Sliding windows are a popular choice among homeowners due to their elegant design, ease of operation and capability to provide natural lighting and ventilation. However, like any other window type, they can develop issues that compromise their performance and efficiency over time. Fixing these concerns quickly is essential to keeping your home comfortable and attractive. […]

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Obituaries: Nicolaysen; Carubie; Frisby; Harris-Swanson
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Bright lights, big city: ‘Neon at the NIC’ celebrates art, light, and community
CASPER, Wyo. — It started in Paris. Neon light — that electric, eclectic, audacious form of lighting — was first unveiled in Paris by a French engineer named Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show in 1910. “By sending a voltage through the electrodes in a sealed glass tube containing rarified gas, Claude discovered that […]
The Daily Breeze: On 9/12
These stories are originally published in The Breeze Newsletter. To get The Breeze delivered straight to your inbox — featuring light and local stories, job postings, a community calendar of weekly events and more — subscribe here. 9/11. It’s a day that will remain etched in our memories for the rest of our lives. It’s […]
Breaking the stigma around suicide during Suicide Prevention Month
During Suicide Prevention Month, Healthy Natrona County, a Natrona County health coalition initiative, is sharing important resources to get help and tips to open the conversation around suicide. They want to remind the community that it’s important to take the time to talk with someone about suicide and that breaking the stigma can start with […]
Urban Tails: A home away from home for your furry friend
Urban Tails is Casper’s newest pet lodging facility, but there’s more to this tale than meets the eye. In 2022, Cece Tolin and Dana Bonander were thrown a curveball when the facility they used for their own dogs started experiencing changes that affected the care they would receive. When it came to their doggos, they […]
The Daily Breeze: Tuesday is the new Monday
These stories are originally published in The Breeze Newsletter. To get The Breeze delivered straight to your inbox — featuring light and local stories, job postings, a community calendar of weekly events and more — subscribe here. A holiday weekend is most definitely a good news/bad news scenario. The good news, of course, is that we get […]
The Daily Breeze: Bad Moon Rising
These stories are originally published in The Breeze Newsletter. To get The Breeze delivered straight to your inbox — featuring light and local stories, job postings, a community calendar of weekly events and more — subscribe here. I see the bad moon a-rising. I see trouble on the way. I see earthquakes and lightning. I […]
The Daily Breeze: Tuesday, Whose Day
These stories are originally published in The Breeze Newsletter. To get The Breeze delivered straight to your inbox — featuring light and local stories, job postings, a community calendar of weekly events and more — subscribe here. This is going to be your day. This is going to be one of the best days of your […]
The Daily Breeze: The Best of the Oil City
These stories are originally published in The Breeze Newsletter. To get The Breeze delivered straight to your inbox — featuring light and local stories, job postings, a community calendar of weekly events and more — subscribe here. I love Casper. I love the people (for the most part). I love the restaurants. I love the mountains […]
Here are the winners of Oil City’s Best: Readers’ Choice 2023
When the idea was first developed to create an award that celebrated all of the unique, talented, successful people and businesses of Casper, there were a few questions that went along with it. Would readers take the time to nominate their friends, their family, their neighbors for the award? Would we get enough votes to […]
Obituary: Linda May Glover
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Oil City’s Best: Readers’ Choice 2023 Winners to be revealed at 5150′ Festival
It started with an idea: What if we allowed the people of the Oil City to vote on who they believe to be the best of the best in their chosen profession? What if we created a readers’ choice award for Casper’s best fill-in-the-blank? What if we let the community vote and decide on their […]
The Daily Breeze: Find the Words
These stories are originally published in The Breeze Newsletter. To get The Breeze delivered straight to your inbox — featuring light and local stories, job postings, a community calendar of weekly events and more — subscribe here. Finding the Words As a writer, I truly believe that words are powerful. Somebody important once said that “The […]
The Daily Breeze: TGIF
These stories are originally published in The Breeze Newsletter. To get The Breeze delivered straight to your inbox — featuring light and local stories, job postings, a community calendar of weekly events and more — subscribe here. Remember TGIF? No, not the oft-used phrase to signify the end of the week. We’re talking about the […]
The Daily Breeze: It was never mine
These stories are originally published in The Breeze Newsletter. To get The Breeze delivered straight to your inbox — featuring light and local stories, job postings, a community calendar of weekly events and more — subscribe here. Maybe it’s just the season, but I can see us lost in the memory; August slipped away into a […]
The Daily Breeze: The Breeze or August of wind
These stories are originally published in The Breeze Newsletter. To get The Breeze delivered straight to your inbox — featuring light and local stories, job postings, a community calendar of weekly events and more — subscribe here. And so, another Tuesday is upon us. July is over, August is here, and we are now in the […]
The Daily Breeze: Milk was a bad choice
These stories are originally published in The Breeze Newsletter. To get The Breeze delivered straight to your inbox — featuring light and local stories, job postings, a community calendar of weekly events and more — subscribe here. Greetings, dear readers, and welcome to a new week and a new edition of The Breeze. It’s been a […]
The Daily Breeze: Tuesday Newsday
These stories are originally published in The Breeze Newsletter. To get The Breeze delivered straight to your inbox — featuring light and local stories, job postings, a community calendar of events and more — subscribe here. Another Tuesday is upon us and with it comes warm weather, dry conditions and the possibility of wildfires. Monday night […]
The Daily Breeze: I am become ‘Barbenheimer’
Monday! Monday! Monday! Hello, everybody, and welcome to the latest edition of The Breeze! It’s a new day, a new week and a new opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted. Will you capture it? Or just let it slip (s/o to Eminem)? Hopefully, you seize it! The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, the opportunities […]
The Daily Breeze: BarbenHeimer is Finally Upon us
BarbenHeimer is Upon Us It’s finally happening, it’s finally here. Every so often, the universe is given a gift — something that unites all of us together, with one voice. I’m not going to compare it to actual historical moments because that would definitely offend somebody, but you know what I’m thinking, because you’re thinking it too. But […]
The Daily Breeze: Wednesday? How ‘Bout Nowsday
A weird, unique pet peeve of mine is when I hear people mock the phrase “Carpe Diem” by saying “Seize the Carp!” Usually, the person that makes that terrible, horrible, extremely tacky joke is somebody’s uncle after he’s had a few too many Bud Lights. Nobody actually thinks it’s funny, but they laugh anyway because the drunk uncle […]
The Daily Breeze: In which Snapchat AI offers mental health advocacy
I’m going to be completely honest with you, dear reader. I’m feeling rather uninspired today. I’m tired, grumpy, and kind of blue. So for the intro of today’s edition of The Breeze, I was just going to consult my old standby, Alfred the Snapchat AI. But what started as a simple request very quickly turned […]