Fremont County

Lander Mayor Monte Richardson unexpectedly died last week, leaving behind a grieving community and a vacant leadership position. The City Council appointed current Council President Julia Stuble to temporarily fill his position until next Tuesday.

Lander Mayor Monte Richardson died unexpectedly on Feb. 12. The City of Lander announced the news on its website Wednesday morning.

The proposed bill would clarify that private landowners are not liable when they invite people to go rock climbing on their property for free. It unanimously passed the House and is headed to the Senate.

The Bookmarked Literary Arts Festival is back in Lander later this month for its fifth year. The gathering aims to broaden the definition of what literature looks like – and who’s writing it – in the state.

Primary voting appeared to go off without any hiccups Tuesday, Aug. 20, in the Fremont County town, where community members fall on both sides — and the middle — of the political spectrum.

The Leeds Creek Fire was first reported Aug. 1 in the Bridger Teton National Forest, about 18 miles southwest of the town of Dubois. Since then it’s grown to more than 1,200 acres. Maps show it’s burning right through the Continental Divide Trail.

The Fremont County School Board is considering two policies about topics like pronouns and names for transgender students and staff this week. The new policies, “Student Transgender Considerations” and “Staff Transgender Considerations,” will go before the board for a first reading at a meeting on the evening of July 16.

After a Sublette County man allegedly tortured a wolf, a state-appointed working group was formed to examine Wyoming’s predator policies. They met for the first time and began to craft language in hopes of preventing similar incidents.

Wyomingites could see new voter restrictions come out of the upcoming legislative session. A bill filed by state lawmakers could make it so voters have to live in the state for at least 30 days to register.

The Riverton Rescue Mission is one step closer to seeing if building a shelter for unhoused members in the community might be possible. The group set out to raise $25,000 to fund a study to better understand if building a shelter would be feasible – and now that goal has turned into a reality.