Hundreds of ideas for new laws were pre-filed before the Wyoming Legislature convened into general session on Tuesday. Among the most talked-about is ...

Less than two weeks ago The Ranger compiled and published our annual list of the top 10 local news stories of 2018. We already may well have seen No. 1 for ...

Being the least-populated state in the nation isn't always a great thing, but one advantage it gives Wyoming over the other 49 states is that important public ...

Our state has a new governor. Mark Gordon, elected in November after a term and a half as Wyoming State Treasurer, took the oath of office Monday morning in ...

Back in the saddle We're back on our regular Ranger publication schedule after a couple of odd holiday-week interruptions. Expect five days a week from now ...

Every session of the Wyoming Legislature is different from the one before it. The one starting this week has more differences than most. For the first time ...

Multiple deaths, perhaps related, were reported Saturday in Riverton, with two different locations involved. Riverton chief of police Eric Murphy issued the ...

We're in oath-of-office season in Fremont County, Wyoming, and the nation. Most elected officials who won in November are being sworn in during these early ...

A national news analyst wrote about some of the history of "divided government" in Wednesday's Ranger. Much has been made about the return of Democrat Nancy ...

2019 Your daily newspaper staff appreciated the day off Tuesday in observance of New Year's Day. Not every holiday affects our publication schedule, depending ...

Election Day is Tuesday, and our Fremont County ballot is an interesting one - and we're just talking about the names. There's a Crazy Thunder (a good ...

Thousands of Riverton students went to school, in the various iterations of the building now called the Tonkin Activities Center. But that doesn't mean it ...

It was the wrong opponent at the wrong time Saturday for the Riverton Wolverines at the class 4-A West regional volleyball tournament. Playing for a ...

The Riverton Wolverines are the keepers of the gold again in their annual volleyball rivalry with the Lander Tigers. Riverton claimed the traveling trophy ...

Riverton high school sports fans this season are noticing something. After each game, the students in attendance get together and sing the school song. It ...

Let's have a show of hands. Anyone who doesn't have an unused, unwanted coat, jacket, sweater, winter hat, scarf or pair of gloves taking up space in the ...

One of the smartest things our community ever did was find a way to construct the big multi-purpose arts facility now known as the Robert A. Peck Arts Center. ...

Wintry calling card In terms of the calendar it's still early fall, butSaturday afternoon and evening looked like full-on winter for hours. That was a ...

Casper's Kelly Walsh High School Lady Trojans are regarded as among the best volleyball teams in Wyoming -- perhaps No. 1 -- and they showed the Riverton ...

Things were hopping Wednesday night at Riverton Volunteer Fire Department Station 3 at the public open house for National Fire Prevention Week. The garage bay ...

Hot September Even as the first trees are beginning to turn from summer green to fall gold, the Wind River Basincontinues to be - blessed? afflicted? ...

Part 1 Riverton residents filled every available seat Tuesday at City Hall to hear details about the proposed skilled nursing home for Wyoming veterans to ...

Riverton got two wins to open play at the Green River Invitational baseball tournament, which brings American Legion teams from three states to Sweetwater ...

Fremont County residents have learned this month about the State of Wyoming's plans to construct a skilled nursing facility for veterans. State leaders this ...

College golfers with strong Fremont County connections claimed top individual honors at the season-ending Region IX tournament hosted by Central Wyoming ...

It wouldbe best not to overplay the overnight release of three Americans who had been detained in North Korea -- or to underplay it, either. There were some ...

There seems to be an unhealthy level of what might be called the "if/then" fallacy going around. That's the one in which otherwise level-headed people ...