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CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services (DWS) is partnering with Enroll Wyoming to help residents find health insurance if they lose their coverage due to job loss. As negotiations continue to reopen the idled Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr coal mines in Campbell County, the Gillette Workforce Center and Enroll Wyoming are available […]

Department Continues Educating on Secondhand Smoke Dangers The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is helping residents learn about secondhand smoke dangers to encourage them to protect themselves and their families by avoiding exposure. “The Surgeon General and other medical experts have been telling us for years there is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke exposure,” […]

At a recent meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Interim Minerals Committee in Casper this past Friday, Legislators heard from a variety of experts on the state of the coal industry in Wyoming, and in particular, the Powder River Basin. Travis (Dee – Tye) Deti, Executive Director for the Wyoming Mining Association told the committee […]

City offices will be closed on Monday, September 2nd for Labor Day. City offices will reopen for regular business on Tuesday, September 3rd. Trash, yard waste, and recycling will not be picked up on Monday, September 2nd. They will run a double route on Tuesday, September 3rd to pick up Monday’s and Tuesday’s routes. The […]

Crime Stoppers needs your help in solving a vehicle theft that occurred on August 22, 2019 on the 900 block of Mountain View Drive. Between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m., a silver 2000 Ford Escort ZX2 was taken from the street. If you have information that can solve this or any other crime, please call […]

One of the highlights of the planned expansion to the Energy Capital Sports Complex, which the Gillette City Council recently approved for bidding, is the ADA compliant playground. In 2010, the U.S Department of Justice revised the American Disabilities Act with updated standards for making playgrounds handicap accessible. Geno Palazarri, the city’s communications manager recently […]