Gillette News Record

04/11/2025

The last time the Campbell County High School boys soccer team beat Thunder Basin, this year’s seniors were just freshmen.

Tuesday night, Campbell County shut out the No. 2-ranked Bolts 3-0.

It was the Camels’ fourth win of the season, which already puts them ahead of last season’s win total, when they won three games.

The last time the Campbell County High School boys soccer team beat Thunder Basin, this year’s seniors were just freshmen.

04/11/2025

The vote passed 6-1 at the board’s Tuesday meeting. Board member Mary Brunner, who wanted to delay the initial vote at the March 11 meeting, was the lone “no” vote Tuesday.

Brunner’s case boiled down to two concerns: confusion over what she saw as administrative bloat and the “hiring and evaluation process” for administrators, which she later clarified for the News Record was referring to allegations of bullying behavior she’d heard from unspecified staff members.

The Campbell County School District board approved a list of 33 principals and district administrators to rehire next school year after the vote was delayed at a school board meeting

04/11/2025

This week, the man accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from First Northern Bank over a six-year period while he was an employee there was sentenced to prison.

Wednesday morning, District Judge Stuart S. Healy III sentenced him to 25 to 100 months in prison for crimes against intellectual property, to run concurrent with the 25 to 60 months for the drug charges.

He also must pay $462,175.81 in restitution to First Northern Bank, $75,000 of which he paid at the time of his sentencing. Following his prison sentence, he will serve 20 years of probation, during which time he must pay back the remainder of the money.

This week, the man accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from First Northern Bank over a six-year period while he was an employee there was sentenced to prison.

04/11/2025

Friday, April 11
TODAY: Sunny, with a high near 78. South wind 8 to 14 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind 8 to 14 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

04/10/2025

The Trump administration’s executive order to increase logging and domestic timber production on federal lands is welcome news for local logger Joe Landsiedel.
Timber treatments, including logging and thinning, are long overdue in the Bighorns, he said. The problem is, that as the industry has declined since the 1980s and 90s, and even more drastically since the coronavirus pandemic, Wyoming – particularly the north-central region – lacks the infrastructure to complete more projects.

BUFFALO — The Trump administration’s executive order to increase logging and domestic timber production on federal lands is welcome news for local logger Joe Landsiedel.

04/10/2025

Eavan Castaner, the teen who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the killing of 17-year-old Lene’a Brown, was sentenced to 42-75 years in prison on Tuesday morning.

Castaner pleaded guilty to killing Lene’a Brown by shooting her in the head just outside Buckboard Park on the night of May 13, 2024. Castaner, who turned 16 about a week later, was 15 at the time of the offense.

CASPER — Eavan Castaner, the teen who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the killing of 17-year-old Lene’a Brown, was sentenced to 42-75 years in prison on Tuesday morning.

04/10/2025

A 52-year-old woman said her blue 1999 Buick Century was stolen from her property last week. Surveillance footage from 2:15 p.m. April 3 showed a blue Chrysler Aspen drive up to her property. Two people got out of the Chrysler, and they got into the Buick and pushed it back. A tow strap was hooked up from the Chrysler to the Buick, and the Chrysler towed the Buick away from the parking lot.

VEHICLE THEFT

04/10/2025

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04/10/2025

Thursday, April 10
TODAY: Sunny, with a high near 61. West wind 6 to 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. South wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

04/09/2025

Wednesday, April 9
TODAY: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming northwest 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Northwest wind 8 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

04/09/2025

This past weekend, Thunder Basin had been scheduled to compete in a track meet in Buffalo, but it was canceled, and the Bolts ended up going to Sheridan for a small meet with the Broncs and Big Horn High School.

For the second week in a row, juniors Grace Miller and Claire Lubben set school records.

This past weekend, Thunder Basin had been scheduled to compete in a track meet in Buffalo, but it was canceled, and the Bolts ended up going to Sheridan for a

04/08/2025

The Campbell County track and field team traveled to Casper last week to compete with 12 other schools at the Glen Legler Early Bird Meet.

One week after breaking the school record in the outdoor shot put with a throw of 58 feet, 8 inches, senior Raynor Ranum one-upped himself.

The Campbell County track and field team traveled to Casper Thursday to compete with 12 other schools at the Glen Legler Early Bird Meet.

04/08/2025

Last Thursday, architects and project planners from DLR Group and Plan One gave a high-level presentation on the new Campbell County High School’s preliminary design and construction schedule before leading a discussion about what makes the CCHS community unique — and why parents may want to keep an open mind about how the school’s design can prepare students for the future job market.

Campbell County School District held its first community meeting on the design of the new Campbell County High School Thursday evening, lead by architectural teams picked by the district to

04/08/2025

Cam-plex Energy Hall was quiet Wednesday morning as nearly a hundred kids from around Campbell County studied the boards in front of them and strategized their next moves.

Some of the kids, who were in between games, spent the time reading books that they’d brought along with them. But Jason Schlomer, a fourth-grader from Buffalo Ridge Elementary, was replaying one of his games in his head.

Cam-plex Energy Hall was quiet Wednesday morning as nearly a hundred kids from around Campbell County studied the boards in front of them and strategized their next moves.

04/08/2025

While the property tax exemption bills, mainly Senate File 69, dominated headlines, there was another bill, House Bill 282, that some lawmakers believe is the bridge that Wyoming needs to get to a world where homeowners don’t have to pay any property taxes.

While the property tax exemptions offer some relief, the state needs to make some long-lasting change, Rep. John Bear said.

“We’re band-aiding it right now with these exemptions, but ultimately we need to have some reform and get away from these exemptions,” he said.

While the property tax exemption bills, mainly Senate File 69, dominated headlines, there was another bill, House Bill 282, that some lawmakers believe is the bridge that Wyoming needs to

04/08/2025

Some people aren’t happy about certain language in the city’s new comprehensive plan, and they made sure to let the Gillette City Council know this.

One resident, Katherine Poynter, said the plan contained worrying language that suggested a push towards a “15-minute” city that is out of step with the needs of Gillette and the surrounding community.

She didn’t like how the plan suggests making the community more accessible for walkers and cyclists.

Some people aren’t happy about certain language in the city’s new comprehensive plan, and they made sure to let the Gillette City Council know this.

04/08/2025

Tuesday, April 8
TODAY: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. West wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

TONIGHT: A 30 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. West wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

04/08/2025

Wyoming lawmakers will carry the weight of a recent court decision to adequately fund public schools as they approach a new season crafting policies for the state’s K-12 public school system.

The Legislature’s off-season, formally known as the interim, is when legislative committees meet and investigate state issues and respond to these problems in the form of carefully crafted legislation.

CHEYENNE — Wyoming lawmakers will carry the weight of a recent court decision to adequately fund public schools as they approach a new season crafting policies for the state’s K-12