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Wyo. Coaches Association Hall of Fame Inductee David Trembly
One of the members of the 2024 Wyoming Coaches Association Hall of Fame is David Trembly of Dubois. He was the long-time head football coach for the Rams and started at that school way back in 1998. Trembly led the Rams to the playoffs 15 times in his career including a State Championship and undefeated season in 2012. His 6-man football teams made the semi-final round of the playoffs for 3 straight years from 2021-2023.
Game and Fish Commission Approved $102 M Budget; Dubois man awarded EOY
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met last week in Buffalo. The seven-member board approved the annual Wyoming Game and Fish Department budget — a regular task at July meetings. The standard operational budget, which supports the day-to-day work of the department, was approved at $102 million. Game and Fish doesn’t receive state general fund dollars. The bulk of the budget comes from sportspeople.
Wyoming Legion Baseball Class ‘A’ All-Conference Awards for 2024
All-conference accolades were announced for Wyoming Legion Baseball’s Single-A teams on Tuesday. The lists include first-team and second-team honors for the 2024 season. The head coaches in each district (West and East) voted for the honors. The eight teams in the Northwest and Southwest conferences make up the West All-Conference selections. The nine teams in the East Conference comprise their All-League choices. Congratulations to all the players on the lists.
Wyoming has a Chance to See Northern Lights Tonight
The National Weather Service is saying there is a good chance Wyomingites will see the Northern Lights tonight, July 23. The best viewing times will be between midnight and 3:00 a.m. The best way to view them is by finding a dark place away from light pollution. Then look to...
ASCS Northern Plains Going Three Wide In Wyoming This Weekend
CASPER SPEEDWAY (Casper, Wyo.):. The season’s third stop at the half-mile oval, the tour’s last trip was May 31 and June 1, with Trever Kirkland and series’ points leader Kelly Miller splitting time atop the podium. Revived as a regional tour two years ago, Adam Speckman picked...
Mailers circulate false claims Wyoming lawmakers voted to remove Trump from ballot
The Wyoming Legislature has never in its history considered, debated or voted on any proposal to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in any election, in any state. Political mailers sent by the officially registered WY Freedom PAC to Laramie, Fremont and Sweetwater county voters this week claim otherwise. “[He] voted with the RADICAL LEFT to remove President Trump from the ballot,” according to glossy postcards targeting Reps. Lloyd Larsen, R-Lander; Cody Wylie, R-Rock Springs; and Dan Zwonitzer, R-Cheyenne. ...
Legislative task force forwards bill to allow housing on government land
SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Legislature’s Regulatory Reduction Task Force last week reviewed a Joint Corporations Committee bill to allow the state to facilitate large-scale affordable housing development on government land. The task force identifies areas where state regulations place undue burdens on Wyoming industries, ultimately suggesting changes to Wyoming law to help facilitate economic activity. While current state statute does not explicitly allow government land to be used as housing,...
WCA Hall of Fame Inductee Wenett Martin
Volleyball coach Wenett Martin has been a successful at both Wright and Thunder Basin High Schools and was inducted into the Wyoming Coaches Association Hall of Fame back on Saturday in Casper. Her teams in Wright won 4 State Championships in 2A, including a 3-pear from 2014-16. Those Panther squads...
Local Agencies Work to Tackle Wildfire on East Side of Casper Mountain
Casper Firefighters are currently working on a wildfire on the east side of Casper Mountain along with Natrona County Fire Department, Evansville Fire Drpartment, BLM, and air resources. We will update this post when more information is available.
Casper Council breaks funding gridlock over Willard Envision Center
CASPER, Wyo. — The development of a multi-purpose community center in the former Willard Elementary School cleared a bureaucratic hurdle by the Casper City Council on Tuesday. It sounds boring, but it was important. The council authorized a revised Community Block Grant agreement between the Wyoming Community Development Authority...
Bill Gates' company breaks ground on first-of-its-kind project — see how new technology could change the future of nuclear power
This groundbreaking project has the potential to be a real win-win for the community and the environment. In an exciting step toward a cleaner energy future, the world's first coal-to-nuclear power plant has broken ground in Kemmerer, Wyoming. This innovative project, led by Bill Gates' company TerraPower, is set to...
Bomb squad investigates suspicious package in downtown Casper office building
CASPER, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - County offices located at 200 North Center Street was temporarily closed to the public as law enforcement investigated a suspicious parcel inside the building. A bomb squad arrived on scene around 3:15 pm. Law enforcement determined the contents of the box to be food,...
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