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  • NEWS BRIEFS for Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018

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    News in Brief from Wyoming News Exchange newspapers

  • No death penalty in Wapiti shooting death

    11 hours ago

    As expected, prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a Wapiti man who allegedly killed his wife last summer.

  • Drilling permit applications climb

    11 hours ago

    Oil prices hit a 14-month low Monday with Wall Street nervous about oversupply of crude, but the price slide hasn’t yet suppressed the dramatic growth in oil and gas companies seeking permits to drill in Wyoming.

  • Green River councilman pleads guilty to sexual assault

    11 hours ago

    Green River City Councilman Allan Wilson on Monday pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement to one count of second degree sexual abuse of a minor.

  • Hundreds face furlough in case of shutdown

    11 hours ago

    Hundreds of federal employees in Wyoming could face furloughs next week.

  • Doctor’s license suspension partially reversed

    1 day ago

    District Judge Thomas W. Rumpke has largely reversed the Wyoming Board of Medicine’s decision to suspend a Gillette physician’s license for five years.

  • Oil prices down, but Wyoming gas prices stable

    1 day ago

    Wyomingites stopping to fill up their trucks with gas or diesel these days face a predicament that’s not common for the Cowboy State: It’d be cheaper down in Denver.

  • JAC adds money for school security and maintenance

    1 day ago

    State lawmakers gave initial support to a supplemental school construction bill that includes additional funding for maintenance, school security and money for a Cheyenne charter school's housing costs.

  • NE Wyoming water dispute cools

    4 days ago

    For over a year, the David-versus-Goliath tale of a small group of landowners represented by Senator Ogden Driskill going up against the formidable City of Gillette has dragged on. The Carlile-area landowners, after their wells suddenly ran dry or acidic, hoped to hook on to the Madison Water System, but the city felt it should concentrate on the needs of its own citizens first.

  • Hemp legalization may not affect Wyoming

    4 days ago

    An $867 billion farm bill passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 369-47 on Wednesday (the bill passed the Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 87-13) effectively legalized industrial hemp production in the United States, pending President Donald Trump’s signature, although a lack of budget for research in Wyoming may keep the crop from growing in the Cowboy State.

  • JAC questions university’s budget requests

    4 days ago

    After the state Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee had already spent three days scrutinizing Gov. Matt Mead’s last supplemental budget this week, it was University of Wyoming President Laurie Nichols’s turn to offer her defense Thursday for the school’s $19 million supplemental budget request.

  • Wyoming begins work to replace computer system

    4 days ago

    Wyoming is faced with a $68 million price tag to replace an aging computer system used by multiple state agencies including the Wyoming Department of Transportation. This week, lawmakers started the ball rolling on the long journey to replace it.

  • Simpson joins other past senators in warning letter

    5 days ago

    In an unusual high-profile cooperative move, 44 former United States senators, including Al Simpson, wrote an open letter to the current 100 members of the U.S. Senate warning them the nation is facing perilous times.

  • Wyoming News Briefs for Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018

    5 days ago

    News in Brief from Wyoming News Exchange newspapers

  • Wyoming News in Brief, Dec. 11, 2018

    6 days ago

    News from around the state

  • Priests on abuse list served at St. Stephens  

    6 days ago

    The two Jesuit priests who served at St. Stephens Mission and were included on a list last week of Jesuit clergymen who faced credible sexual abuse allegations served in leadership positions at Wyoming and Missouri schools.

  • Dam supporters seek federal funds  

    6 days ago

    Water developers are seeking $1.2 million in federal funds to advance a much-debated 280-foot high dam and reservoir proposed in the Little Snake River drainage in Carbon County.

  • Teton commissioners won’t oppose Cheney land bill  

    6 days ago

    U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney won’t receive written pushback from Teton County about a bill that would loosen land protection in the Snake River Range and prevent the Bridger-Teton National Forest from inventorying new wilderness.

  • Buffalo chosen for VA facility  

    6 days ago

    Lawmakers have named Buffalo as the site for a potential subsidized long-term treatment facility for veterans in Wyoming. The home of the Veterans' Home of Wyoming beat out Sheridan and Casper for the potential new facility after hours of debate Tuesday.

  • Wolf shooting reignites hunting debate  

    6 days ago

    The harvest of wolf 926F during the Montana hunting season reignited a firestorm of calls to end hunting of the species — or at least making a wide buffer zone around Yellowstone National Park.

  • UW official urges harsher penalties for booze sales to minors  

    6 days ago

    Laramie should significantly increase the penalties leveled to businesses that sell alcohol to minors, University of Wyoming Vice President for Student Affairs Sean Blackburn suggested Monday.

  • Mead presents budget request to lawmakers

    6 days ago

    Gov. Matt Mead laid out his last supplemental budget request Monday to members of the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee.

  • Wasting disease adds urgency to Teton Co. disposal issue

    2 weeks ago

    Chronic wasting disease is officially present in Teton County, and the clock is ticking to devise a plan for disposing of infected animal carcasses.

  • Simpson to eulogize Bush

    2 weeks ago

    President George H.W. Bush and former U.S. Sen. Al Simpson shared many personal and touching moments, including a snowball fight on the last night of the elder Bush’s presidency at the White House.

  • Group turns to Legislature for election finance reform

    2 weeks ago

    After failing to collect enough signatures to place a question regarding campaign finance reform on Wyoming’s 2020 ballot, Wyoming Promise is looking to the state Legislature to support its efforts to limit corporate influence in elections.

  • Mead proposes $148 million in additional spending

    2 weeks ago

    In his last supplemental budget request, Gov. Matt Mead’s goal was to address areas that have experienced significant funding cuts, while also leaving almost $300 million to be added to the state’s “rainy-day fund.”

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Siblings face felony battery charges after back alley assault

Two Torrington residents were transported to Community Hospital in the early morning hours of Dec. 6 after being stabbed in the Mint Bar.

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Stabbing at Mint Bar leaves two injured, two in jail

Two injured, man, woman jailed in Scotts Bluff County after early morning stabbing in Torrington

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‘Coming up short’

At some point in January, on a date that hasn’t been determined, it will be quitting time at the Western Sugar Cooperative beet processing facility in Torrington.

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Varney Blvd. Open for traffic

Torrington Mayor Mike Varney has served the city in many roles for more than 40 years, including city councilman and mayor – and now a street in the city will bear his name.

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House fire likely a total loss

A house fire in the 3600 block of Converse Street Monday afternoon is likely a total loss, according to Torrington Volunteer Fire Department Chief Lance Petsch.

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Open Barrel opens doors

After months of planning, preparation, construction and - of course - brewing, Charlie Rife and Clayton Kilgore finally pulled the taps and served craft beer to their first patrons at the Open Barrel Brewing Company on Main Street.

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EWC names assistant judging coach

Zane Mackey has joined the staff at Eastern Wyoming College as the assistant livestock judging coach.

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Treaty commemoration re-unites indigenous tribes with their homeland

One day before the exact 150-year anniversary of the day Oglala Lakota Chief Red Cloud signed the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, Wendell Yellow Bull, a direct descendent to Red Cloud, carried a chanupa into the fort.

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