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Coffee Time: Catch up with Lander Mayor Monte Richardson
(Lander, WY) – The KOVE 1330 AM / 107.7 FM Today in the 10 interview series Coffee Time continued today with host Vince Tropea, who recently spoke with Lander Mayor Monte Richardson. Mayor Richardson stopped by to talk about this past week’s city council meeting, as well as all...
KOVE/LCF 2024 Challenge for Charities interview series presents: Lander Spay and Neuter
(Lander, WY) – The Lander Community Foundation (LCF) annual, community-wide fundraiser Challenge for Charities, or C4C, is back again for 2024, and as of May 1 LCF will match any donations made to eligible, local nonprofits through July 10. In conjunction with this amazing opportunity to double your donations...
Casper Spuds easily handle Fremont on road
FREMONT, Neb. — The Casper Spuds jumped on the Fremont Moo early on Saturday and never looked back, cruising to a decisive 12–3 victory. With the win, Casper strengthens its grip on its spot atop the league standings, boasting a 22–4 record. The Spuds got on the...
Natrona County Arrest Log (6/28/24 – 7/1/24)
This log may not reflect all arrests for this time period. For example, police will not release any information about juvenile arrests. State law prohibits any official from identifying a person accused of a sex crime until the defendant is arraigned in district court. Everyone listed here is presumed innocent...
WHP: Wyoming Motorcyclist Killed After Van Driver Fails to Yield
A 62-year-old Wyoming man is dead following a Saturday evening motorcycle crash south of Cheyenne, the Wyoming Highway Patrol says. It happened around 8:07 p.m. at approximately mile marker 6 on U.S. 85 (South Greeley Highway) about a mile south of the College Drive intersection. According to a fatality crash...
Thunderstorms & Rain Expected Early on This Week in Wyoming
The much needed moisture that Wyoming has been desperately needing, is returning this week. The official US National Weather Service Riverton Wyoming Facebook page posted updated weather expectations with a graphic and. Cooler temperatures behind a cold front this morning. Scattered rain showers and a few isolated thunderstorms along and...
Potentially severe thunderstorms expected in northeast Wyoming today
GILLETTE, Wyo. — An unsettled pattern will bring near-daily chances for storms to northeast Wyoming through Thursday, including the chance for some severe storms today. The National Weather Service in Rapid City, South Dakota, says there is a level 2 of 5 risk over Campbell County for severe storms that could produce large hail, damaging winds and a tornado. Storms are expected between 1 and 8 p.m. today after the high has reached 75 degrees. The chance for storms is 50%.
‘Tiger Millionaire’ was the winner of the biggest Bar 10/County 10 Trivia season yet; Trivia will return this fall!
(Riverton, WY) – After 15 weeks, dozens of ridiculously trivial questions, a plethora of Tom Clancy references, countless hilarious wrong answers that led to even hilarious-er wrong answer prizes, and an overall unquantifiable amount of laughs, the Bar 10/County 10 Trivia spring/summer season came to a close last week.
FBI statistics show violent crime has risen in Riverton since 2018; similar data unavailable for Lander, Fremont County
Statistics collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Crime Data Explorer reflects what many local residents have observed in recent years: Violent crime is up in Riverton. The data shows 65 violent crimes were reported to the Riverton Police Department in 2022 – down slightly compared to 2021, when 69...
Rate Increases at the Casper Ice Arena
Per a memo to the City of Casper Manager Carter Napier, rate increases at the Casper Ice Arena go into effective as of today. The increase will only be for full arena ice rental rates as shown in the exhibit below. The proposal for rate increases was to offset rising...
A Casper Team Won Big In The Wyoming Walleye Stampede
The Wyoming Walleye Stampede is ready for its final round and championship for the 2024 season after wrapping up round three at Boysen Reservoir. The late June temperatures and the sunny skies made parts of the weekend brutal for everyone involved in the tournament, but in the end, it turned out to be a great weekend.
Cowboy Football Announces Game Time for Idaho Game Along with Exciting New Television Agreement
LARAMIE, Wyo. (July 1, 2024) –– TNT Sports and the Mountain West Conference have reached a multi-year agreement for a full slate of live college football games to air exclusively on truTV and Max beginning this season. truTV and Max will present 14 Mountain West college football games during the inaugural season,
Malene Pedersen Selected for the Danish National Team Camp
LARAMIE, Wyo. (July 1, 2024) – Wyoming Cowgirl basketball student-athlete Malene Pedersen has been selected for the Danish National Team’s training camp in August. The training camp is in preparation for the European Championships qualifying rounds. As part of the camp, the Danish National Team will have multiple...
Wyoming's low taxes could be coming to an end
CASPER — Wyoming is one of only seven U.S. states with no state income tax, and as a result residents here enjoy the second-lowest effective tax rate in the nation: The overall tax burden on an average Cowboy State household is around 7.5%, which is half of what’s paid at the other end of the spectrum in New York, where average resident shells out 15.9% of their earnings in taxes, according to the non-profit think tank the Tax Foundation. But just because Wyoming residents pay...
Wyoming expects long game in AIS fight
POWELL — During the hottest part of a nine-hour shift at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Frannie boat inspection station, Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Specialist Emily Youse, in her long-sleeve red shirt, was having a busy Sunday. Earlier that morning she found four zebra mussels on a boat, not exactly a rare occurrence anymore. “It’s not often, but we do get some every year. They’re all dead,” she said...
Gunnare reached 400th win as T-Bird Coach, ends season with 425
Dwight Gunnare, head coach of the Casper College Lady Thunderbirds basketball team, reached a career milestone on Nov. 24, 2023, with his 400th Casper College win. He ended the season with a total of 425 wins at Casper College. The milestone occurred during a home game against the North Idaho...
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