Karen Snyder

Fire growth continues on the Arapaho Fire now at 82,000 acres.

A public information meeting on the fire burning northwest of Wheatland happens Monday evening, 6:30 pm at the 4-H Building at the Platte County Fairgrounds.

Fire officials are calling the fire 5 percent contained with progress made on

Fire crews out of Washington and Oregon took over management of a fire burning north of Newcastle Monday morning. The Oil Creek fire was last assessed at 3100 acres on Sunday, but Fire Information Officer, Chuck Turley, says the fire grew significantly in the last 24 hours with prevailing winds pushing the fire north and away from town.

“We do know it grew quite a bit last night, but the smoke has been so

Another wildfire in the Medicine Bow National Forest located north of the Colorado Border has grown to about 500 acres. The Squirrel Creek fire, south west of Laramie, is burning near Lake Owen.

It was discovered Sa

The Arapaho Fire burning  northwest of Wheatland is now at 75,000 acres.  According to Laura McConnell on the INCIweb hotline, there is zero percent containment.

McConnell says twenty engines and eigh

A third wild fire in the Medicine Bow National Forest near Laramie Peak grew quickly from 30 acres to about 5000 late Thursday. A Type 2 Incident Management Team has been assessing the extent of the

Killer tornadoes last week have weather experts working to dispel some dangerous and long standing myths about them.

USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says the first myth they want to bust is the belief that the low pressure that accompanies tornadoes, will explode a building. That he

Tornadoes killed dozens last week and weather experts believe that some of those lives could have been saved with a weather radio from the  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

John Simenesky with the National Weather Service says its like having a smoke detector, but it’s a weather detector.

“If a tornado

Casper’s Police Chief says arrests have been made and nearly seven pounds of toxic substance confiscated since yesterday,  after a string of individuals showed up at the emergency room suffering from possible kidney failure. Those a

Three people admitted to hospital in Casper for kidney failure Thursday are believed to have been sickened by the drug known as Spice.

The Natrona County Health Department first notified the Casper Police Department of the first three incidents. Since th

Snow loading created by early season sporadic snow fall is behind the extreme avalanche danger in Wyoming’s western mountain ranges.

Another death Monday, this time of a snow-mobiler, underscores the risks.

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The Driver involved in the fatal single vehicle rollover off of I-25 in Casper Monday has been charged with vehicular homicide.

According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, 26-yr- old Alex James Tougher, was southbound on the US 20/26 bypass early Monday and was entering the south bound ramp of Interstate 25 when the truck he was driving went off the right side of the road and rolled approximately 2 ½ times. During the rollover his passenger, 31 year old Lydia M. Pace, of Bar Nunn, wh