Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 27th of October.
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🏘️ Community
Kiwanis Club's Coats for Kids is collecting new and gently used winter coats, hats, mittens, snow pants and boots and will distribute them from a new site, Wind City Kids (1511 S.
Melrose St.). Donations are accepted through Nov. 30 at drop boxes across town, and distributions will be Nov. 7, Nov. 21, and Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
📰 Economy
Natrona County's average gas price fell 6 cents last week to $4.11 per gallon, AAA reports, while Wyoming's average dropped to $4.38 and the national average sits near $4.28; Sam's Club on E.
2nd St. lists the lowest local price at $4.02, and diesel rose to $6.34 per gallon.
🎓 Education
Parents, teachers, and advocates defended Pineview Elementary at Monday's Natrona County School District 1 board meeting after a committee recommended closing the 1955 school; trustees will vote on Nov.
9, and district staff say closure would save about $1.1 million a year while avoiding about $5 million in repairs.
Natrona County School District 1’s Board Budget Committee began planning Monday and unanimously approved a FY28 timeline and four priorities, including student learning, operations, competitive pay, and preserving facilities (Sept.
2026–July 2027); a public budget hearing is set for July 2027. Officials said Senate File 81 cut funded ADM by 647 for FY27, and the district met the average teacher salary of $73,056.
🌲 Environment
Crews planted nearly 2,000 sagebrush seedlings on Oct.
22 at South Pass to help restore 25 sq miles scorched by the Weiser Knoll Fire in August, focusing plantings where the blaze burned hottest. State biologists have applied for a $2 million trust grant to treat cheatgrass and support longer-term recovery.
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