Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 20th of October.
Good morning, Casper.
Casper residents will attend Localicious on October 23 as the event features live music and a menu of local dishes including a soup-inspired appetizer, build-your-own soup bar, and dessert, with ticket proceeds supporting WYFFTP's fight against food insecurity.
The historic Standard Oil No. 1 steam locomotive arrived Monday afternoon from a Colorado museum and will be moved to Fort Caspar Museum today for display and restoration.
Volunteers and train enthusiasts returned the engine to preserve a key piece of Casper's oil boom legacy.
Casper artist Travis Glasgow has announced his new Trout About fabric line featuring trout photographs printed on panels named for Rocky Mountain Rainbow and Popo Agie Brown from the Popo Agie River.
The collection will debut at Hoffman Fabrics and be available at select local quilt stores.
Fort Caspar Museum seeks local donors to restore Casper’s oldest railroad-era log cabin.
The project—starting with a $25,000 roof repair and estimated at $200,000 total—will relocate the historic two-room structure near the museum so visitors can walk through and learn from Casper’s pioneer legacy.
AAA data shows Natrona County’s gas price stays at $4.17 per gallon while Wyoming’s average drops by 1 cent and national prices fall by 6 cents; the lowest price is reported at Sam’s Club on East 2nd Street at $4.05 per gallon.
The Casper-Natrona County International Airport is building a new air traffic control tower with a $3 million USDA grant to replace its 72-year-old structure—construction began in September and will take about 18 months to complete.
Casper crews repaired 2nd Street on Monday, Oct.
19 after a water main break damaged the pavement; the road was closed from 7 to 11 a.m. between Center and Wolcott as part of efforts led by the Casper Downtown Development Authority.
Health services are reminding Casper residents this Halloween to get tested for STIs, as recent data shows chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis are still risks.
Local clinics provide testing, treatment, and counseling & offer sliding fee scales for those without insurance.
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