Oil City News

LARAMIE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Integrated Test Center, managed by the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources, was recently provisionally selected to negotiate a substantial funding award to continue and expand testing operations for carbon dioxide capture, removal and conversion. The U.S. De ...

A journey that began in a Chinese orphanage has brought Jase B. to a new chapter in his story — one filled with promise, leadership and inspiration. Named the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming’s 2025 Youth of the Year, Jase is now preparing to represent the Club at the State Youth of the Year competition later this month. Jase’s path to ...

CASPER, Wyo. — A no unnecessary travel alert has been issued for Casper Mountain Road as a winter storm impacts Natrona County and much of central Wyoming. According to WYDOT, the alert was issued just after 1:30 p.m. WYDOT’s traffic cameras showed heavy snowfall and snowpack on the road. Cameras...

CASPER, Wyo. — Multiple Natrona County residents and others have been charged in a methamphetamine delivery conspiracy that resulted in three high-speed chases and additional robbery charges for some defendants. Four suspects were arrested last Thursday after a high-speed chase on Interstate 25 during which spike strips were used to disable the vehicle and two bags of presumptive-positive methamph

CASPER, Wyo. — Powder River Energy Corporation has been awarded $23.5 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The funding, announced by Acting State Director Janice Blare, comes from the Powering Affordable Clean Energy program, established through the Inflation Reduction Act. S...

GILLETTE, Wyo. — Days after an 88-year-old woman was found deceased outside the Legacy Living & Rehabilitation Center, Campbell County Health has announced three staff members have been suspended for their alleged involvement.  The woman had been a resident of the Memory Care Wing of The Legacy’s Cottonwood unit. She was found by a ...

CASPER, Wyo. — A Casper man was sentenced to six to eight years in prison on Thursday for his role in two burglaries last year. Jordan Lee Bernard, 33, had pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit burglary for two different cases. In o...

CASPER, Wyo. — There’s a storm a-brewin’, and the City of Casper wants to ensure that residents don’t experience disaster during the coldest days of the year. The city has issued a “frozen pipe advisory” as freezing temperatures are about to abound in Casper. The City of Casper is urging reside ...

CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming’s economy in December 2024 showed a mixed performance, according to the latest report from the Wyoming Economic Analysis Division. Natural gas prices rose significantly, while oil prices saw a slight decrease compared to the previous year. Sales and ...

PINEDALE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently found the presence of chronic wasting disease, or CWD, in an adult female elk from Elk Hunt Area 98. The elk was found dead on the Scab Creek feedground at the end of December. Depa ...

CASPER, Wyo. — On Jan. 23, community partners and volunteers will work to get an accurate count and demographic breakdown of Natrona County’s homeless population with the annual Point in Time Count. The PIT Count is designed to identify and connect with the unsheltered and unstably housed members of the community. To conduct...

CASPER, Wyo. — A search is underway in remote terrain southwest of Rock Springs for a missing single-engine plane and its pilot, a Green River man in his 50s, the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday evening.  Deputies got the missing person report around 1:22 p.m. Tuesday after ...