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Construction costs halt Gillette home builders
Gillette News Record
Gillette’s housing stock struggles to keep up with the city’s commercial prospects. Gillette has been able to court new businesses to the area, but when it comes to growing its residential real estate, the city lags far behind. Keenan Fitzgerald, owner of Crosswinds Constructions, said building material prices have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic and land also has become more expensive, both barriers to building housing, the Gillette News Record reports. Read the full story.
Rock Springs councilman files formal ethics complaint against mayor
Rocket Miner
The ongoing tension at Rock Springs City Hall has reached a new level with Councilman Rick Milonas filing an official ethics complaint against Mayor Max Mickelson. However, the complaint is not “sufficient,” according to City Attorney Richard Beckwith. In the filing, Milonas claims Mickelson has spent months trying to “intimidate” and “harass” him, the Rocket Miner reports. Read the full story.
Police shoot man after shots fired from home
The Sheridan Press
The Sheridan Police Department reported officers shot a man early Sunday morning while responding to a call reporting a woman in distress and making statements about someone wanting to kill her baby. When officers attempted to contact an involved party, a man exited a home and then suddenly retreated back inside, followed by several gunshots in the direction of the officers. The man then exited the house with a long gun, advancing toward officers when officers shot him, The Sheridan Press reports. Read the breaking news story.
School board chairman: District ‘getting screwed’ with new school cost formula
Casper Star-Tribune
“We’re getting screwed, and they won’t tell us why.” That was Natrona County School District Board of Trustees Chairman Kevin Christopherson’s response during an initial review of the district’s proposed budget. Christopherson’s frustration wasn’t directed at the district’s spending plan, but at the state’s funding formula, which he said lacks transparency and leaves local leaders without clear answers on how allocations are determined, the Casper-Star Tribune reports. Read the full story.
Goshen County resident urges WYDOT to rebuild crash-prone highway
Torrington Telegram
Goshen County resident Natalie Johnson is calling on the Wyoming Department of Transportation to widen and reconstruct a stretch of U.S. Highway 85 south of Torrington, citing years of fatal and life-altering crashes along the corridor, the Torrington Telegram reports. “Growing up in Goshen County, I was always told to be aware of taking 85 — to avoid it at all cost,” Johnson said. “The older I get, the more I’ve seen close friends and many people in this community getting hurt and not surviving the accidents.” Read the full story.