Laramie County News

The Wyoming Supreme Court has upheld a jury award of more than $18 million to a Colorado Springs couple in a lawsuit over a collision between a car and a semitrailer.

Trustees for Laramie County School District 1 have approved an increase in a contract with a consulting company in an effort to help improve student achievement.

A treacherous autumn storm blowing through parts of Wyoming has prompted the closure of all Laramie County District 1 schools and delayed the opening of state offices.

The Associated Press 4 comments Early storm covers parts of the West in snow. A slow-moving autumn storm showed no signs of letting up in Colorado and the western Plains on Thursday, blanketing areas already buried with as much as 3 feet, closing schools and businesses and delaying flights.

A school annex in the tiny town of Albin used for physical education, music, as a library and computer laboratory could end up being demolished because of concerns over the cost of maintaining it.

Some Cheyenne and Laramie County officials are looking into ways to improve emergency communications after the region's primary Emergency Alert System radio station was knocked off the air during a power outage.

The first group of Laramie County law enforcement and security workers to attend a program designed to teach them how to help people in times of mental crisis have graduated.

Laramie County resident M. Lee Hasenauer says he's interested in expanding the Laramie County Commission from three elected members to five.

"If I live outside the city limits ... does that also mean that I am not expected to be subject to this ? ... If it affects me, I should be allowed to be part of the community voice that speaks out on my viewpoint, right?" -- Comment at WyomingNews.com Come, children.

Just up the road to the north is one of America`s most highly acclaimed libraries -- in a place you might not expect.

The second death of a Wyoming resident infected with the swine influenza virus has been reported to the Wyoming Department of Health as flu activity continues to be high and widespread across the state.

The sheriff's department released reports Friday about an August deputy-involved dog shooting but would not comment further on the incident.

The Laramie County Sheriff Department has released investigation reports into an officer shooting of a pit bull that indicates the deputy feared he would be hurt by the dog.

The Laramie County morgue has moved out of a Quonset hut that doubles as a tire shop for county vehicles and into a new location at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center-East. Laramie County Coroner Marty Luna says the new morgue brings more dignity to the process.

A 12-year-old prison ministry program has lost its funding for next year and the organization is hoping to find enough donors to keep running.

Vandals struck both Cheyenne high schools the night before the cross-town rivals were set to square off in football.

Gov. Dave Freudenthal has appointed Catherine R. Rogers as the new Laramie County Circuit Court judge.

The Wyoming Supreme Court has reversed a man's felony stalking conviction because the justices found a district judge guided the jury toward evidence.

The ability to help patients who cannot afford their medications offsets some of the daily resource challenges at Wyoming's pharmacist-run drug-donation program.

Gov. Dave Freudenthal has appealed a court ruling over whether he can keep budget recommendations from state agency heads secret from the public.