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Written by Associated Press on May 11, 2021 GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A retired U.S. Army colonel from California says he will challenge Liz Cheney in next year’s Republican U.S. House primary in Wyoming. Denton Knapp, of Trabuco Canyon, California, said he plans to move back to Gillette, where he graduated from high school in 1983, the Gillette News Record reported Monday. Five Republicans as of Monday had filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission stating their intent to run against Cheney in 2022. The list didn’t include Knapp yet but has been gr...

Weekend Poll: Wyoming Congressional Race Darin Smith of Cheyenne on Friday became the latest candidate to announce plans to run for Wyoming's congressional seat in 2022. While the election is over a year away, this race seems to be generating an unusual amount of early interest. Much of that is being driven by the fact that incumbent Liz Cheney has angered supporters of former President Donald Trump by voting to impeach him in January and for continuing a war of words with Trump. The former president, meanwhile, has repeatedly criticized Cheney saying, among other things, that she has almost ...

The list didn’t include Knapp yet but has been growing amid Republican discontent with Cheney for continuing to dispute former President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that vote fraud cost him re-election. Cheney was among 10 Republican representatives who voted to impeach Trump over the deadly insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6. She has called her impeachment vote an act of conscience in defense of democracy and the Constitution. Cheney faces a likely House GOP vote this week to remove her as conference chair, the chamber’s third-ranking Republican leadership post. “What’s...

Retired Army colonel announces run against Liz Cheney May 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A retired U.S. Army colonel from California says he will challenge Liz Cheney in next year's Republican U.S. House primary in Wyoming. Denton Knapp, of Trabuco Canyon, California, said he plans to move back to Gillette, where he graduated from high school in 1983, the Gillette News Record reported Monday. Five Republicans as of Monday had filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission stating their intent to run against Cheney in 2022. The list didn't include Knapp yet but has...

While the line-up for David Street Station got readers excited, let’s look at a thought-provoking comment in regard to Friday’s story about the station’s summer concert line-up: Casper City Council member Kyle Gamroth points out that David Street Station offers free concerts to the public. But free to the public does not mean free to host — David Street Station has to pay for the musicians and things like sound equipment and more. David Street Station is also coming off of a tough year as the pandemic prevented most of their normal events from happening and are looking for funding su...