Good morning, Casper.

Trunk or Treat and family Halloween events will run Friday, Oct.

30 and Saturday across Casper, highlighted by a Natrona County Sheriff and Casper Police Trunk or Treat at the Hall of Justice (3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday) and multiple kid friendly activities downtown and in neighborhood parking lots.

Trunk-or-treat events will run Friday, Oct.

30 and Saturday, Oct. 31, including a Natrona County Sheriff and Casper Police event at the Hall of Justice (Friday, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.), a Candy Crawl at Tate Pumphouse Saturday, and an FD and EMS haunted house Saturday, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

A permit filed in early September proposes converting the former City Brew at 3200 Talon Drive into a Dunkin’ with an interior build-out and drive-thru (Dunkin’ has not yet confirmed plans).

Fort Caspar will not host ghost tours this year because crews are repairing and strengthening building foundations, and staff plans to resume tours in the spring if work finishes on time.

Volunteers will keep documenting the site and watching the historic checkerboards that became a seasonal tradition.

Readers gathered in Casper for the NEA Big Read to discuss Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms at the Goodstein Foundation Library in the afternoon and Scarlow’s Art and Coffee in the evening, focusing on battlefield trauma, performative masculinity, and links to modern mental health.

After an MPO study, Casper Area Transit will pursue an overhaul that cuts fixed routes to two 30 minute lines, adds microtransit vans for curb to curb service, moves the transfer hub to City Hall, and still requires approval from Casper, Mills, Evansville, Bar Nunn, and Natrona County.

A study found nearly all streets, intersections, and sidewalks in Casper fall below national illumination standards after an 11-month inventory of 5,545 streetlights.

City leaders, funded by a $119,850 DOE grant, will roll out a three-phase modernization (including $3.4 million in initial corridor projects and a winter solar pilot) over up to 15 years.

Wyoming alums in the NFL had mixed Week 7 results: Josh Allen was idle for Buffalo, Carl Granderson had four tackles and 1.5 sacks in New Orleans' 16–10 loss to Pittsburgh, Treyton Welch and Andrew Wingard were inactive, Marcus Epps recorded no stats, and Frank Crum remains on injured reserve for Denver.