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Blaze keeps firefighters, residents on their toes
GUERNSEY – A call came into Platte County Dispatch Center approximately 2:02 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, that has upended life in Guernsey and the surrounding area for the foreseeable future. A fire, whose cause is still under investigation, was sighted and reported on Pleasant Valley Road, and fire...
Two separate fires ignite over weekend
PLATTE COUNTY – Sunday night, a lightning strike started a fire on the hills east of Wheatland, a couple miles south of Grayrocks Reservoir off Grayrocks Road. The first page went out to Antelope Gap wildland firefighters at 8:11 p.m. Platte County Sheriff’s Office reported at 10:40 p.m. the...
Community meeting sheds light on fire response
GUERNSEY—After what can only be described as an emotionally and physically draining week across Platte and Goshen counties, a crowd of local and area residents estimated to be between two and three hundred gathered in the gymnasium of Guernsey-Sunrise High School late Saturday afternoon to hear what officials had to say about the Pleasant Valley and Haystack fires.
Evacuation Lifted For Pleasant Valley Fire, But Ranchers Worried For Cattle
GUERNSEY — Emergency officials in Goshen and Platte counties have lifted evacuation orders on tiny communities north of Guernsey, Wyoming, threatened by a pesky wildfire that’s proved difficult to contain in an area the size of more than 33,000 football fields. The evacuation order is the second emergency...
Feds arrest Gillette man for Natrona County meth distribution
CASPER, Wyo. — A Gillette man who allegedly distributed methamphetamine in the Casper area was arrested in Platte County in late June, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court on Friday. Wade Earl Schear, 41, was taken into custody near Chugwater while driving from Colorado on June...
Pleasant Valley Fire continues north of Fort Laramie
GOSHEN COUNTY – In the latest update for Wednesday, July 31, Thom Bozeman, Goshen County Emergency Management Coordinator/Fire Warden, stated fire crews were still actively fighting fires on the Goshen/Platte County line. “The current acreage approximation is 28,000 acres lost so far. Through hard work, no structures have been...
Hartville, Pleasant Valley residents evacuate due to growing wildfires
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Two wildfires, the Pleasant Valley and Haystacks Fires, have merged, threatening communities in Platte and Goshen counties. The fires now cover approximately 30,000 acres. Despite the size of the fires, no homes or structures have been lost as of Wednesday morning, July 31, according to an announcement by the Governor’s Office.
Evacuations lifted for 3 Wyoming towns near wildfire
Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday as crews continued to battle a wide-ranging wildfire near Guernsey. Residents are being allowed to return to Hartville, Pleasant Valley and Whalen Canyon, according to Platte County Emergency Management and the Platte County Fire Warden. Tyson Finnicum, a BLM public information officer assigned to the...
Traffic stop leads to major meth bust near Wheatland
WHEATLAND (WNE) — More than 800 grams of methamphetamine was discovered in a slow-moving vehicle pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy on the Chugwater service road, according to a Platte County Sheriff’s Office release issued last week. The driver, Wade Roy Schear, was on a Department of...
Traffic stop leads to major meth bust
CHUGWATER – The Platte County Sheriff’s Office issued a release last week of a June 22 apprehension drugs from a vehicle pulled over after traveling at a slow rate of speed on the Chugwater service road. Between the release and court records, it is alleged the driver, Wade...
‘It Was Armageddon’: Eastern Wyoming Community Evacuated By Wildfire
The town of Hartville and the nearby Pleasant Valley subdivision southeast of Glendo State Park in southeastern Wyoming were evacuated overnight Tuesday as a fast-moving wildfire ballooned overnight, burning through more than 25,000 acres of grasslands in the region, the Wyoming Forestry Division reports. To the people frantically getting out...
Evacuations lifted for three Wyoming towns near wildfire
Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday as crews continued to battle a wide-ranging wildfire near Guernsey. Residents are being allowed to return to Hartville, Pleasant Valley and Whalen Canyon, according to Platte County Emergency Management and the Platte County Fire Warden. Tyson Finnicum, a BLM public information officer assigned to the...
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