Casper Star-Tribune

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...
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...
CASPER — Wyoming’s sweeping abortion ban has taken effect, shuttering the state’s only abortion provider and forcing doctors to adapt while they await an emergency hearing on a lawsuit filed in Teton County last week.    At the same time, the implementation of the new ban is driving abortion...
CASPER — Wyoming’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization plans to file a lawsuit challenging new legislation banning transgender students from competing on interscholastic sports teams.    Gov. Mark Gordon allowed the legislation — Senate File 133 — to become law on Friday without his signature,...
CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday vetoed legislation designed to prevent people from sending misleading absentee ballot request forms, saying late changes to the bill could produce unintended consequences that compromise election integrity.    Since the Legislature is no longer in session, it...
CASPER — The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has roiled the U.S. banking and financial industries and sent ripples across the world. In Wyoming, not so much.    Though some banks have experienced trouble, Wyoming’s banking industry has reported stability over the past week as fears of a much...
CASPER — Fewer people died in Wyoming in 2022, but COVID-19 remained among the leading causes of death, new data shows.    The Wyoming Department of Health released its preliminary annual vital statistics data this week, documenting a significant decline of more than 675 deaths last year. Death...
CASPER — President Joe Biden’s approval of an $8 billion oil project in Alaska reflects a shift away from his campaign promises to stop drilling on federal lands. But it aligns more closely with the actions his administration has taken over the last two years — and probably won’t lead to any major...
CASPER — A family is accusing Amazon of negligently employing “dangerous” drivers and trucking companies to conduct business in Wyoming, which led to the wrongful death of a husband and father on Interstate 80 in Sweetwater County.    Two years ago, Daniel DeBeer was driving down I-80 when an...
CASPER — Wyoming’s 2023 legislative session was a quiet one for energy.    Plenty of state lawmakers brought consequential energy bills to the table, like a $1 per megawatt-hour tax on solar farms, a tax on electric vehicle charging and a set of extensive new carbon capture requirements for coal...

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