Fremont County News

The Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors will tour local businesses, attend a community reception and review applications for Business Ready Community and Community Development Block Grant requests at its May 22-23 meeting in Thermopolis.

Coroner Ed McAuslan said his office, the Fremont County Sheriff's Department and the Shoshoni Police Department are investigating the death of a 65-year-old man found dead in his home this morning.

Fremont County Ambulance is seeking to nearly double its budget for 2014 in a move to restructure the entire department.

The search continues for 63-year-old Curtis LeClair who was last seen near Diversion Dam last Thursday evening.

The appointment will become effective July 1, following current Clerk Katie Meredith's final day.

Wyoming Wireless is the largest Wyoming-based Verizon Wireless retailer with 8 locations across the state, including 3 in Fremont County, as follows: Wyoming Wireless in Lander and Riverton have been remodeled to include live phone bars so you can try the phones before you buy.

The relationship between the Fremont County Pioneer Museum and the Fremont County Pioneer Association is thawing.

A Fremont County Coroner's Verdict and Case Docket was released Tuesday on the cause of death of 44-year-old Vance S. Reed of Riverton, who was found by a passing motorist on April 20th, transported to Riverton Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The Fremont County Museums Board will wait until the budget process is complete before they will try again to find a director for the Fremont County Pioneer Museum in Lander.

Fremont County and Prosecuting Attorney Michael Bennett submitted his first budget as a public official to the Fremont County Commission, which includes pay increases for his office.

By consensus, the Fremont County Association of Governments last week agreed that a discussion on race relations, if nothing else, is in order in Fremont County.

Members of the Fremont County Commission expressed displeasure with service from Great Lakes Airlines this morning during the Riverton Airport Board's budget hearing.

Also meeting with the commission this morning will be the Fremont County Attorney's Office, Fremont County Fire Protection District, Help for Health Hospice and Court Assisted Supervised Treatment.

Fremont County Search and Rescue and Wind River Reservation Officials are on an active search tonight in the area between Diversion Dam and Johnstown Valley for 63-year-old Curt LeClair, who walked away from a residence on Thursday and has not been seen since.

Several vehicles were lined up waiting to travel into Yellowstone Friday morning as the park's South Entrance opened for the season at 8:00 a.m., as originally scheduled.

Authorities say a fire that destroyed a trailer in Fort Washakie was started by a child who was playing with a lighter.

The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported Friday that Fremont County recorded some growth in jobs, up by .4%, and wages, up 1.3%, during the third quarter of 2012.

The Fremont County Republican Central Committee voted to send both Kristi Green and Jennifer Clymer to the Fremont County Commission as candidates for the Clerk of the District Court Appointment.

Heide Bush , 37, Lander, cited for Larceny. LPD Chief Jim Carey said officers were called to the Maverik gas station for a report of a gas drive-off. Bush allegedly did not pay for $50.03 worth of fuel.

The Director of the Fremont County Library System, Matt Nojonen, abruptly resigned on Wednesday, according to Library Board Chairman Kevin Tippetts of Riverton.