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Sam Mihara of California speaks about the Heart Mountain prison camp near Cody during a recent presentation at the Campbell County Public Library in Gillette. Mihara was sent to the prison camp at age 9 along with more than 120,000 other Japanese Americans who were dispersed to camps across the country at the outset of WWII. Photo by Ed Glazar, Gillette News Record.
GILLETTE — Hundreds of guests sat Wednesday studying the black and white photograph that was projected toward the front of the dimly lit room.
In the photo, the Miharas looked back. The family was well dressed. The men wore suits and everyone wore serious expressions. Toward the front of the...
Ron Lambert (right) holds Phil Ladwig’s hand after the surgery in which Ladwig received Lambert’s kidney. The two men both grew up in Douglas and have been lifelong friends. Photo courtesy of Phil Ladwig.
Donating kidney gives whole new meaning to friendship between two men
DOUGLAS (WNE) — Phil Ladwig described getting dialysis as being akin to medieval torture.
“If you ever go over to those castles in Europe and go down to the dungeons where they had the chains and stretch machine and...
This chart compares PacifiCorp’s rates with its counterparts in the region. (Rocky Mountain Power)
FROM WYOFILE:
Even some challenging Rocky Mountain Power’s proposed 29.2% rate hike said the Legislature’s approach would place ratepayers at greater risk.
Lawmakers agreed Wednesday to change course on a raft of legislation that was hastily thrown together in recent weeks in hopes of heading...
CHEYENNE — County commissioners told members of the Legislature’s Regulatory Reduction Task Force during their Thursday meeting they need more partnership from the state to best address the housing crisis in Wyoming.
Commissioners said they have been frustrated by the lack of partnership between...
POWELL — As the U.S. approaches a possible federal government shutdown, area outfitters, hotels, restaurants and vendors are worrying about the effect on local businesses.
About 20% of all traffic heading into Yellowstone National Park flows through Park County — including Powell. The...
Photos courtesy of Deb Sewell
Above, Tiffany Schwenke, Region 1 director, shakes hands with Deb Sewell of Newcastle, who was at the awards ceremony representing her great-grandfather Julius Frederick Bock, as Sen. John Barrasso stands behind her.
Cowboy hats crowded the halls and elevators and stairways and restaurants of Casper, Wyoming’s Ramkota Hotel last weekend. The reservations desk was crowded with booted cowboys and cowgirls of all ages asking for keys and luggage carts to the rooms they’d reserved well in advance.
“Howdy”...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Wyoming Supreme Court has denied the state’s Petition for Review in the lawsuit brought against the state by the Wyoming Education Association and eight intervening school districts over inadequate school funding.
The state’s petition sought to overturn a district court...
GILLETTE (WNE) — About 16,000 people were impacted Tuesday during a phone outage that downed phone lines across the city and county, along with 911 calls. The outage also affected those in Weston County and some parts of Crook County.
David King, Campbell County Emergency Management...
Andrew Parker, who described himself as a friend of Robbie Ramirez, a Laramie resident slain by Albany County Sheriff’s Deputy Derek Colling, holds a skateboard with a “Fire Colling” sign taped to it during a June 4, 2020 protest. Ramirez was a skater. (Andrew Graham/WyoFile)
FROM WYOFILE:
State law is inhibiting the decertification of a sheriff’s deputy who killed an unarmed man. Lawmakers are eyeing a fix.
The state agency that certifies Wyoming’s law enforcement officers doesn’t have the authority it needs to effectively investigate misconduct violations, the...
LANDER — It was unanimous Monday night among politicians and residents: Rocky Mountain Power’s (RMP) – and parent company PacifiCorps’ – proposed near 30% rate hike for Wyoming energy users should be rejected by the state commission charged with its oversight.
RMP has pointed to increases in...
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