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CASPER, Wyo. — A search is underway in remote terrain southwest of Rock Springs for a missing single-engine plane and its pilot, a Green River man in his 50s, the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday evening.  Deputies got the missing person report around 1:22 p.m. Tuesday after ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Air National Guard has officially joined the firefighting efforts in California. That’s according to a social media post from the Guard, confirming Wyoming’s assistance in the devastating California wildfires that have killed at least 24 people and displaced thousands more. “Three of our...

GILLETTE, Wyo. — Wyoming Game and Fish Director Angi Bruce says failing to delist grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is a failure to appropriately recognize one of the greatest wildlife conservation success stories on earth. L...

CASPER, Wyo. — The Natrona County Fire District posted its incident totals from 2024, along with previously released run totals from past years. The information came via a social media post, which included incidents from 2016 to 2024. “One topic we wanted to highlight, was the sharp jump in wildland fires in Natrona County last year,” the post stated. “The state of Wy ...

💓 “I would like to thank whoever that anonymous donor is,” Natrona County School District Board of Trustees chairman Kevin Christopherson said. “They have a big heart.”

CASPER, Wyo. — While conditions have been chilly in the Casper area of late, they’re going to be getting much chillier in the coming week. According to the National Weather Service in Riverton, an oncoming arctic storm will cause temperatures in central Wyoming to plummet. An arct...

CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper-Natrona County Health Department inspects restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, mobile food units, commissaries and food vending operations. Every facility has an unannounced inspection at least twice a year. A...

CASPER, Wyo. — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming is gearing up to once again host its annual Reverse Raffle and Auction and, this year, there’s a very deliberate goal to raise money for renovation of its Fine Arts Room. That’s acco...

Sasha Brodka, M.D., and her husband met in medical school and have been on the move ever since. They went to St. George’s University in the Caribbean, but completed their first year in England through the Global Scholars Program. After a couple more years in Grenada, they moved to Atlanta for their clinicals and then to Huntington, West Virginia, for residency.  The ...

CASPER, Wyo. — The state hospital evaluation is in for Jarreth Joseflee Sebastian Plunkett, the 15-year-old accused of planning and carrying out the fatal stabbing of 14-year-Bobby Maher at the Eastridge Mall on a Sunday afternoon last April. At a ...