Cheyenne Police Department spokesman Sgt. Rob Dafoe says the on-going investigation into the shooting of a 17 year old boy near Frontier Park early July 23 is leading investigators to look towards the Denver area for leads.
U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis joined 22 of her colleagues in introducing the American Privacy Act, designed to protect Americans from the increasing domestic use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. The University of Wyoming Veteran’s Services Center and U.W. are partnering with 11 institutions across the country to help student veterans meet their goals Amy Richards reports. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
Wyoming’s state parks and recreation sites have escaped damage from wildfires for the most part this summer, but officials expect visitation will be hurt because of bans on open campfires. Doug Randall reports. Hay prices in Wyoming in July were well above last year according to the Wyoming Field Office of the U.S.D.A.’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
District Court Judge Peter Arnold has ordered a competency hearing for murder suspect Nathaniel Castellanos. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services will hold an employers seminar later this month in Rock Springs. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says a proposed lease of 12,000 acres of the city-owned Belvoir Ranch by the Morley Companies of Jackson could generate millions of dollars for the city.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A district judge has ordered a competency evaluation for a Cheyenne man accused of gunning down two people and critically wounding a third at his house last summer.
District Judge Peter Arnold on Monday asked lawyers to draft an order requiring the evaluation for defendant Nathaniel Castellanos.
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The Wyoming Public Service Commission Tuesday approved a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Cheyenne Light Fuel and Power and Black Hills Power, to build a $222 million dollar natural gas fired plant in Cheyenne.
State wildlife officials have denied a request by the U.S. Forest Service to move as many as 2000 prairie dogs in northeast Wyoming. Amy Richards reports. A 47 year old Casper man is now admitting he intentionally started an apartment fire. Jefferey Oliver says he started the blaze because his girlfriend wasn’t paying enough attention to him. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
A new report from the RAND Corp recommends a much different strategy for using airplanes to fight wildfires than the one currently used by the Forest Service. Wyoming Secretary of state Max Maxfield reminds candidates the deadline for candidates and PACS to file campaign finance reports is August 14th. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
Yellowstone National Park rangers spent the day Monday responding to numerous incidents, including several involving significant injuries to visitors. Yellowstone National Park spokesperson Dan Hottle says 56 year old Carl Dullmaier, of Gernsheim, Germany, sustained a head injury when he was thrown from a horse near Tower Junction. He later died from his injuries after being lifeflighted to a Billings, Montana, hospital.
A Yellowstone National Park spokesman says three rivers in the park will be closed to fishing because of unusually warm water temperatures. Firefighters quickly attacked a new wildfire in Grand Teton National Park on Monday afternoon as they contained other new fires that began over the weekend across Wyoming. Doug Randall has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
Cheyenne Police Chief Brian Kozak says it will cost taxpayers more money over the long run to keep the department in it’s current location than the $25 Million it would cost to locate a new Public Safety Building in the old Dineen Car Dealership.
