Casper

The personal finance website WalletHub ranked the Oil City second nationwide as having the lowest average increase in household credit card debt. The findings, which were released earlier this month, lists 182 cities large and small. Some other cities in the region were ranked as having lower increases while other experienced higher credit card debt loads in 2022.

The concert will feature guest pianist Steven Lin, a Taiwanese-American musician who has performed at venues worldwide and who's making his third appearance in Wyoming. The concert is part of the orchestra's 73rd season.

Since it opened in 2002, approximately 600,000 visitors have passed through, which tells the stories and histories of westward expansion via the California, Oregon, Mormon Pioneer, and Pony Express trails. Infrastructure upgrades and additional educational opportunities for the public are planned for the coming years that add to their existing permanent and temporary exhibits.

Sheridan County officials will open warming shelters in Sheridan if need be to house those who need shelter through Dec. 23. The Wyoming Rescue Mission, the state's largest homeless shelter in Casper, is also offering shelter and warm meals to those who need them this season.

Leo Smiley attended Pride Night at The Void in downtown Casper. A local musician played a Dolly Parton song in a pool of rainbow light. People watched, ate, and drank.

Casper voted on Tuesday, Dec. 6, to add protections against discrimination to their municipal code. The council voted 8-1 to pass the policy.

The Ford Wyoming Center, formerly known as the Casper Events Center, is celebrating its 40 anniversary this year. It’s hosted some of the biggest names in entertainment, music, politics, and sports over the last four decades. Wyoming Public Radio’s Hugh Cook spoke with Brad Murphy, the facility’s general manager, about its history, how it’s celebrating 40 years, and its future.

The Ford Wyoming Center in Casper hosted the 2022 Honest Amish National Beard and Moustache Championships, an event that celebrates facial hair, on Nov. 12. They combined it with Casper’s annual Booze and Bacon Festival, and the combination attracted hundreds of attendees.

The 2022 Honest Amish National Beard and Moustache Championships and the Booze & Bacon Festival are being held on Nov. 12 at the Ford Wyoming Center. The beard and moustache event began in 2010 and has been hosted in cities throughout the country since then while the Booze & Bacon Festival is a local event that's been held since 2018.

McGinley Orthopedics offers medical care for orthopedic issues but is also active in research and development to patent medical devices and technologies that improve patient care and seek to improve this kind of care and how it's practiced in medicine. So far, countries such as Panama and Egypt have adopted McGinley-made technologies with the hospital in Thermopolis approving the use of two technologies. To date, over 125 patents have been issued to McGinley and his operation.