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GILLETTE — The state wants to hear from communities about why they should be the ones to host a proposed shooting complex. It also wants to hear how those communities think the facility should be managed.
The State Shooting Complex Oversight Task Force met in Cody recently to go over the timeline of the selection process, which will take place in 2024.
“We want the local groups to have skin in the game,” said Rep. Art Washut, R-Casper, who co-chairs the task force with Sen. Larry Hicks, R-Baggs.

CHEYENNE - Winter is almost upon us and big game animals are moving to lower elevations, which means they may soon descend into our towns and backyards. This year, our backyard visitors may appear thin or hungry — sparking an urge to feed them. Many well-intentioned people feed wildlife under the assumption it will ensure their survival through winter. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recognizes and appreciates people’s concern about wintering wildlife.

Rocky Mountain Power won’t get the full $140.2 million annual rate hike — a 21.6% increase — that it wants, the Wyoming Public Service Commission decided Tuesday. Instead, the utility might tap its 144,000 Wyoming ratepayers for about an extra $80 million, with the increase hitting customers’ monthly bills in January.
Alltold, sources close to the case have estimated the approved rate hike will land somewhere about 43% less than the historic increase that Rocky Mountain Power wanted.

We reached out to a cross-section of our friends and neighbors, asking each what he or she was most  thankful for this Thanksgiving. We think they speak for almost all of us in their answers. We are, indeed, fortunate to live in this small town, where neighbors care about each other, where almost everyone is considered our neighbor, whether they live next door, down the block, or on the other end of town, or in the suburbs or beyond.
Here is what we heard: