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Press Release –  Each Christmas season tens of thousands of volunteers will count and record each individual bird and bird species they encounter during one calendar day, within a 15-mile diameter circle. This year, the Audubon Christmas Bird Count will mobilize over 72,000 volunteer bird counters in more than 2,500 locations across the Western Hemisphere. […]

Press Release  – Gillette students Drayson Hladky and Tom Lubnau made Wyoming U.S. Senator Mike Enzi’s list of nominees to the United States service academies for 2018. Hladky received a nomination to the Naval Academy. Lubnau received a nomination to the Air Force Academy, Naval Academy and Military Academy. Enzi nominated 26 Wyoming students for […]

GILLETTE, Wyo. – During a December 3 promotion ceremony, Thomas Albin of Gillette, was promoted to staff sergeant in the Wyoming Army National Guard. Albin is a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System section chief in A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery, and has been a member of the Wyoming National Guard for seven years. […]

Press Release- The Gillette City Council has selected Shawn Neary to fill the vacant Ward 1 seat. Mr. Neary was selected from a field of 11 candidates that were interviewed at the December 12th City Council Work Session. He will be appointed and sworn in at the January 2nd, 2018 Regular Meeting of the Gillette […]

Press Release – The Wyoming Highway Patrol announces with a heavy heart the passing of retired Narcotic Detection Canine Bonnie.  Bonnie became a Wyoming Highway Patrol canine in the Fall of 2008. Bonnie was assigned as a narcotic detection canine in the Cheyenne area.  Bonnie worked in the Cheyenne area until her retirement in January […]

Press Release – First Lady Carol Mead has partnered with Cloud Peak Energy to provide every first grader in Campbell County with a copy of her children’s book, Wyoming Firsts. “Advancing early childhood literacy has been and continues to be a passion of mine,” Mrs. Mead said. “Putting books into the hands of young children provides […]

Press Release – Later this month, Powder River Energy Corporation will retire nearly $1.95 million in capital credits to its eligible cooperative member-owners. Powder River Energy’s board of directors authorized the retirement at its October Board Meeting. Capital credits are a major benefit of being a member of an electric cooperative and are a reflection […]

Press Release – Crime Stoppers needs your help in solving a series of thefts. Multiple citizens have reported packages stolen from outside their houses after the packages had been delivered. Crime stoppers and the Gillette Police Department requested all citizens of Gillette maintain vigilance and report any suspicious activity involving package theft to insure a […]

Press Release –  U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) praised Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s announcement that the agency would hold a listening session in Gillette, WY, on the repeal of the Obama administration’s controversial Clean Power Plan regulation. EPA announced that the dates […]

Press Release – Just in time for the holidays, the Powder River Energy Foundation reached out to assist organizations across northeast Wyoming who are making a difference in the lives of so many of our friends and neighbors in need. The Powder River Energy Foundation donated $10,000 to 13 non-profit organizations in five counties through […]