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Wildlife Wednesday, the birds gathering at Patterson-Zonta Park by Fort Caspar! #snapped #wildlife #wildlifewednesday #fortcaspar

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Mushrooms are a very big deal in the Pacific Northwest.

“A lot of business initiatives are focused around mushroom cultivation,” said Ben Fortier, who grew up in the region. “It’s an easy process; you can just do it outside in your backyard.”

Fortier left Portland to make a new home in the Casper area in 2016, and almost immediately became disappointed with the mushroom selection here.

The grocery stores all had this kind of week-old white button and some sad shiitakes,” he said. “So I started growing mushrooms on my own to meet the household needs for our cooking, and started selling some of our mushrooms every week on Facebook and [at] farmers markets.”

Fortier and his fiancée Julie Elliott called their small business Fungus Among Us, which he says they ran while working day jobs and attending school.

After taking a break from the business in 2019, he relaunched last year and has made it a full-time endeavor.

More mushrooms the better!
#mushrooms #business #localbusiness #new #fun #casper #oilcityproud #oilcitywyo #wyolife #casperwyoming

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Project Kenny, a local nonprofit that works to place service dogs with people with post-traumatic stress disorder, has found a new headquarters in Mills.

Project Kenny will hold a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new location in Mills at 11 a.m. Friday, January 28. The nonprofit will open at 1005 Falcon Ave. in Mills.

Read at Oilcity.new link in our Bio!

#nonprofit #dogs #ptsd #helpingthoseinneed #helppeople #helpingothers #therapy

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One of the biggest state competitions, the Wyoming High School Activities Association State Spirt Competition, is coming early this year!

At this competition, the cheerleading and dance teams from all over the state are going toe to toe and the competition is fierce.

Kelly Walsh High School (KWHS) is ready to take on the competition. They have been practicing since before the school year even started. According to Tiffani Stowe, the KWHS dance coach, they started last July with their dance camp. The dance team started learning the routines in August and September and is excited to show off their moves.

Read the whole story on Oil City News!

#kellywalsh #dance #cheerleading #oilcitywyo #oilcityproud

Photo Courtesy of Kelly Walsh High School Dance Team

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Jake Hoffman holds almost reverential feelings for people who can make music.

It’s not something he’s ever been able to accomplish himself, and he’s totally ok with it.

“I’ve had a bunch of trained and untrained musician friends throughout time,” he said, “and they’re just my heroes.”

They have figured out a different frequency of being, I work in a different world.”

That world includes photography, a passion he picked up as an NCHS student in the early 2000s involved in the video and photography classes, which were then run by Lance Madzey.

On weekends he’d take cameras to local shows, combining his love of music and photography

#music #photography #localscene #casperwyoming #oilcityproud #oilcitywyo

@dancepeda @hoffmanspc

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With a decent amount of snow finally on the slopes, Natrona County High School Junior Cody Crawford’s ski tuning and waxing business, based out of the family garage, is back in service.

“I’ve had my own coaches ask me to do their skis,” Crawford told Oil City News in a testament to his craftsmanship.

Armed with a business and marketing class in his freshman year and a workbench gifted to him for Christmas, Crawford launched Cody’s Tune and Wax in late 2018.

Read the whole story on Oil City News!

#startingabusiness #local #casper #casperwyoming #nchs #ski

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Oil city has a sports reporter! See all the latest news about our local sports and our Wyoming pros on Oil City News.

Here is a snapshot of the latest story.

When Wyoming men’s basketball coach Jeff Linder stepped into the role before the 2020-21 season, the program had gone through a couple of rough years.

The Pokes went a combined 17–48 in the prior two seasons before Linder’s arrival, a brutal stretch that often saw the Cowboys trounced home and away. A guard by the name of Hunter Maldonado was there during those years, showing flashes of potential as he battled through injuries and many, many defeats.

But the run the Pokes are on at the moment with Linder at the helm — holding a 15–2 record following a tight 93–91 win over New Mexico on Saturday — has the rest of the Mountain West Conference turning heads. And without figures like Maldonado in the fray, it likely wouldn’t be the same right now.

Photo credit:Wyoming men's basketball guard Hunter Maldonado vs. New Mexico on Saturday at Arena-Auditorium in Laramie. (University of Wyoming Athletics)

#wyomingathletes #wyomingpokes #basketball #winners #wyoming

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A dog that fell through the ice into the North Platte River was rescued by two Casper Fire-EMS units on Saturday, according to Engineer and Public Information Officer Andrew Sundell on the agency’s live Facebook update Sunday morning.

Sundell said the incident occurred near the Roberston Road bridge shortly after noon on Saturday. Crews were able to retrieve the dog “swiftly and effectively.”

Sundell said a firefighter and an engineer, equipped with insulated dry suits and an inflatable ice rescue raft, went out onto the river and were able to retrieve the dog with a loop pole.

Sundell reminded the public that “if you’re near the river this time of year, have your pets on a leash so that they can’t get themselves into trouble.”

Sundell also commended the dog’s owner for not attempting to rescue the dog themselves.

“The last thing we want or need from a emergency responder point-of-view is a dog and a person in the river,” Sundell said. “That makes it much more complicated for us and much more potentially hazardous and dangerous.”

Read the full story on Oil City News!

#rescue #dog #ice #northplatteriver #oilcitywyo

Photo credit: @dancepeda

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Some local kids enjoying the snow day! Are you making snowmen too? We want to see pictures! Send us a message!

Photo credit: Kayla Litwiller

#snow #snowman #casper #casperwyoming #snowday #fun #wyolife #weather #oilcityproud #oilcitywyo

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Jeffree Star, Casper’s famous cosmetic mogul and business entrepreneur, uploaded his latest YouTube video on Sunday, January 16, 2022. The video is all about how excited he was about his big move to Casper, Wyoming and all the things he did here.

