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The City of Gillette is pleased to announce that Deputy Building Official Jim Brown has been re-elected to the International Code Council Board of Directors.Mr. Brown was selected for a 3-year term by his peers to represent Idaho,Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and the Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The board is […]

Introducing the first ever Whiskers, Wreaths, and Wet Noses Holiday Event. The Friends of the Gillette Animal Shelter are excited to announce a wonderful opportunity to help the needy and homeless animals of our community. They will be holding a silent auction for wreaths at the Animal Shelter located at 950 West Warlow Drive. The wreaths will […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – In keeping with Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s commitment to work closely with states to enhance conservation, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and proposed plan amendments addressing Greater Sage-Grouse conservation on public land in Wyoming. The proposed plan amendments […]

Washington, D.C. –  U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., praised the Trump Administration for releasing a plan today to roll back an Obama-era regulation which essentially stopped new coal power plants from being constructed in the United States.   The proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would lift requirements that tried to force newly-built coal power […]

Press Release – The Wyoming Integrated Test Center in Gillette was honored for their leadership in carbon capture storage technology today, receiving the Peabody Global Clean Coal Award at a ceremony in Orlando, Florida. “From the beginning, the Wyoming Integrated Test has been focused on changing the game for carbon capture not just here in the […]

Press Release – Dr. Nicholas J. Stamato, Campbell County Medical Group (CCMG) Cardiology Clinic, has received recertification in Interventional Cardiology from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), valid through December 31, 2028. Recertification is also called Maintenance of Certification (MOC). Dr. Stamato sees patients at CCMG Cardiology, located on the third floor of Campbell County Memorial Hospital. In […]

An Afton, Wyoming resident is in custody following a short pursuit which took place early Wednesday, December 4th.   The pursuit started north of Afton, Wyoming on US 89 from a traffic stop. Timothy Peterson, a 42-year-old resident of Afton, was arrested within the city limits of Afton after eluding law enforcement in a 2007 GMC […]

Press Release – The Campbell County Fire Department responded to the following incidents: December 04, 2018  At 5:27 a.m. to Highway 51 of an emergency medical response. Fire department personnel provided patient care. At 6:17 a.m. to mile marker 26 on Highway 50 for a motor vehicle accident. When fire department personnel arrived on scene, […]

Press Release – The City of Gillette is pleased to announce that Deputy Building Official Jim Brown has been re-elected to the International Code Council Board of Directors. Mr. Brown was selected for a 3-year term by his peers to represent Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and the Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, […]

Press Release – Crime Stoppers needs your help in solving a theft that occurred on the 400 block of East Lakeway Road. On November 15, 2018 at approximately 5:00 p.m., a male subject described as being 6’, 170 lbs., and wearing a black, hooded Jack Daniels sweat shirt and Ariat fire retardant blue jeans, stole […]