Gillette

Approximately 75 pronghorn have died in a 35 square mile area north of Gillette this year. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has identified the cause: a bacteria called Mycoplasma bovis, which is usually found in cattle and has not been known to affect pronghorn.

The Gillette City Council has decided to pursue a $20 million loan to improve the city's wastewater treatment plant.

Gillette could be the first city in the state to create a permitting process for unregulated games of skill.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) and the city of Gillette are sharing the cost of a study that will examine a major overpass in town.

The city of Gillette is beginning negotiations with telecommunications provider AT&T about a potential new cell tower.

Energy Capital Economic Development has announced Curtis Burdette as its new vice president of operations.

Campbell County and the city of Gillette want to brand the region as the 'Carbon Valley,' and the local governing bodies are searching to hire a marketing firm to aid in this effort.

Gillette's Wastewater Treatment Plant is in need of serious upgrades to its 30-year-old-equipment.

Campbell County's local governments are supporting a project that hopes to bring a new Department of Energy rare earth laboratory to the area.

Gillette will now be enforcing a new ordinance aiming to reduce the number of potholes in private parking lots. The new law allows the city to fine private property owners, mainly business owners, if they do not fix potholes in parking lots.

Televangelists Joel and Victoria Osteen will visit Gillette this month to speak with community members about hope following recent coal bankruptcies.

The Wyoming Council For Women announced the winner of its second annual Woman Entrepreneur Award.

The Gillette City Council has taken the next steps to expand local athletic fields.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded a Campbell County organization a grant aimed at diversifying the economy.

Campbell County has purchased a piece of land that will soon be home to the area's new visitor center.

The members of Pyrotechnics Guild International (PGI) are gathered in Gillette this week to celebrate the fireworks trade organization's 50th year. The organization has around 1,600 members.

Emergency services in Campbell County are employing a new service that allows people to text 911 for emergencies.

The Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies' mobile pantry will be visiting Gillette over the next couple of weeks to support people affected by the recent mine closures.

Blackjewel employees in Wyoming could soon miss their second payday; it's approaching quickly on July 26. The recently bankrupt coal company has already passed one payday on July 12 since filing for Chapter 11 reorganization on the first of July.

Campbell County Commissioners have approved an agreement with the city of Gillette that hopes to bring economic diversification to northeast Wyoming.

The laid-off employees of bankrupt Blackjewel mining are filing a class-action lawsuit against the company.

Former Blackjewel workers still have health insurance. Twenty to 30 percent of dislocated employees have found new jobs. Not all mine customers have abandoned Blackjewel. That's the good news coming from Brandy Elder, Blackjewel's Human Resources manager, at an information session in Gillette on Monday.

Since 4 p.m. yesterday, Gillette's Wyoming Workforce Center has seen 160 people visit from Blackjewel. This morning, the center opened up early and still had people lined up at the door. The West Virginia coal company Blackjewel LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday and has since closed the doors to its mines due to a lack of cash.