Gillette News Record

01/08/2025

A woman did not return after getting a conditional release for a Dec. 19 doctor’s appointment, and she had been at large since.

Police Deputy Chief Brent Wasson said she was found at the National 9 Inn early Wednesday morning after a truck was spotted in the hotel’s parking lot that’d been linked to her.

A 32-year-old woman who fled law enforcement after being given a conditional release from detention on Dec. 19 was found at the National 9 Inn early Wednesday morning.

01/08/2025

Wednesday January 8
TODAY: A 30 percent chance of snow after 5pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 36. Wind chill values as low as 6. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

TONIGHT: Snow, mainly before 2am. Low around 20. Wind chill values as low as 8. Blustery, with a northwest wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

01/07/2025

It’s never to late to learn a new skill, or find friends both old and new.

That is what makes the Creative Aging woodworking course, as well as the wider Creative Aging series as a whole, unique, according to Area 59 Director Ellen Peterson.

It’s never to late to learn a new skill, or find friends both old and new.

01/07/2025

Once again, Wyoming lawmakers will try to pass a resolution calling for a convention of states to amend the U.S. Constitution.

Senate Joint Resolution 1, sponsored by Sen. Eric Barlow, R-Gillette, and cosponsored by several other legislators, including Rep. Ken Clouston, R-Gillette, and Sen. Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower, calls for a convention of states to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government and limit the terms of office for federal officials and members of Congress.

Once again, Wyoming lawmakers will try to pass a resolution calling for a convention of states to amend the U.S. Constitution.

01/07/2025

Two years after the Wyoming Legislature knocked 0.5% off of the severance tax on coal, lawmakers are trying to lower it again.

House Bill 75 proposes lowering the severance tax rate on surface coal production to 6%. It currently is 6.5%, thanks to a bill that passed in 2022 that lowered it from 7%.

Two years after the Wyoming Legislature knocked 0.5% off of the severance tax on coal, lawmakers are trying to lower it again.

01/07/2025

A new bill coming through this year’s legislative session would amend the state’s animal cruelty statute to specify that predatory animals must be killed immediately if they’re intentionally hit using an automotive vehicle.

On top of tweaking both who’s authorized to impose misdemeanor animal cruelty charges and their fines, House Bill 3 would ban keeping an animal alive after it’s been intentionally injured with an “automotive vehicle, motor‑propelled wheeled vehicle, or vehicle designed for travel over snow.”

A new bill coming through this year’s legislative session would amend the state’s animal cruelty statute to specify that predatory animals must be killed immediately if they’re intentionally hit using

01/07/2025

Tuesday, January 7
TODAY: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 19. Wind chill values as low as -2. Northwest wind around 7 mph.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear, with a steady temperature around 15. Wind chill values as low as 1. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

01/07/2025

The halls of the United States Capitol were calm the day before the 119th Congress was set to be sworn in. Desks on the floor of the Senate were being rearranged and the door of the whip’s office was still labeled for South Dakota Republican John Thune, who is set to become Senate Majority Leader.

Republicans on Friday took slim majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate ahead of Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration on Jan. 20.

Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso succeeded Thune as majority whip — the second highest-ranking position in Republican Senate leadership.

WASHINGTON — The halls of the United States Capitol were calm the day before the 119th Congress was set to be sworn in. Desks on the floor of the Senate

01/07/2025

While some people may have kept their Christmas lights up through the new year, it’s time for Christmas trees to come down.

While some people may have kept their Christmas lights up through the new year, it’s time for Christmas trees to come down.

01/06/2025

A citizen-led initiative to slash property taxes for qualified Wyoming homeowners by 50% was certified Friday by Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray to appear on the 2026 general election ballot.

The “People’s Initiative to Limit Property Tax in Wyoming through a Homeowner’s Property Exemption,” spearheaded by former gubernatorial candidate Brent Bien, would exempt half of the assessed value of an owner’s primary property from property taxation, as long as the property owner has lived in Wyoming for at least a year.

CHEYENNE — A citizen-led initiative to slash property taxes for qualified Wyoming homeowners by 50% was certified Friday by Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray to appear on the 2026

01/06/2025

Both the boys and girls teams played in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to kick off 2025.

The Campbell County boys basketball team took to the courts for the first time in the new year this past weekend, traveling to Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to take on the Bearcats.

01/06/2025

Half an hour before he was arrested for felonious restraint and DUI, officers had seen the man at a bar, where he was drunk and causing issues with staff. A woman told officers she planned to drive him home.

A man was arrested on New Year’s Eve after his passenger, who was originally his designated driver, waved down police.

01/06/2025

Prior to Friday and Saturday’s games against the Bozeman Icedogs, the Gillette Wild sat in second to last place with a record of 13-17-1, needing a turnout and push to playoffs with 18 games left in the regular season.

Prior to Friday and Saturday’s games against the Bozeman Icedogs, the Gillette Wild sat in second to last place with a record of 13-17-1, needing a turnout and push to

01/06/2025

Monday, January 6
TODAY: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 23 by 10am, then falling to around 17 during the remainder of the day. Wind chill values as low as 8. West wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north in the morning. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

TONIGHT: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before 8pm. Cloudy, with a low around 6. Wind chill values as low as -1. Northwest wind around 8 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

01/05/2025

Sunday, January 5
TODAY: A 20 percent chance of snow before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26. Wind chill values as low as 5. South wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.

TONIGHT: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 20. Wind chill values as low as 11. West wind around 6 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

01/04/2025

The Pat Weede Memorial wrestling tournament had a change in venue for 2024, and it seems to have worked very well.

The tournament had been held at Cam-plex since 2021. Before that, it was held at the high schools. But in 2024, it was held in the Rec Center field house.

The Pat Weede Memorial wrestling tournament had a change in venue for 2024, and it seems to have worked very well.

01/04/2025

I hope all of your New Year’s celebrations were a (metaphorical) blast last year. For me, I spent the last few hours of 2024 with a new first as, despite growing up in the heart of horse country, in all my 30-plus years, I had never been to a rodeo, and someone needed to shoot those pictures of the Buck & Ball that night.
Yes, this was, quite literally, my first rodeo.

Hey everyone, I hope all of your New Year’s celebrations were a (metaphorical) blast last year. For me, I spent the last few hours of 2024 with a new first

01/04/2025

A Gillette man who allegedly assaulted his then-girlfriend in May, giving her a concussion, then stalked her and tried to get into her home months later, will plead guilty to a number of felony charges.

A Gillette man who allegedly assaulted his then-girlfriend in May, giving her a concussion, then stalked her and tried to get into her home months later, will plead guilty to