Photo by Cali O’Hare/Bigfoot 99.

Rawlins crews fight to stay on top of snow removal

For city street crews in Rawlins, the new year began the same way 2019 ended — battling Mother Nature to clear roadways. Blizzard conditions on New Year’s Day complicated their efforts.

High winds caused drifting snow, stranding vehicles at times. Snow removal efforts are scheduled to continue through the rest of this week and into next. Cali O’Hare spoke with officials about the ongoing operation and filed this report.

Click here to view information about the City of Rawlins snow removal plan

 

Photo courtesy of WYDOT.

145 dead in Wyoming highway crashes in 2019

Last year was a deadly one on Wyoming highways. According to the Highway Patrol, 145 people died in crashes on roads in the Cowboy State.

Eighteen of the fatalities occurred here in Carbon County. Emma Diercks takes a closer look at the deadly numbers.

 

 

Law enforcement raids a home on 12th Street in Rawlins. Photo by Cali O’Hare/Bigfoot 99.

Three more arrested in Rawlins drug bust

A substantial amount of meth is off the streets of Rawlins after a pair of drug raids on neighboring houses last month.

The bust, part of an ongoing, county-wide drug investigation being conducted by the Wyoming DCI Southwest Enforcement Team netted three more city residents. The suspects were arrested in two houses on 12th Street.

Bigfoot 99’s Cali O’Hare was at the scene of the raid and has been following the story since.

 

 

Photo by Emma Diercks/Bigfoot 99.

Saratoga PD working to replace patrol vehicles

The Saratoga Police Department has been reviewing quotes as it prepares to replace its fleet of patrol cars. Emma Diercks reports on how the process is going.

 

 

Photo by Tyler Davis/University of Wyoming.

Sports: Pokes dominate Georgia State in Arizona Bowl

It was a Bohl-tastic finish to the 2019 campaign as the Cowboy football team put the Georgia State Panthers up a tree as they took home the Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl trophy with a 38-17 victory. Joey Saverine has the story.

 

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