Gillette News Record

GILLETTE  — A district judge ruled in favor of the Campbell County Commission in a public records lawsuit, determining that the plaintiff, Bruce Williams, had “no admissible facts or evidence” to back up his position.   In March, Bruce Williams made a public records request for what he believed was...

Students in a recently formed crochet club gather in the library to create at Prairie Wind Elementary School in Gillette on Nov. 13. Photo by Ed Glazar, Gillette News Record. 

 
GILLETTE — Haphazard piles of yarn met the students joining together in the Prairie Wind Elementary School library earlier this month. The yarn was a conglomeration of strands picked up at garage sales, brought in by children or donated by parents.   After selecting the colors and texture they...
GILLETTE — The state wants to hear from communities about why they should be the ones to host a proposed shooting complex. It also wants to hear how those communities think the facility should be managed.   The State Shooting Complex Oversight Task Force met in Cody Friday morning to go over the...
GILLETTE (WNE) — The Campbell County Festival of Lights returned for the Christmas season Friday night.   The Christmas spectacle, which features dozens of displays, more than a million lights and attracts thousands of visitors each winter, began at dusk Friday at Cam-plex Park.   The show schedule...
GILLETTE (WNE) — More than 150 barrels of oil were poured from an oil tank onto land surrounding a Campbell County well site, resulting in about $12,000 of lost oil and $15,000 in clean-up costs.   The spill was called in to the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office as a destruction of property report...
GILLETTE (WNE) — A Gillette resident is appealing a district judge’s decision to dismiss his lawsuit against the city of Gillette.   Earlier this year, District Judge Stuart S. Healy III dismissed Bruce Williams’ $24 million lawsuit in which he alleged that he was discriminated against because he...
Rebecca Gray, a 2016 Campbell County High School graduate, earned the trail name “Scout” during her six months hiking the entire Appalachian Trail this year. From late March to early October, Gray hiked 2,198 miles from northern Georgia to Maine.  ~ News Record Photos/Ed Glazar 
 
GILLETTE — In sixth grade, Rebecca Gray participated in a district-wide track meet for Campbell County. She got “last place in the last division,” earning her an unenviable title.   “I was the worst runner in the county,” she said.   In early October, Gray accomplished something that Campbell...
GILLETTE — A few more changes to the Campbell County Public Library’s collection development policy are now up for residents to review and give feedback on.   Among the proposed changes are placing a fake book on the shelf to take the place of a book that is relocated because of inappropriate...
GILLETTE — The effects of social media on children and teens remain unclear despite mounting evidence showing potential dangers of those platforms on behavior and development.   To this point, social media and technology have far outpaced the research and literature studying their effects on users...
GILLETTE (WNE) — The human skull that was found in a storage unit Wednesday afternoon appears to have belonged to a middle-aged man, according to a forensic pathologist.   A 46-year-old man bought the contents of a storage unit on Hitt Boulevard in an abandoned property auction, and when he looked...

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