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Digging it: College students, researchers uncovering clues from mammoth hunter campsite
Via Wyoming News Exchange DOUGLAS — Five-gallon buckets edged the top of the front wall, waiting to be filled with the brown earth excavated from the hole carved into the dry, hard-packed Converse County soil. The hole, covered by a big white tent, was patterned by different levels of large squares, where kneeling university students scraped the ground out gently, searching for clues about the Clovis period mammoth hunters who...
Digging it: College students, researches uncover clues from mammoth hunter campsite
DOUGLAS — Five gallon buckets edged the top of the front wall, waiting to be filled with the brown earth excavated from the hole carved into the dry, hard-packed Converse County soil. The hole, covered by a big white tent, was patterned by different levels of large squares, where...
Roller Coaster Weekend
Cats bounce back from tough loss by shellacking Sheridan. The second to last week of the conference baseball season could not had been more dramatic for the Douglas Cats 18U American Legion team. The three-day stretch started with an uncharacteristic loss only to see the team bounce back with authority by destroying Sheridan in a home sweep.
Widespread power outages affect thousands across Natrona County
CASPER, Wyo. — Tens of thousands of electricity customers are experiencing power outages in Natrona County and Rock Springs, according to reports from Rocky Mountain Power and social media comments. As of 1:05 p.m. Monday, the outages were affecting 27,552 customers in Casper, Mills and elsewhere in Natrona and...
Rocky Mountain Power: Electricity restored; RMP shut off power due to wildfire
CASPER, Wyo. — Over 27,000 customers were without power Monday due to a wildfire west of the Dave Johnston Power Plant in Glenrock, according to Rocky Mountain Power officials. As of 4:20 p.m., power had been restored to all but 500 customers in Natrona and Converse counties. RMP official...
Douglas wins six straight to move up in the season standings
After a challenging road trip across the state lines, the Douglas American Legion baseball team has found its groove. The Cats unleashed their best baseball of the season and have steam rolled foes to the tune of six consecutive victories and have swept three straight double headers. The timing is...
Energy Giant Files Permit To Build $233 Million Wind Farm Near Glenrock
Virginia-based energy giant AES Corp. says its $233.4 million Settler wind farm near Glenrock, Wyoming, could bring 200 jobs at the peak of construction and produce enough electricity to power 44,000 homes. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality’s Industrial Siting Council has set a public hearing to consider the utility-scale...
Guns, Credit Cards Stolen From Wyoming Rancher Accused Of Starving Animals
A 32-year-old Wyoming man is accused of robbing a 58-rancher shortly after the rancher was cited on suspicion of starving five animals. Court documents filed Friday in Converse County District Court accuse Glenrock resident Kyle Nolan Stotsky, 30, of stealing guns and credit cards from Shawnee, Wyoming, rancher Joe Bright, 58, in the days after Bright was charged for allegedly starving five confined animals.
Wyoming Teen Killed in Converse County Crash
A 14-year-old Wyomingite died in a crash that happened June 23 at 8:22 p.m. in Converse County. Two others were injured. According to a Wyoming Highway Patrol crash summary, a Chevrolet Silverado was going west on WY 91 around mile marker .5 in the oncoming lane, causing a Ford traveling east to swerve. The vehicles collided head-on, forcing the Ford off-road in a driver-side leading spin. The Ford then rolled down the embankment and came to an uncontrolled stop in the upright position.
14-year-old dies in Converse County crash
DOUGLAS, Wyo. — A teenager died and two more people were injured in a rollover crash near Douglas on Sunday. A Chevrolet Silverado was headed west along WYO 91 near milepost 0.5 at just past 8:20 p.m. when the vehicle swerved into the eastbound lane of oncoming traffic. The...
Wyoming Teen Killed in Converse County Crash
A 14-year-old Wyomingite died in a crash that happened June 23 at 8:22 p.m. in Converse County. Two others were injured. According to a Wyoming Highway Patrol crash summary, a Chevrolet Silverado was going west on WY 91 around mile marker .5 in the oncoming lane, causing a Ford traveling east to swerve. The vehicles collided head-on, forcing the Ford off-road in a driver-side leading spin. The Ford then rolled down the embankment and came to an uncontrolled stop in the upright position.
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