“There’s no amount of turning down the thermostat two degrees or turning the lights off sooner that equates to that,” SCSD1 Superintendent Pete Kilbride said of proposed cuts.

The gift, paid for with the help of family and friends, marked one year from when Emerson Kelley collapsed while walking into the school. 

NWCCD President Walt Tribley reignited the conversation with a letter he sent Feb. 19 to Campbell County legislators and a number of other individuals and governmental bodies with interest in the separation of Gillette College from the NWCCD.

Participants in a recent panel discussion expressed confidence in Wyoming’s election system while discussing ways America’s system can improve, alluding to the idea that democracy is an ongoing process always striving to be better.

Rep. Cyrus Western, R-Big Horn, wants the Wyoming Legislature to examine how it allocates funding for education, and has proposed a bill that would force schools to change how they spend money from the state.