Encampment News

Members from the Natrona County School District superintendent search committee are planning to visit each of the three finalists in their respective districts. via Casper Star Tribune

The Natrona County school board tonight will consider a recommendation to accept a donation from Big Wyoming for use in the Kelly Walsh High School automotive department. via Casper Star Tribune

“The first thing we wanted was to get these claims in, and now we have to make sure that (the homeowners) are going to get (paid for) everything they said they received damage to ... So we're going to be taking a close look at that”

The damage claims are in, and most residents have signed up for new subsidence insurance. via Casper Star Tribune

The three physicians of Central Wyoming Neurosurgery don't have grounds to sue the Wyoming Medical Center for violating their constitutional rights because they voluntarily resigned their privileges to practice ... via Casper Star Tribune

Federal land managers this week approved a $180.5 million bid for the Eagle Butte West coal tract north of Gillette. via Casper Star Tribune

“It tears your heart out when these people are having to go somewhere because they can't pay the rent.”

Kay Griffith works two jobs. Her son works when he's not in school. She's making ends meet, and now expects a 59 percent rent increase in a city with almost no vacant apartments. via Casper Star Tribune

“And in total they ran for about an hour.”

The Wyoming attorney general's office will be notified of illegal automated phone calls on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. via Casper Star Tribune

“Obviously, releasing an individual who is under the influence and who's judgement is impaired can have dire consequences. It is a difficult issue, but one worth talking about.”

Natrona County Sheriff Mark Benton plans to revisit his jail's policy governing the release of drunken suspects after a Wyoming legislative committee killed a bill that would have required drunken drivers to ... via Casper Star Tribune

A person died in a one-vehicle crash north of Cody on Sunday, according to a Wyoming Highway Patrol dispatcher. via Casper Star Tribune

“When a man's life was at stake, there was surely $20,000 to be found for such an important investigation, either in the public defender's budget or the governor's contingency fund”

A federal judge has thrown out the conviction of a Wyoming inmate sentenced to die nearly a decade ago for the killing of a correctional officer during an escape attempt. via Casper Star Tribune

“The reality is, our involvement in the totality of the investigation was fairly nominal”

The Wyoming Highway Patrol will not apply for any of the $3.3 million seized by now ex-trooper Ben Peech during a traffic stop in Cheyenne last April, even though the seizure played a critical role in ... via Casper Star Tribune

“There is absolutely no reason this study should cause any resident to be alarmed”

The Wyoming Department of Health needs your help. Participating takes only 20 minutes and you'll get a tangible thank you: a $25 Visa gift card for your time. via Casper Journal

“In the last six months of life, inmates would not have to spend the time behind bars”

The Wyoming Senate agreed Thursday to consider a bill to allow medical furloughs for state prison inmates. via Casper Star Tribune

A bill that would provide the wrongly convicted a legal mechanism to clear their names with DNA evidence easily passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday. via Casper Star Tribune

“We didn't want New York City in the middle of Wyoming”

The prospect of surgery can be scary. The neurosurgeons at Central Wyoming Neurosurgery, who will move into the eastside Mountain View Regional Hospital in May, spent the past two years envisioning how to make ... via Casper Star Tribune

“The real benefit of this is it really opens up an entirely new avenue for extracting energy from coal. Once we can efficiently gasify the coal, we can get into the liquid fuels business in the state, and we can get into petrochemicals, all from coal”

The national and international focus on controlling greenhouse gas emissions draws a target on Wyoming's prolific coal industry, which supports more than 18,000 jobs and pumps more than $750 million into the ... via Casper Star Tribune

“You're going to get pressured to use AML money on other things”

National corporate big guns are waging a heavy lobbying effort to kill bills designed to stop business fraud in the state, officials said Sunday. via Casper Star Tribune

“I see the need and I have a tremendous heart for these people and a real commitment toward civil legal aid. That's what drives a lot of my staff, too. I wouldn't have experienced attorneys working for me if they didn't have a heart for it.”

The door is barely noticeable -- plain brown with nothing to mark it as a business except for a makeshift "Wyoming Legal Services" sign on the wall above the mailbox. via Casper Star Tribune

“This is not a case where the district court improperly allowed the prosecution to introduce evidence of uncharged misconduct without following the required procedures”

The Wyoming Supreme Court on Friday denied the appeal of a man convicted in 2006 of beating and trying to kidnap a Casper woman who had broken off a relationship with him. via Casper Star Tribune