Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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RIVERTON — There has been an “extreme increase” in violence among Fremont County youth as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Riverton school board heard last month. “It is alarming,” Sydney Allred, executive director of the Fremont County Alliance Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, told the board. “COVID changed things. …We are seeing really, really incredibly adult violent behaviors, ranging from dating violence and stalking behaviors through rape occurring with teenagers.” COVID-19 introduced a lot of “dynamics” that...
RIVERTON — State Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander, lambasted his colleagues on the Joint Revenue Committee this week after the majority opposed drafting a bill to raise property taxes by 2%. It was the first major revenue-generating proposal the committee voted on during its two-day session last week in Lander, and it failed 8-6. “Is this a trend that everybody’s going to have on every revenue bill?” Case asked after the votes were tallied. “If so, how responsible are we being here? … Are we just all going to say no? This could be your most import...
RIVERTON — A structural deficit in Wyoming’s K-12 school system will require a $222 million transfer from savings in the coming biennium, forecasters have informed the Joint Appropriations Committee. “That is what is supporting the school foundation program going forward,” said Don Richards, cochairman of Wyoming’s Consensus Revenue Estimating Group, “a transfer from the Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account.” The solution is not permanent: Richards said the LSRA is losing money, with its balance falling from more than $1.5 billion in th...
