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Arizona man gets federal sentence for shipping heroin, fentanyl to Worland distributor
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (354+ words) CHEYENNE, Wyo " The U. S. Justice Department announced that an Arizona man got over five years in federal prison imposed for shipping fentanyl and heroin to a distributor in Worland, Wyoming. According to the release on Wednesday 35-year-old Chander, Arizona resident Zakary…...
Wyoming Highway Patrol apprehend Utah man accused of domestic violence, rape
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Amid "dire situation" for Colorado River Basin, headwater states say they can"t cut water they don"t have
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (933+ 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…...
NCSO says woman stabbed husband in the neck, staged evidence of abuse
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (478+ words) SPRING SALE: Get home delivery of Oil City Weekly newspaper, arriving by mail each Friday! JUST $99/year CASPER, Wyo "The Natrona County Sheriff's Office says that a 37-year-old woman struck herself with a sledgehammer to create a self-defense claim hours…...
Community rallies behind Casper Fire-EMS captain battling aggressive cancer
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (541+ words) CASPER, Wyo. " The profession of firefighting comes packed with considerable risks. Among the most significant long term risks are elevated cancer rates. That reality hit Casper Fire-EMS crews particularly hard recently when Captain Brian Dixon informed them of the devastating…...
Company eyes Wyoming for massive crude oil pipeline
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (462+ words) A pipeline company has proposed a massive new "expansion" to ship Canadian crude to a storage facility and interconnect to other pipelines near Guernsey, potentially giving Powder River Basin producers a leg up in the North American market. Casper-based Bridger…...
County to appeal recent court ruling favoring Prism Logistics mining
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (309+ words) CASPER, Wyo. " The Natrona County Board of County Commissioners plans to appeal the recent judicial ruling that made gravel mining by Prism Logistics on Casper Mountain a possibility again. The decision came at Tuesday's board meeting, following an executive session…...
Extension denial leaves Wyoming ranch owner a week to convince SCOTUS to hear corner crossing case
10+ mon, 2+ day ago (561+ words) THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS by'Angus M. Thuermer Jr. , Wyo File Elk Mountain Ranch owner Fred Eshelman will have to convince four of the U. S. Supreme Court's nine justices to take up his appeal of a lower court's decision that corner crossing…...
Horse Fire grows to over 1, 800 acres; 11% contained
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (312+ words) THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS PINEDALE, Wyo. " It has now been a week since a lightning strike over dry, timber-heavy mountain terrain ignited Wyoming's first significant wildfire of the season. Seven days later, the Horse Fire has grown to 1, 857 acres....