Gillette News Record

07/04/2025

Friday, July 4
Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 81. West wind around 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

07/04/2025

In a rematch of last season’s state championship game, where Cheyenne came out victorious, the Roughriders won two close games to continue their hot streak.

The Gillette Roughriders faced a tough test Tuesday night as they looked to extend their eight-game win streak.

07/04/2025

The Campbell County Fire Department responded to nearly a dozen reports of fire in Campbell County after a thunderstorm rolled through the area Wednesday evening.

While the fires appear to be mostly caused by lightning, the heavy rain that followed helped put out some of the reported fires.

The Campbell County Fire Department responded to nearly a dozen reports of fire in Campbell County after a thunderstorm rolled through the area Wednesday evening.

07/03/2025

The Bolts boys team graduated four seniors in May — Patrick Hardesty, Connor Phipps, Ethan Nichols and Drake Schillinger — but those four made sure to prepare the next group of Bolts runners before they left.

The team will rely heavily on three juniors, all of whom ran on varsity as sophomores last season: Chase Erickson, Jared Melinkovich and Will Pollick. But the coaches also are excited for some new runners to step up this fall.

The Thunder Basin boys cross-country team is still upset about their finish last season at the state meet in Cheyenne, knowing that their top seven runners at state could have

07/03/2025

This week, the Campbell County Commissioners passed a $145.9 million budget for fiscal year 2025-2026, which is nearly identical to the previous fiscal year’s.

The total budget of $145,939,859 is less than $1 million more than FY2025’s budget.

The commissioners’ directive to the county departments at the start of the budgeting process was to hold the line, but they also made it a point to ensure that its employees were taken care of.

This week, the Campbell County Commissioners passed a $145.9 million budget for fiscal year 2025-2026, which is nearly identical to the previous fiscal year’s.

07/03/2025

The Bolts’ team score of 474 points won them the state title, and the Camels were right behind them with 469 points.

Thunder Basin’s Blake Edwards made history by becoming the first trap shooter to achieve a perfect score in the state tournament, shooting 100 out of 100 clay targets. He also walked away with the first-place varsity male award and the overall high gun award.

In the early 2000s, trap shooting was in decline, and an effort was underway to grow the sport — one that injected some youth into it.

07/03/2025

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07/03/2025

Thursday, July 3
Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. South wind around 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

07/03/2025

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07/03/2025

07/03/2025

The Trump administration’s Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has taken an interest in defending a new Wyoming law that requires voters to prove their citizenship before casting a ballot.

Attorneys in the the voting section of Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division filed a statement of interest in federal court, saying they want to protect “Wyoming’s legitimate interest (in) securing its voting process from fraud by requiring documentary proof of citizenship to vote.”

JACKSON — The Trump administration’s Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has taken an interest in defending a new Wyoming law that requires voters to prove their citizenship before casting

07/02/2025

There’s been much ado about the Fremont County Library System in recent months: As commissioners slashed the libraries’ budget by 22%, commission chair Larry Allen hinted that if declining property tax revenue continues, Fremont County libraries themselves may face the chopping block.

And last week, as those budget figures became reality, the Fremont County Commission took another vote of consequence for the county’s libraries: appointing two new members to the library board.

After rounds of interviews with potential board candidates, commissioners didn’t deliberate out loud their thoughts on the applicants asking to lead the library system; instead, they cast votes via secret ballot, then affirmed those votes without discussion after their lunch recess.

RIVERTON — There’s been much ado about the Fremont County Library System in recent months: As commissioners slashed the libraries’ budget by 22%, commission chair Larry Allen hinted that if