Month: April 2018
Press Release – An Upton man died following a one-vehicle rollover at 6:54 p.m. on Friday, April 27 on US 116 southbound near Upton in Weston County. Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the area for the one-vehicle rollover. Jonathan Bayert, 61, died after he was ejected from his 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 pickup […]
Press Release – Crime Stoppers needs your help in identifying a subject suspected of attempting to hit a person with a car on April 21, 2018 on the 900 block of 9th street. An unknown male subject knocked on the door of an area residence and began yelling. The residents did not know the male, […]
Press Release – Thursday April 26 – Friday, April 27, 2018 Special Olympics Wyoming athletes from Wyoming’s northeastern communities of Crook County, Upton, Gillette ,Newcastle, Sheridan, and Buffalo will compete at Area IV Summer Games held in Gillette. This competition is in preparation for the State Summer Games that will be held in Laramie, WY on […]
Press Release – Upon completion of the five (5) Listening Sessions and receipt of comment cards through April 19th, the consensus of the Elected Officials from the City of Gillette, Town of Wright and Campbell County is to proceed with placing the Optional One Percent Sales Tax on the General Election Ballot in November. The Wright […]
Press Release —Safe Kids Campbell County hosts a Child Safety Seat Check on Saturday, April 28, 2018, from 10 am-2 pm at the Campbell County Public Health parking lot, 2301 W. 4-J Road in Gillette. At this event, community members can have a child passenger technician check your child’s safety restraint to make sure it […]
Press Release – A Casper man led the Wyoming Highway Patrol on a high-speed chase and at one point fired a gun at troopers during an incident on US 20-26 on Sunday, April 22. Zachery Whiteman, 46, was taken to Wyoming Medical Center in Casper following the incident that occurred around 10:15 p.m. near Casper. […]
Press Release – On April 4, 2018, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final approval for the State of Wyoming’s Limited Maintenance Plan and Request for Redesignation to Attainment for the City of Sheridan moderate Particulate Matter (PM10) nonattainment area. This action officially removes the nonattainment status for the City of Sheridan. It also means a […]
Press Release — Camp Invention, a nationally recognized, nonprofit summer enrichment camp program, is coming to Buffalo Ridge Elementary the week of July 30 – Aug 3, 2018. A program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF), in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Camp Invention challenges children in Grades K-6 to […]
Press Release – Beth Walker, director of advising and testing services at Gillette College, recently received two special awards for her work as the Phi Theta Kappa chapter advisor. She received both the Distinguished Chapter Advisor Award and the Horizon Award at the PTK Colorado/Wyoming Regional Convention. According to the Phi Theta Kappa website, award-winning […]
