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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. — Fire crews at the several wildfires throughout Wyoming continued making headway in fully containing the blazes on Friday. The largest fire remains the Remington Fire, reported at 196,368 acres across Wyoming and Montana. The ...

CASPER, Wyo. — Starting next month, the Science Zone is inviting its guests to a forthcoming maze-like immersive exhibit that mimics the ecosystem of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. According to a release on Friday, the Science Zone will feature the Amazing Butterflies exhibition from Sept. 21 to Jan...

EVANSVILLE, Wyo. — Local and statewide law enforcement agencies recently located and arrested Scott Erskine on charges of aggravated child assault, following a nearly two-years-long investigation and search. The case started in October 2022, when the police department was called to respond for two young children under the age of three that has been severely physically assaulted. The ...

CASPER, Wyo — The rising price of homes, the lack of subsidized housing units and other challenges in housing, as well as potential solutions, have arisen in various discussions recently on the Casper City Council. “We know that we have a need for residential development… particularly as it relates to starter homes, affordable homes, workforce housing, and so on,” said City Manager J. Carter Napie

CASPER, Wyo. — Casper-area residents were able to get a firsthand look at Hispanic culture on Saturday thanks to Fiesta WYO, hosted in downtown Casper at David Street Station. In partnership with ARTCORE, Fiesta WYO is a celebration of food, music and culture. The ...

NOTE: This article contains information related to charges of child sexual abuse. CASPER, Wyo. — A Casper man pleaded guilty in Natrona County District Court on Friday to seven of nine counts of child sexual abuse and possession and distribution of the same. C...

CASPER, Wyo. — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming recently received the prestigious 2024–25 Roxanne Spillett Honor Award for innovative programs in the area of Workforce Readiness for its Career Works program. The Southwest Regional Conference encompasses Arkansas, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma. The Roxanne...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Yesterday, Aug. 28, a federal jury convicted a Colorado man of kidnapping a woman from Michael Bloomberg’s ranch in February 2022. Joseph Beecher, 51, of Craig, was found guilty of kidnapping, carjacking, using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence and transporting stolen firearms. Evidence pr ...

CASPER, Wyo. – Fire crews have increased containment on four northern Wyoming fires that have been burning between Gillette and Buffalo, and on the northern Wyoming border. According to a release from the multi-agency Southwest Area Incident Management Team issued early Friday, crews are starting to expand suppression repair work with heavy equipment such as bulldozers and graders. Acco ... Read