Since coming to Casper, he has opened new businesses with roots in Casper and developed his Star Yak Ranch, which now has “95 yaks.”

He moved to Casper in 2021 and opened a fulfillment center called Scorpio Logistics, which ships products from his companies Killer Merch, Star Lounge, Jeffree Star Cosmetics, Inc., and Jeffree Star Pets, LLC. Star says in his video that the fulfillment center “officially ships all the items on jeffreestar.com.”

@jeffreestar #jeffreestar #2022

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The Casper Police Department has been awarded a grant from the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security that it will use to purchase a new K-9, a K-9 vehicle retrofit and to help cover the dog’s training and K-9 handler needs.

The Casper City Council passed a resolution on Tuesday authorizing the acceptance of the $30,000 grant from the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security.

A memo from police department staff explains that the grant is intended “to support the investment of combating Domestic Violent Extremism to improve the Casper Police Department’s ability to prevent a threatened or an actual act of terrorism.”

#newdog #fourleggedfriend #dog #casperpolicedepartment #casperwyoming

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Have you been up to Garden Creek Falls this winter? It's definitely all frozen, but it is still beautiful!

#snapped #oilcitywyo #OilCityProud #waterfallwednesday

Photo credit: Tayler Stephenson

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A sheet metal barn destroyed by high winds at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds Sunday, 12/12/21 (Oil City Staff)

The Natrona County Commission has given the thumbs-up to replace a steel horse barn that was lifted up from its foundation and blown into a dirt berm by high winds last December.

The barn was insured through the Wyoming Association of Risk Management, but the commission agreed with Fair Board Director Tom Jones at a work session Tuesday that that the replacement should be an upgrade. Jones said space for horses was already limited, especially during events like the College National Finals Rodeo.

The cost to replace the 26-stall barn would be $152,750, Jones said. The pre-engineered structure Jones was eyeing as a replacement has 40 stalls and would cost about $235,000.

#winddamage #wyolife #oilcitywyo #snapped #rebuild

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Wyo GOP selects three superintendent candidates despite lawsuit threat

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University of Wyoming board of trustees extends mask mandate into February over virus concerns

By Briar Napier|December 16, 2021

Wyoming SBE adopts changes to student-teacher contact time requirements; new rules await governor’s review

By Brendan LaChance|November 30, 2021

UW Board of Trustees vote to postpone Seidel’s performance review one year due to COVID-19 pandemic

By Brendan LaChance|November 23, 2021

Casper Electric awarded $420K contract to replace lighting at Casper Classical Academy

By Brendan LaChance|November 22, 2021

NCSD taps Davidson Mechanical to conduct Kelly Walsh stadium plumbing repairs for ~$89K

By Brendan LaChance|November 22, 2021

NCSD trustees witness Southridge Elementary teacher forced to teach 52 students ‘by herself’

CASPER, Wyo. — The Natrona County School District Board of Trustees witnessed firsthand an example of the kind of pressure

By Brendan LaChance|November 22, 2021

Anonymous donor gives $50K to help KW and NC provide mental health support

CASPER, Wyo. — An anonymous donor has offered a monetary gift of $50,000 to help both Kelly Walsh and Natrona

By Brendan LaChance|November 22, 2021

UW Trustees approve reorganization plan; create schools of computing, tourism, and entrepreneurship

CASPER, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming Trustees approved a major restructuring of academic programs at their meeting Thursday, November

By Greg Hirst|November 21, 2021

Son establishes new scholarship in memory of parents Artie and Swede Erickson at Casper College

CASPER, Wyo. — Casper College announced this week that Brent Erickson has established a new scholarship to benefit nursing students

By Brendan LaChance|November 18, 2021

UW Trustees meet this week to consider academic restructuring proposal, hear COVID-19 response update

CASPER, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will meet this week from Wednesday-Friday, November 17-19, to consider

By Greg Hirst|November 14, 2021

Oil City Speaks! ‘These teachers are taking on way more than teaching’

CASPER, Wyo. — Greetings Earthlings of Casper! We hope everyone had a great Veterans Day, including those who attended Fort

By Brendan LaChance|November 12, 2021

‘Heartbroken’ says Cheyenne mayor after death of student near Laramie County school

Makaili James Evans died after being struck by a vehicle near McCormick Junior High School, in Cheyenne, last Friday morning.

By Trevor T. Trujillo|November 12, 2021

Casper College hosting presentation on Wyoming’s pending Natrium nuclear reactor

CASPER, Wyo. — Casper College will be hosting a presentation titled "Perceptions of Nuclear Progress" in December that will focus

By Brendan LaChance|November 11, 2021

Casper students and theater community join for two nights of showtune hits

CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper theater community and the Natrona County School District will perform a range of beloved musical hits

By Greg Hirst|November 9, 2021

UW restructuring plan, derided by Faculty Senate, to go before Trustees Nov. 17-19

CASPER, Wyo. — After spending the summer holding listening sessions and reviewing feedback from stakeholders, including affected departments, the University

By Greg Hirst|November 9, 2021

WDE: Wyoming school districts should plan to comply with Biden vaccine mandates

CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Education said in an update to superintendents across the state that school districts

By Brendan LaChance|November 9, 2021

NCSD trustees talk ways to reduce teacher stress and get parents more involved in schools

CASPER, Wyo. — Some Natrona County School District trustees on Monday evening floated some ideas about what the district could

By Brendan LaChance|November 9, 2021

NCSD Trustees approve choice of Sampson for $3.5M Highland Park tennis project

CASPER, Wyo. — The Natrona County School District Board of Trustees on Monday authorized district staff to negotiate and execute