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Similarly, the state corrections department budget has expanded more than 400 million since 2005 to pay for capital construction projects, including the new medium-security prison in Torrington, and projects at the Honor Farm in Riverton and the Women s Center in Lusk. Nicholas said it makes sense for the state to invest in the university, one of its major assets, when times are good financially. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Staffing easier for Torrington prison, officials say Apr 7, 2007
CHEYENNE -- The Wyoming Department of Corrections expect to be able to recruit 60 percent of the labor force needed to run the new 128 million medium security prison at Torrington in the "commutable area," department director Bob Lampert said recently. Lampert said the workers for the prison will come from western Nebraska, Torrington in Goshen County, Lusk in Niobrara County and neighboring communities ... The department, he said, has hired staff members who currently are working at the Wyoming... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
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- Ann Beaulieu, Eastern Wyoming College, Torrington. - Lynn Birleffi, Wyoming Lodging and Restaurant Association, Cheyenne. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Storm Forces Cowboy Practice Indoors Mar 26, 2007
Tight end (senior, Torrington, Wyo. shoulder); tight end (junior, Columbus, Mont. (Wyomingathletics.com)
Bee has some stings along the way Mar 25, 2007
Sarah Lehmitz, a seventh-grader from Torrington Middle School, spelled all ten of her words correctly including a practice round word and was the only student to score a perfect score on the 100-word spelling quiz that took place before the oral competition began. Lehmitz will travel to Washington, D.C. in May to compete as Wyoming's lone representative in the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Wyoming Cowboys Open 2007 Spring Football Drills on Monday Mar 20, 2007
Leading the way will be 2006 Second Team All-MWC selections: , a senior tight end/H-Back from Torrington, Wyo. and , a junior inside linebacker from Fairbanks, Alaska. (Wyomingathletics.com)
Gov. Freudenthal’s confirmed appointees: Mar 11, 2007
Paul *Cactus* Covello Jr., Torrington. Representing District 1. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Fourth robbery suspect nabbed Feb 24, 2007
Deputies took custody of 42-year-old Douglas Anthony Short in Torrington on Thursday. Short is one of four men suspected of robbing the convenience store July 11, 2005. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
UW ensemble in Gillette Feb 9, 2007
The Gillette performance is part of the group s winter tour that also includes stops in Buffalo, Torrington and Rapid City, S.D. The tour s free concerts, clinics and master classes are possible because of support from UW s Office of Cultural Outreach, Belser said. Cultural Outreach helps us bring our music to communities throughout the region, he said. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
'It just wasn't the year': Several factors combined to kill lottery bill Feb 7, 2007
Torrington guy wrote on February 07, 2007 8:51 AM:"Lets see, 1 million to set up and 1.4 million minimum EVERY year thereafter.$ 200,000 in administration to net the state 1.4 million. Are there no business persons in this legislature? You represent the people not your own personal values. Dumb Dumb Dumb". good thing wrote on February 07, 2007 8:26 AM:"Probably for the best as poor and mathematically challenged people are taken advantage of in the lottery. One has a better chance of being killed... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Chemical rates have varying effects on sugarbeet pest control Feb 4, 2007
Mesbah also tested new formulation rates as opposed to old rates in two locations Torrington, Wyo. and Powell, and found the new formulation rates did not produce a significant difference from the old rates. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Livestock report Jan 24, 2007
TORRINGTON (USDA) Riverton Livestock sold 2,000 cattle Tuesday. Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady to 4 higher, bulls steady, instances 3- 8 higher on high yielding. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Monday's livestock report Jan 23, 2007
TORRINGTON (USDA) - PAYS in Billings, Mont. sold 1,350 sheep Monday. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Goshen sees need for more housing Jan 22, 2007
TORRINGTON -- Support for a bill to encourage construction of affordable housing in Wyoming isn't coming only from communities booming due to energy activity ... While the need for such housing may be especially pronounced in mineral-patch counties such as Campbell and Sublette, cities including Torrington, Cheyenne and Laramie are also experiencing growing pains, with little or no affordable housing for people who want to work there ... Torrington was selected as the site of the state's new... (Casper Star-Tribune)
State of the State Jan 12, 2007
The rest of it is intended to do things like fund the state prison expansion that we're trying to do in Torrington, add money to highways, add money to airports, build water projects, talk about the Wildlife Trust Fund. I think that is the appropriate use of these supplemental dollars. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Casper Drug testing improves business Jan 12, 2007
Tim and Dawn Force owned a Burger King in Torrington, which was fine. Then they bought three in Casper and inherited a host of problems with their roots in substance abuse. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Wyoming briefs Jan 9, 2007
TORRINGTON -- City Treasurer Lynette Strecker is once again back at her job after the City Council last week asked new Mayor Leroy Schafer rethink his previous announcement about not reappointing Strecker. Schafer announced publicly Dec. 15 to the local newspaper that he would not reappoint Strecker as city treasurer, but gave no reason for that decision. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
College system gets scrutiny Jan 5, 2007
Illoway said there's not enough coordination among the eight schools -- Casper College, Central Wyoming College in Riverton, Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington, Gillette College, Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Northwest College in Powell, Sheridan College and Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs. And, he said, the burden of funding those schools currently falls too heavily on the host counties. (Casper Star-Tribune)
Man accused of disrupting JetBlue flight Jan 2, 2007
He was charged in the death of Dustin Arigoni, 21, of Torrington. Arigoni was among three people who were stabbed during a dispute at a New Year's Eve house party late Sunday, police said. (Boston Globe)
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