Rawlins

RAWLINS (WNE) — The human remains discovered by shed antler hunters near the Pedro Mountains/ Miracle Mile area of Carbon County have been confirmed as belonging to John Daily Hammond of Thermopolis, Wyoming.   Hammond was reported missing on Nov. 11, 2021, after a camping trip near the Miracle...

This abandoned motel in Rawlins is part of a brownfields effort to clean up hazards and revitalize the town. (Google Street View)

FROM WYOFILE:    Cleaning up hazards at abandoned and otherwise “unloved” properties will help lift entire community, town official says   Rawlins will receive a $500,000 Brownfields Assessment grant to develop cleanup and revitalization plans for some 20 properties in an effort to remediate...
CHEYENNE — One of Wyoming’s largest natural gas suppliers is proposing a 7% increase in residential customers’ service charges.   Black Hills Energy filed a rate review application with the Wyoming Public Service Commission May 18 “seeking an increase in base rates of $19.3 million to recover the...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — On Tuesday, the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office issued a Record of Decision and approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for wild horse management within the Rock Springs and Rawlins field offices.   The amended plan resolves ongoing wild horse management...

A photograph purporting to show the corner in question. (GoFundMe)

In a civil trespassing case, lawyers have named potential witnesses for a trial that seeks $9 million and tests a public-land access claim Elk Mountain Ranch owner Fred Eshelman and four Missouri hunters he is suing for some $9.4 million are listed as potential witnesses in a federal corner-...
JACKSON — A Feb. 4 crash brought the number of fatalities on Wyoming roadways so far this year to 16, the highest number in that time frame in recent years.   The latest crash occurred Saturday on Interstate 80 at milepost 288 at approximately 2:20 p.m. when a Massachusetts driver lost control and...
BUFFALO — Rawlins needs a lot of money. The city is facing tens of millions of dollars of repairs after its aging water infrastructure finally broke down this past year, a “catastrophic” failure that put Rawlins’ residents under a boil order for almost five days, according to a report the city...

Photo by Nicole McFarland/NLJ

The Lady Dogie starting five huddle up as the Lady Herders starters were announced. The squad made it clear in the first quarter that they were there to play, out-scoring Glenrock 26-8.

 
Mother Nature changed the weekend plans for basketball across the state last weekend, but the Lady Dogies took advantage of what turned out to be their only game on Friday by dominating the Lady Herders on their home court in Glenrock. When the final buzzer blew, head coach Chad Ostenson’s crew...

A fence guards private property at the Elk Mountain Ranch, site of a corner-crossing controversy. (Mike Koshmrl/WyoFile)

An expert witness in a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against four hunters accused of passing through the airspace above Elk Mountain Ranch says the alleged trespass has damaged the ranch by $1.64 million more than the $7.75 million previously asserted. Attorneys for Elk Mountain Ranch owner Fred...
CHEYENNE (WNE) – A fatal crash occurred at milepost 197 westbound on Interstate 80 west of Rawlins early Wednesday morning.  At 3:55 a.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were notified of a two-vehicle crash involving a semi-tractor with trailer and a pickup truck pulling a small enclosed trailer...

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