Goshen County News

Storms Wednesday night produced winds up to sixty miles per hour winds. golf ball size hail in Goshen and Sioux Counties, and good precipitation amounts throughout the region.

Four occupants, none wearing a seat belt, were ejected from a a 99 Chevy Suburban when the vehicle rolled four times after the driver missed a 90-degree turn on Buttermilk Road five miles northwest of Torrington in Goshen County June 20, at 3:38 A.M. Killed were 18-year-old Kolten J. Aberle, and 21-year-old James A. Scheer, both of Torrington.

VIEW SLIDESHOW BOULDER - Many viewers of 4 O'clock at 9NEWS might remember the images of a developing tornado on live television about three weeks ago.

One word could explain how the crew of Vortex2 felt after the tornado intercept.

The Wyoming Department of Employment's Research and Planning Section says the state's over-the-year job growth rate was minus 1.6 percent, its worst performance since 1987.

Walter L. Elmore, age 49, of Fort Laramie, died June 20 at 3:35 in the morning, enroute to the hospital after he was in a one-vehicle crash on Kaspiere Road in Goshen County.

It's Friday June 5th and the entire Vortex2 crew has converged upon a single supercell storm located in Goshen county Wyoming.

Three people were killed in separate crashes in Goshen County early Saturday morning, according to the Sheriff's office.

Here are some great radar images from V2's DOW 7 from the Goshen County, Wyoming tornado of June 5th.

The warning bells started up again Sunday afternoon. Storms hit from Montana to Nebraska and across KOTA Territory.

After more than three and half weeks of waiting, VORTEX2 finally scored big. At approximately 5 p.m. Friday, the largest tornado research project in history conducted probably the most important 25 minutes of tornado research in history.

Here's the latest update from AccuChaser Shawn Smith. To see previous updates, click the AccuChase 09 Category at right.

A tornado touched down in a rural area of Goshen County in southeastern Wyoming.

A pilot plant to research ways to use Wyoming coal more cleanly will be built in Laramie County.

The Goshen County Sheriff's Department confirms a 16 year old girl was killed in an ATV accident Monday afternoon between Lingle and Veteran.

The Goshen County Sheriff's office is looking for a pickup and tractor taken from Frank Implement in Torrington early this morning.

Only one local official will be allowed to accompany representatives from the University of Wyoming and General Electric during a tour of a proposed site in Campbell County for a coal gasification plant.

General Electric and the state of Wyoming have narrowed the list of site proposals for a coveted clean coal research facility to three locations in the state.

THE DISTRICT IS CONSIDERING RANDOM DRUG TESTING OF ALL STUDENTS INVOLVED IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

Wyoming is gaining farms, but farm acreages dropped in size by 25 percent, while Nebraska is still losing farms, but farms are slightly larger than 5 years ago.