Kaycee News

The Wyoming Legislature Select Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse met on Tuesday at the Wyoming State Hospital in Evanston.

The Bureau of Reclamation will increase water flows into the Bighorn River beginning late Friday, as rain and snowmelt raise the level of Bighorn Lake.

Residents of the small town of Kaycee in Johnson County are fighting off flooding from the Powder River.

“One of the benefits of the California standard is that it is a performance standard. They're focused on the power meeting that standard, and they're a bit agnostic about what technology meets that standard.”

Wyoming coal might not need a FuturGen-type of project to slide its coal under California's greenhouse gas emissions standard. via Casper Star-Tribune

Some Wyoming residents who believe their communities are coming up short in the competition for government services are pushing to create a new county near the center of the state. via KIFI Idaho Falls

“If our commodity prices drop in the next few years, that revenue is no longer there”

State highway spending may not increase as dramatically as some transportation officials and policy makers had hoped. via Casper Star Tribune

“I was kind of disappointed with that”

Despite the size of that number, Gov. Dave Freudenthal said, people should not get the impression that the state has plenty of money to spend on discretionary items. via Wyoming Tribune-Eagle

“The thing it spells for the session is we don't get to have a lot of new stuff”

Although Wyoming is in great financial shape, there won't be enough money for the Legislature to start anything new next year, Gov. via Casper Star Tribune

“So we have to go through this annual conversation.”

Gov. David Freudenthal's proposed state budget will make $408 million available to cities, towns and counties in the 2009-10 biennium, but leaves it to the Legislature to decide how to dole out the money. via Casper Star Tribune

“They looked like they were looking at heaven.”

Luck happens. Life is what you make of it. Warren Chadwick grabbed luck -- good, bad and hard -- by the horns to wrangle a half-dozen careers, a family and a legacy from military service, ranching, business, ... via Casper Star-Tribune

“Somebody is going to die today”

Attorneys argue murder vs. crime of passion By JOSHUA WOLFSON Star-Tribune staff writer Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Edward Taylor shot Mark Fisher to death around 6:30 p.m. on April 1. That much is not in ... via Casper Star-Tribune

“Okay, I will watch for him here”

By JOSHUA WOLFSON Star-Tribune staff writer Monday, October 22, 2007 A little before 6:30 p.m. on April 1, police dispatchers received a 911 call from the home of Mark Fisher. via Casper Star-Tribune

“I believe it is time to ask the voters if they want to amend the Constitution to allow future legislators to authorize homeowner tax relief”

Citing stymied efforts in the past, Gov. Dave Freudenthal Thursday proposed slashing property tax bills for those 65 and older by as much as 50 percent, with conditions. via Casper Star-Tribune

“I tell everyone I recruit, education comes first, and rodeo comes second.”

LeDoux tribute set for November By JASA SANTOS Star-Tribune staff writer Friday, October 19, 2007 Chris LeDoux did more than sing songs and rodeo. via Casper Star-Tribune

“I tell everyone I recruit, education comes first, and rodeo comes second.”

LeDoux tribute set for November By JASA SANTOS Star-Tribune staff writer Friday, October 19, 2007 Chris LeDoux did more than sing songs and rodeo. via Casper Star-Tribune

“I had hoped that the program would be up and running and we would have a chance to see the rules and get a grasp on how it will work”

The state's new housing infrastructure pilot project hit a snag when legislative leaders recently rejected rules adopted by the Wyoming Business Council. via Casper Star-Tribune

“We don't have the resources to finance world-class communities like we did with the schools”

Unlike Wyoming's public schools, the level of local government services in the state varies widely largely because of a great disparity in mineral wealth among counties. via Casper Star-Tribune

“We've taken very good care of impacted counties, but we didn't take good care of what this program was intended to do”

John Joyce of Manderson, a member of the Big Horn Regional Joint Powers Board, is concerned the State Loan and Investment Board is moving away from grants for regional water systems and rural water districts. via Casper Star Tribune

“But this has caused some problems for the coal-bed methane and oil and gas industry, since they would prefer to discharge produced water without having to comply with aquatic life standards”

By BRODIE FARQUHAR Star-Tribune correspondent Monday, October 08, 2007 Three tributary drainages of Crazy Woman Creek, between Kaycee and Buffalo, will continue to have basic environmental protection, after two ... via Casper Star-Tribune