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Dave and Karla Dundas to receive 2025 Mick and Susie McMurry Cowboy Code Try Award

CASPER, Wyo. — Dave and Karla Dundas have been named the 2025 Mick & Susie McMurry Cowboy Code Try Award recipients. That’s according to a release from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming, which states that the organization will present this honor at the 27th Annual Awards & Recognition Breakfast, happening on Wednesday, […]

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Natrona County health and food inspections (6/20/25–6/26/25)

CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper-Natrona County Health Department inspects restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, mobile food units, commissaries and food vending operations. Every facility has an unannounced inspection at least twice a year. According to the department, “There are three types of violations: priority, priority foundation and core.†While the department of health is looking […]

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UW kinesiology, health faculty research cited in White House health report

LARAMIE, Wyo. — A study led by Ben Kern, an associate professor in the Division of Kinesiology and Health at the University of Wyoming, has been cited in the White House’s Make America Healthy Again report, released earlier this month. The study, titled “Physical Education Access in U.S. Public Schools: A Multistate, Multiregion Study,†was […]

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3 UW Cowboys receive 2024-25 Freshmen/Transfer Academic All-WAC honors

By Sariah Orocu LARAMIE, Wyo. — The Western Athletic Conference announced the 2024-25 Spring Freshmen/Transfer Academic All-WAC recipients on Friday, June 27. Three freshmen Cowboys — swimmers Andrew Cooper and Jakub Rynkiewicz and diver Jonah Mann — were named to the list. To be named to the Freshmen/Transfer Academic All-WAC list, student-athletes must have completed […]

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Game and Fish’s Lutz earns national lifetime achievement award

By Wyoming Game and Fish CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Daryl Lutz, Wyoming Game and Fish Department wildlife management coordinator in the Lander Region, was recently awarded the prestigious Phillip W. Schneider Lifetime Achievement Award from the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Lutz received the award at WAFWA’s summer meetings in Provo, Utah, in June. Lutz has […]

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New Casper College scholarship created in memory of late Catherine Murray

By Lisa S. Icenogle CASPER, Wyo. — The family of the late Catherine Murray recently established the Catherine A. (Rochelle) Murray Scholarship. The award will be split between the fall and spring semesters for one student, with the amount determined by the Casper College Scholarship Committee based on earnings from the endowment. To qualify, the […]

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(LETTERS) Attack on Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities; Queer Wyomingnites are Americans too; Using marijuana in Wyoming

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø publishes letters, cartoons and opinions as a public service. The content does not necessarily reflect the opinions of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø or its employees. Letters to the editor can be submitted by following the link at our opinion section. Dear Casper, In August 1945, President Harry Truman ordered the devastating atomic bomb attacks […]

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Kemmerer man wins annual Wild Bison Raffle

By Wyoming Game and Fish CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Andrew Merritt of Kemmerer was recently announced as the 2025 winner of the Wyoming Governor’s Wild Bison Raffle. The raffle is a component of the Wyoming Governor’s Big Game License Coalition, dedicated to supporting efforts to sustain wildlife populations and enhance critical habitat projects throughout the state. […]

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Casper Lions Club to celebrate 50th anniversary of Lee McCune Braille Trail

By Ted Graf CASPER, WYO – Five decades ago the Casper Mountain Lions Club built Wyoming’s first trail designed for people with visual impairments. Since then, the Lee McCune Braille Trail on Casper Mountain has provided outdoor experiences connecting people with nature while serving as a lasting symbol of community compassion and innovative thinking. To […]