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Aden Fulton, 17, chats with his mentor Steve Boothe over snacks and Mountain Dew during a Campbell County Chamber of Commerce mixer Thursday at Gillette College. Photo by Ed Glazar, Gillette News Record. 

 
GILLETTE —A high schooler and a senior citizen walked into a community college Thursday evening.   Aden Fulton, 17, and Steve Boothe, 65, filled their plates with candied bacon and chicken, and they each grabbed a can of Mountain Dew at the Campbell County Chamber of Commerce’s monthly mixer at...

Jasmine Pickner-Bell has traveled the world as a famed hoop dancer, an art she's passing on to her children.  Courtesy photo.

 
LANDER — When Jasmine Pickner-Bell was five years old, her father, renowned hoop dancer Dallas Chief Eagle, gave her one hoop: a circle representing her inner self.    “I remember he decided that he was going to show me this kind of vision that he had had about myself becoming a hoop dancer,”...
CASPER — The “Championship of Champions” Indian horse relays will return to Casper this fall, the Horse Nations Indian Relay Council announced in a Thursday afternoon press conference at the Ramkota Hotel.    The championships, which will take place Sept. 22, 23 and 24 at the Central Wyoming...
On March 5, the Weston County Historical Society hosted an oral history presented by Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns. The event took place at the Weston County Public Library and was open to the public. Stearns was asked to present her account of growing up in rural Weston County.  During the hour-and-a-...
Elevated concentrations of ozone — a human health hazard — have returned to the Upper Green River Basin south of Pinedale after years of coordinated efforts to plug leaks and reduce emissions from oil and gas production facilities there, according to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality...
POWELL — Hunting areas around Powell are being hit hard by Chronic Wasting Disease, with prevalence for the disease hitting nearly half of all bucks.  CWD is fatal to wildlife; infected animals usually succumb within two years of contracting the highly contagious disease.    Cody Region Wildlife...
BUFFALO —Wyoming cattle producers are watching a new rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier this month, saying the change could provide more transparency for consumers and additional confidence in U.S. meat. The proposal would effectively close a labeling “loophole” that allows...
CASPER — Federal authorities have charged a woman with setting fire to a Casper abortion clinic while it was under construction 10 months ago.    Lorna Green, 22, was formally charged with arson of a facility engaged in interstate commerce. She was booked into Natrona County Detention Center on...

Jackson OB/GYN Dr. Giovannina Anthony, second from left, a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Wyoming's new law banning most abortions, hugs her attorney after Ninth District Court Judge Melissa Owens issued a temporary stay of the law Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in Jackson, Wyoming. Photo by Kathryn Ziesig, Jackson Hole News&Guide, pool.

JACKSON — A standing-room-only crowd filled the Teton County courtroom Wednesday afternoon as Ninth District Judge Melissa Owens heard nearly four hours of arguments before deciding to temporarily halt enforcement of a new law banning abortion.   Right to Life advocates lamented the ruling while...
The votes are in and post season awards have been handed out. Our Lady Dogies and one Dogie were recipients of All-Conference and All-State honors as the 2022-2023 hoops season came to a close. Three Lady Dogies were named to the 3A East All-Conference team while two more received Honorable...

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