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Kara Fornstrom has submitted her resignation effective Jan. 15, Gov. Mark Gordon announced. The commission regulates public utilities in Wyoming including gas and electrical service to homes and businesses. Gov. Matt Mead appointed Fornstrom to the commission in 2013. Gordon reappointed her in 2019 and Fornstrom has served as chairwoman for the past two years. Matters before the commission during that time included a yearlong investigation questioning Portland, Oregon-based PacifiCorps plans to...

CASPER – A utility cooperative operating across four Western states has announced a potential plan to stop taking power from a coal plant in Wyoming after 2033. That’s according to a recent energy resource plan Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association submitted to Colorado regulators earlier this month. On Dec. 1, Tri-State submitted an electric resource plan with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. In the document, it outlined a “preferred plan,” which would ...

Wyoming PSC chairwoman stepping down 4 years before term end December 16, 2020 GMT CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The chairwoman of the Wyoming Public Service Commission is resigning four years before her term is scheduled to end to take another job. Kara Fornstrom has submitted her resignation effective Jan. 15, Gov. Mark Gordon announced Wednesday. The commission regulates public utilities in Wyoming including gas and electrical service to homes and businesses. Gov. Matt Mead appointed Fornstrom to ...

Glenrock may not be the only new home to a Dollar General store in Converse County in 2021. Dollar General Corporation dba Douglas DG, LLC has submitted an application and a store prototype to the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) for a retail Dollar General store to be located at 1105 East Richards Street. Community Development Director Clara Chaffin confirmed the information Dec. 16. “The planning commission will take a look at (the application) on Monday night and will make a recomme...

OK, it’s Christmas and it’s time to buy gifts. The year 2020 has been so difficult to Wyoming business people. It just seemed to make sense for us to reach out and support Wyoming-made products. Here are some suggestions from some friends around the state: — Bob Grammens of Sheridan Media suggested Jake’s Lures (www.jakeslures.com), and Kim Love recommends Tom Balding Bits and Spurs (https://tombalding.com), both known worldwide and all made in Sheridan. — Jim Hicks of Buffal...

Burns/Pine Bluffs Wrestling improving with COVID forced practice changes. Nick Kuzma © Provided by Cheyenne-Scottsbluff KGWN-TV Burns/Pine Bluffs has just two seniors this season. BURNS, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - In 2019-2020, the Burns/Pine Bluffs Wrestling team finished third in the region and eighth in the 3A class. Like many teams around the state, COVID-19 has forced Burns/Pine Bluffs to change up how they practice. “I think its been a hard change to change practice fo...

Treacherous driving heoadspelee injured when their bus overturned on an icy highway. that was a ramp near memphis where that happened. drivers avoiding the icy conditions on the mississippi river bridge in greenville, mississippi. and the morning commute tomorrow could be treacherous. then the noreaster arriving by the evening commute in d.c., philly and in new york. abcs steve osunsami in atlanta, where the storm is hitting right now. >> reporter: slick roads in mississippi about an hour south ...

Holding down a suspected gunman. when police arrived, an officer then shooting and killing the guard. what the video shows, and what ing t.lo the woman partially sucked out of that plane. passengers trying to in. tonight, the words of the pilot who was struggling to fly that crippled passenger jet. braking news, the attorney who took on the president has been arrested. pierre thomas standing by. good evening and great to have you with us. we begin with a major nor middle easter begin v. all ...