Newcastle News Letter Journal
House Appropriations Chairman Rep. Bob Nicholas (R-Cheyenne) speaks on the House floor during the 2024 legislative session. (Ashton J. Hacke/WyoFile)
FROM WYOFILE:
Budget talks between the Wyoming Legislature’s two chambers kicked off Wednesday. Negotiators have major differences to resolve and only days to do it.
With two fiscal plans that differ by more than a billion dollars, lawmakers appointed to negotiate a unified state budget have...
Company brings new energy technology to Powder River Basin
BUFFALO — If its methanogenesis technology is successful, a new company could bring a second life to some of the Powder River Basin's tens of thousands of coalbed methane wells.
The Denver-based clean energy and climate tech company...
GILLETTE — The Campbell County Recreation Center is one of the county’s busiest facilities, with hundreds of thousands of visits each year.
But earlier in February, Rec Center staff members were faced with a situation they’d never dealt with before, and the Campbell County Attorney’s Office and...
A mural in memory of Robbie Ramirez in Laramie. Derek Colling, a then-Albany County sheriff’s deputy, shot and killed Ramirez on Nov. 4, 2018. Ramirez was unarmed and living with mental illness. (Tennessee Watson/WyoFile)
FROM WYOFILE:
Senate committee endorsed a bill to provide the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission with personnel records needed to investigate police misconduct.
Support in the Wyoming Legislature remains strong for a bill that would provide greater personnel records access for...
Millions invested in National Parks to prepare for climate change
POWELL — Scientists with the federal government are increasingly documenting significant changes in the amount of snow that falls in Yellowstone National Park as well as the intensity and timing of spring runoff. These trends could...
CHEYENNE (WNE) – The Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming has received a $2.9 million investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clean up nine orphaned well sites in the Casper, Lander, Rock Springs and Worland field offices. The restoration funds are part of a $50 million investment...
JACKSON (WNE) — A $40 million gift will build more than 70 new modular units for employee housing in America’s first national park.
The gift, made by donors who want to remain anonymous, was described as “transformational” by Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly and National Park Foundation...
LOVELL (WNE) —- The snowpack is below average in the Big Horn Mountains, according to Jeff Coyle, Water Supply Specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Wyoming Snow Survey.
“Right now, if you’re talking about the Big Horn Mountains, the snowpack is not doing very well. And a...
NCAA Also Releases its Conference Allocations
LARAMIE, Wyo. (2/29/24) – The NCAA announced its conference allocations, third Coaches’ Poll and second RPI on Thursday. The University of Wyoming had four individuals ranked and learned how many automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament the Big 12...
AARP livability index ranks Newcastle high
It has long been thought that Weston County is a great place to live, and a recent study appears to back up that belief.
Newcastle’s overall livability ranked 61, which was good enough for 12th in the state for communities included in a study by the...
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