Monika Leininger Mleinin1@uwyo.edu UW competes in RecycleMania RecycleMania is a collegiate recycling competition managed by keep America Beautiful. Colleges across America and Canada report the amount of recycling and trash collected each week. The competition runs through April. The winners are ranked on who recycles most on a capital basis. Last year UW collected more…
A man was arrested Sunday 29 miles from the scene of a crash that left another man dead a mile east of Laramie. According to a Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) press release, at 10:15 on Sunday a 2015 International tractor-trailer driven by Thomas Vannest, 59, of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, collided with a 2008 Boss Hoss…
Alex Dragaytsev was arrested and charged with aggravated vehicular homicide after a large pileup west of Laramie on I-80 led to two fatalities, but his charges have since been dropped and he was released from police custody. Albany County Attorney Peggy Trent said Dragaytsev is instead being cited for failure to use caution for hazardous…
A man, Canadian Alex Dragaytse, was arrested and initially charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and was transported to Albany County Detention Center following a pileup on I-80 on Monday. UPDATE: While Dragaytsev was arrested and charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, the charges against him were dropped on Tuesday and he was released from custody, according…
A second pile up in five days took place on Interstate 80 yesterday when between 21 and 40 vehicles wrecked 15 miles west of Laramie in dense fog around 8 a.m. One fatality has been confirmed, along with 16 injuries, which were taken to Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie. The primary cause of the wreck…
