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  • Parents, students criticize Laramie County School District #2 over blackmail case

    Hannah Black, Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange|Apr 28, 2022

    CHEYENNE — Parents who say their daughters were victims in a blackmail case involving a Burns High School student say the school district has been slow to respond to the incident, keeping the student in classes and in extracurricular activities with some of the alleged victims for months. Two parents of two underage students spoke to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and asked that their names not be used. These parents and an attorney connected to the case said an investigation by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation revealed the student h...

  • Wyoming Highway Patrol struggles to recruit, retain staff

    Hannah Black, Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange|Jan 27, 2022

    CHEYENNE — With the rising cost of living far outpacing state wages, the Wyoming Highway Patrol says it can’t keep up. In a letter posted Dec. 16 to the organization’s Facebook page, Wyoming Highway Patrol Association President Sgt. Duane Ellis wrote that a failure of the agency – and by extension, the state of Wyoming – to offer competitive compensation had left it without enough qualified applicants and struggling to retain staff. The Wyoming Highway Patrol Association is a collective of troopers who, in part, advocate for better working c...