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Green v Gray: Would-be Democrat gubernatorial candidate seeks ballot spot over residency dispute
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (1250+ words) CASPER, Wyo. " Disqualified Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gabe Green has turned to federal court, where he is suing Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray to challenge the constitutionality of the state's five-year residency requirement. The Casper-born Democrat filed suit June 22 against…...
Campbell County commissioners approve $142. 9 M budget, discuss airport management plans
2+ week, 2+ day ago (643+ words) With nearly 1 million readers this year! GILLETTE, Wyo. " On Tuesday, Campbell County commissioners approved a $142. 9 million budget for fiscal year 202627 and discussed plans for finding long-term private management for the Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport. The board adopted a total budget…...
20-year-old Arizona man killed in Platte County rollover
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (257+ words) With nearly 1 million readers this year! WHEATLAND, Wyo. " An Arizona man is dead after failing to negotiate a wide left-hand curve on Wyoming Highway 34 between Wheatland and Laramie on May 23. According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, his truck shot off…...
Arizona man gets federal sentence for shipping heroin, fentanyl to Worland distributor
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (358+ words) CHEYENNE, Wyo. " The U. S. Justice Department announced that an Arizona man received over five years in federal prison for shipping fentanyl and heroin to a distributor in Worland, Wyoming. According to the release on Wednesday, 35-year-old Chandler, Arizona, resident Zakary Faccio…...
Amid "dire situation" for Colorado River Basin, headwater states say they can"t cut water they don"t have
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (950+ words) Under pressure to strike a compromise on water cuts, and amid talk of litigation, Wyoming and other upper Colorado River Basin states are pointing to the climate-driven disaster unfolding in the West to insist they can't cut what Mother Nature…...
(LETTER) Transparency needed after sex offender access at Thunder Basin High
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (215+ words) News for Gillette and Campbell County County 17 publishes letters, cartoons and opinions as a public service. The content does not necessarily reflect the opinions of County 17 or its employees. Letters to the editor can be submitted by emailing'editor@oilcity. news....