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‘Full Plates, Full Hearts’ raffle to aid students in food debt
CASPER, Wyo. — In Natrona County, over 1,500 young students are in “food debt.” However, local organization H.E.R.O. Outdoors is working to assist those students through its “Full Plates, Full Hearts” program, and its raffle fundraiser is fast approaching. The event is scheduled for Aug....
Natrona County Arrest Log (8/13/24 – 8/14/24)
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...
Two Casper Mountain Campgrounds Opening Up for Fall 2024
Earlier this year, an announcement was made that all Natrona County campgrounds on Casper Mountain would be closed for the 2024 season due to road construction in the area. Now that the road construction has been completed ahead of schedule, two campgrounds will be open on Casper Mountain for the 2024 fall season.
Worker killed in accident on wind energy construction site in Natrona County
A worker died Aug. 5 when the crane he was operating toppled at a wind farm construction site in remote Natrona County, state and local officials say. The victim, John William Hoffpauir, Jr., 55, of Houma, Louisiana, was working as a crane operator at the Cedar Springs wind energy construction site north of Casper and Glenrock under the control of Blattner Energy at the time of the accident. Hoffpauir was a Blattner Energy employee, a spokesperson for the company told WyoFile.
Arthur Youngberg
Arthur Youngberg is from Saratoga, and he’s proud of it. He’s seen the way other counties in Wyoming do things. That’s part of the reason why he’s running for one of two open seats on the Natrona County Board of County Commissioners. Youngberg currently works for...
Worker killed in accident on wind energy construction site in Natrona County
A worker died Aug. 5 when the crane he was operating toppled at a wind farm construction site in remote Natrona County, state and local officials say. The victim, John William Hoffpauir, Jr., 55, of Houma, Louisiana, was working as a crane operator at the Cedar Springs wind energy construction site north of Casper and Glenrock under the control of Blattner Energy at the time of the accident. Hoffpauir was a Blattner Energy employee, a spokesperson for the company told WyoFile.
Paul Bertoglio
Former Natrona County Board of County Commissioners chairman Paul Bertoglio is back in the race for one of two commission seats this year. Bertoglio served on Casper City Council and on the commission before he was ousted in the 2022 primary election. Now retired, he told the Star-Tribune in early July that he would have more time and energy to devote to public service on the commission.
Natrona County Sheriff’s Office Shares Details of Tuesday Morning Accident in Casper
Early this morning (Tuesday, August 13th, 2024), there was a single vehicle crash which caused major road closures in Casper. The official Natrona County Sheriff's Office Facebook page shared more details of the accident with a post that stated:. Vehicle Pursuit, Single Vehicle Crash. On August 13th at approximately 3:50...
High speed chase results in Casper road closures
CASPER, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - The Wyoming Highway Patrol is investigating a high speed chase that led to a crash in Natrona County. Local dispatch were notified of an assault at the Loaf ‘N Jug on Curtis Street in Evansville shortly before four o’clock Tuesday morning. Law...
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