 45 minutes," said Jim Garbutt, Physical Education Teacher at Southridge Elementary in Casper.

The Riverton City Council agreed Tuesday night to help fund $3,500 toward the establishment of a local satellite office of the Children's Advocacy Project, or CAP, based in Casper.

The standoff between authorities and a 25-year old man who barricaded himself in a home ended peacefully around 11 this morning.

Equipment failure caused an electrical arc at a substation in Casper, Wyo. early Sunday morning, according to Margaret Oler with Rocky Mountain Power.

Just a few weeks from seeing the birth of his first child, Michael Robert Bradford died serving his country in Afghanistan.

An injection manifold inside a header house at Cameco's North Butte uranium mine.

Shop owner Cindy Ryder kisses Alex, a Senegal parrot, on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Birdee Biyou in downtown Casper, Wyo.

The College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo., probably doesn't have the prestige and notoriety of the afore mentioned events but it is just as thrilling and special for the athletes who advance that far and get the chance of a lifetime to compete for a title.

Clay James from the Tule River Reservation has qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo to be held June 9 through 15 in Casper, Wyo.

Everyone has a different story for how they got into cars. One particular story revolves around a midengined Italian sports car that circled just out of grasp.

Wyoming's snowpack enters this week much better than it was at this time last year.

Steven Despain retired on April 27, 2013 after 26 years of service to the U.S. Small Business Administration in the Wyoming District Office in Casper.

The site of a historic U.S. Army post along a river crossing used by Oregon Trail pioneers could become a housing addition by year's end.

Steve Ford takes pride in his heirloom tomatoes. He grows them in community plots and climate-controlled "tunnels" at his South Conwell Street home in Casper, where recently planted seedlings and future transplants sit in a 6- by 8-foot greenhouse.

Riverton High School Glass Art Teacher Marianne Vinich was chosen to be Wyoming's Secondary Art Teacher of the Year following the 2013 Wyoming State High School Art Symposium in Casper.

Steve Ford looks at a flat of tomato starts next to a window Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at his home in Casper, Wyo.

Steve Ford shows the inside of his small greenhouse on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at his home in Casper, Wyo.

Workers from Alme Concrete Construction pour a concrete footer for the foundation of a new home on Friday, April 19, 2013 in the Centennial Hills subdivision in Casper, Wyo.

Chris Daubin, game warden in Riverton, has retired after 28 years of service with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

Casper was once again lucky enough to get a really amazing band to the area, The Farthest Edge ROCKED the Sandbar Lounge! I can't say enough good things about these guys.