Riverton

The Riverton Peace Mission's winter clothes drive provided around 50 people with items like coats, sleeping bags, and winter weather gear. It was the first time the Riverton Peace Mission held a clothes drive. Carol Harper helped collect donations and said the recent death of a community member made their group want to take action.

This week, a group in Riverton collected warm clothes and blankets after a man who was homeless died earlier this month. The drive highlights the lack of resources for individuals who are homeless during winter.

This week a candlelight vigil honors the memory of a Northern Arapaho man whose death has brought scrutiny to how police in Riverton handle cases involving the Indigenous community.

Elevation Healthcare is a rebranding of Abba’s House, a faith-based pregnancy crisis center. Abba’s House has been located in Riverton for around 30 years.

The group of around half a dozen people will be trained on methods of community watch, and how to create zones individual leaders will be accountable for.

Events include hatchet throwing, camp games, and black powder shooting competitions.

Hot Notes Cool Nights started in 1994, and the crowd this week attracted about one hundred participants from all over central Wyoming.

The state rock and gem show is held every year in a different community across the state.

The facility is for low-income young adults from the ages of 16 to 23 looking to get job training in less than two years.

WYDOT will be helping spend around $24 million over the next five years through the National Electric Vehicles Infrastructure Program (NEVI), but first they need people interested in building electric car charging stations.