Local Lookout: Gillette health clinic closes | Billionaire buys Teton area trust land | Rawlins gets court helpers

Hoskinson Health and Wellness Clinic will close this summer
Gillette News Record
Hoskinson Health and Wellness Clinic plans to close its clinic this summer. In a Facebook post, the Hoskinson Health team wrote that it had “reached the difficult conclusion that the organization is no longer financially sustainable.” The clinic will stop seeing patients July 31, the Gillette News Record reports. “Our leadership is focused on executing an orderly, compassionate and deeply responsible transition for our patients, staff, and the community we so deeply appreciate,” the team wrote. Read the full story.

Billionaire buys 160 acres of Idaho state trust land along the Tetons for $5M
Jackson Hole News&Guide and Idaho Capital Sun
Billionaire Thomas Tull has purchased 160 acres of Idaho state trust land in the shadow of the Teton range, sealing the deal at a public auction outside of Boise. The property sold for $5 million, the minimum reserve bid, to “bidder 218.” A Tull spokesperson confirmed after the auction that her boss had purchased the property and planned to offer a grazing lease to the fifth-generation ranching family that has grazed the property for decades under state ownership. “The land will remain undeveloped, consistent with how Mr. Tull has managed other land he owns in Teton Valley,” Jessica Jaubert, Tull’s spokesperson, told a reporter after the auction. Read the full story.

Court navigator program launches in Carbon County
Rawlins Times
The Wyoming Judicial Branch has expanded a court navigator program to include Carbon County. Court navigators are volunteers trained to assist people with some civil matters, such as evictions, domestic relations and protection orders. The program began as a pilot program in April 2024 in Natrona County, later expanding to Uinta and Lincoln counties, to explore ways to improve access to justice for self-represented litigants, the Rawlins Times reports. Read the full story.

Wilson building totaled in Memorial Day fire likely lacked sprinklers
KHOL 89.1 FM
A handful of small businesses are searching for new homes after the building, near the Teton Pines country club in Wilson, caught fire on Memorial Day morning. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by state officials. One firefighter was injured after falling off the roof of the office building and taken to the hospital. The building’s layout made it a complicated blaze to extinguish, and it likely didn’t have sprinklers since it pre-dated such requirements, Jackson Hole Community Radio reports. Read the full story.

Rock Springs City Council tables reporting policy
Rocket Miner
The Rock Springs City Council has paused voting on a proposed transparency policy that would require councilors to fill out an activity report form to be included in public meeting packets. The policy would also allow elected officials to speak for two minutes for verbal council updates at the beginning of meetings. One councilor described the ordinance as a reaction to his social media views, saying “I’m getting more views than everybody put together.” But another councilor said the motivation was to keep the public informed without bogging down meetings with lengthy updates, the Rocket Miner reports. Read the full story.

Laramie moves forward with infrastructure projects
Laramie Boomerang
From a new trail connection to airport funding transfers and emergency water main repairs, the Laramie City Council has approved a series of infrastructure projects. The council unanimously awarded a contract just over $941,000 for the connector trail. The council also voted to allow the Laramie Regional Airport to transfer $1.3 million to Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport in Gillette. Under the agreement, the Gillette airport would transfer that amount back the following year. The transfers keep the federal dollars in Wyoming, the Laramie Boomerang reports. Read the full story.