A grandfather wanting to help is grandson.  Nothing wrong with that except when the grandson is not who his grandfather thinks he is. Sheridan County Sheriff Dave Hofmeier (pictured) says a Sheridan man was scammed out of 12-thousand dollars recently.  Hofmeier says the Sheridan man wired the money to a man in Canada who claimed [...]

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The Wyoming Public Service Commission has just finished up public hearings this week in Cheyenne over a proposed rate hike for Montana Dakota Utilities.  MDU provides service to nearly 15-thousand customers in Sheridan and much of northeastern Wyoming.  The utility company is asking for a 25 percent rate hike it charges its customers.  The company [...]

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Dave Freudenthal is scheduled to undergo eye surgery on Monday. Freudenthal’s office says the surgery is a routine outpatient procedure on his tear duct. The surgery is scheduled for Monday morning at the Park Avenue Surgery Center in Denver. Freudenthal’s office says the governor’s optometrist in Cheyenne referred him to [...]

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A bill that would offer health insurance to people who couldn’t afford it on the open market has cleared a hurdle in the Wyoming House. The House Labor, Health and Social Services Committee on yesterday recommended that the full House approve Senate File 61. The bill that would create a health care pilot program. Casper [...]

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The chairman of a key Senate committee says a bill that would have allowed Wyoming residents to a carry concealed gun without a permit is dead in this session. Republican Sen. Tony Ross of Cheyenne (top picture) is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Ross says the bill doesn’t have enough votes to pass in [...]

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(Click to hear today’s Legislative Report with CSNN’s Mick Birge)

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Wyoming was well represented at yesterday’s presidential healthcare summit in Washington.  Both Wyoming senators, Mike Enzi and John Barrasso took part in it.  Enzi says he likes the idea of insurance exchanges that are being touted by the president…(Click to hear comment from Sen. Enzi) Meanwhile, Barrasso, who is also a doctor, says the key to [...]

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Officers from Laramie County Animal Control have seized over 100 dogs and cats from an animal sanctuary in carpenter.  Laura Mallory with Cheyenne Animal Shelter says 93 dogs , 17 cats and numerous other small animals were taken from the Li”l Bit of Love Animal Rescue and Sanctuary…(Click to hear comment from Laura Mallory) The [...]

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For the second day in a row, executives from Toyota are answering questions on Capital Hill about the automaker’s problems with gas pedals lodging on floor mats and pedals that can get stuck causing cars to accelerate out of control.  The problems have caused Toyota to recall some 8 million vehicles.  While the executives are answering [...]

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Governor Freudenthal (pictured) says Wyoming just cannot wait for the federal government to fix healthcare.  He’s says the state legislature should pass Senate File 61…(Click to hear comment from Gov. Freudenthal) The Governor says Senate File 61 would do just that.   Now a pilot program described in the bill would help up to 500 low-income working Wyomingites [...]

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