Converse County
The BLM’s fourth quarter lease sale planned for December 2023 could include 47 lease parcels spanning 46,328 acres. (Wyoming BLM)
FROM WYOFILE:
Federal officials reduced available oil and gas lease acres due to wildlife habitat concerns.
Oil and natural gas developers offered up $13.2 million to lease the drilling and production rights to 53 federal parcels in Wyoming this month.
One lease parcel in Converse County...
Weston County saw a 1.4% decrease in taxable sales from the first quarter of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023, according to the economic summary report for the first quarter of 2023 produced by the Wyoming Department of Administration & Information’s Economic Analysis Division.
At the same...
Andrew ‘Andy’ Gregory gets checked out by medical personnel at Memorial Hospital of Converse County in Douglas following the tornado which touched down on the North Antelope Rochelle Mine June 23 just after 6 p.m. Andy is a fueler at NARM and was just coming off of a day shift when the tornado hit the miners. Fortunately, everyone survived the devastation. Courtesy photo.
NARM employee thankful to be alive following EF2 twister that hit coal mine Friday night
DOUGLAS — Andy Gregory grasped onto an exhaust pipe under a semi truck fuel trailer with all of his might, praying to God to save his life.
He thought about his wife, Jennifer, and his two daughters....
Once reaching North Antelope Rochelle Mine, the tornado’s 120-130 mph gusts tore metal roof and wall panels from workshops while flipping train cars, vehicles, buses and shipping containers. Courtesy Photo/David King
GILLETTE — The tornado that pummeled North Antelope Rochelle Mine last Friday traveled a nearly four-mile path from the Converse County line through the massive southern Campbell County open-pit coal mine where it ripped apart buildings, flipped empty train cars and injured eight people.
The long...
Weston County’s unemployment lowest in the state
The unemployment rate in Weston County dropped from 2.2% in April to 1.9% in May, according to the June 19 report from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services Research and Planning section.
“The lowest unemployment rates were found in...
GILLETTE (WNE) — All mine workers hospitalized after a tornado carrying up to 130 mph gusts struck North Antelope Rochelle Mine early Friday night have been released and the large open-pit coal mine is gradually resuming its operations.
The tornado touched down at about 6 p.m. Friday while shift...
DOUGLAS — Sixteen months ago, Nordex USA was planning on building a $2.2 billion clean hydrogen plant within Niobrara and Converse counties by late 2025 or early 2026, according to Aspen Consulting President Mike Noonan, who spoke to residents and stakeholders on behalf of his client, Nordex USA,...
Eathorne’s victory bucks turnover in county-level parties
CASPER – Wyoming Republican Party Chairman Frank Eathorne won reelection to a third term as the state GOP’s leader on Saturday, snuffing out the possibility that turnover in county parties would translate to changes in state level leadership...
Current officials face slate of challengers
CASPER — Every member of the Wyoming GOP’s current leadership ran uncontested in the 2021 state party elections. This year, there will be more competition.
A pair of challengers — Converse County rancher Frank Moore and Sweetwater County GOP Chairman...
CASPER — Now that another competitor has stepped up to the plate,Teton County GOP Chairman Mary Martin said she doesn’t plan to make a bid for the Wyoming Republican Party’s top leadership position and will focus instead on her responsibilities as head of her county party.
Martin, who said she...
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