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Lander, WY · Arts & Culture
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(PHOTOS) Hidden basement entrance uncovered during alleyway construction at downtown Casper building
CASPER, Wyo. –– The ghosts are everywhere in central Casper, at least when it comes to long-forgotten building features. Alleyway construction on Center Street just behind the Rialto Theatre recently unearthed an entrance and bay of windows that have been hidden from view for decades. The basement entrance...
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Casper’s Got Talent — And Soon, It’ll Have Its Very Own Anthem!
Visit Casper’s Casper Anthem competition puts local creativity in the spotlight as the community awaits the announcement of a $10,000 winning song. Maybe it’s the North Platte River rushing over the rocks, the wind blowing across Casper Mountain, or the sounds of a bustling downtown on a Friday night. Or maybe it’s something harder to describe — that unmistakable feeling of being part of a community that’s proud of who it is and where it comes from.
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(PHOTOS) See Casper Mountain’s first snowy scenes of the season
CASPER, Wyo. — Casper Mountain was blanketed by 1–3 inches of steadily falling snow throughout the afternoon today. Tree branches were heavily laden and roads were filled with snow and slush as the temperature hovered right around freezing. People and animals alike explored the wintery surroundings through winding roads and quiet forests in the heavy, foggy air.
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Misfit Creations gives local artists a place to start
CASPER, Wyo. — On the lower level of downtown Casper’s Atrium Plaza, tucked beneath a colored lamp in a shop called Misfit Creations, sits a unicorn skull. The curious artwork, and the shop, belongs to 22-year-old Casper native Nevaeh Raba. The skull — actually that of a horse — used to belong to her step-grandfather. Where others might have seen a commonplace object for a place like Wyoming, Raba found inspiration after spotting a wasp nest in the brain cavity during a cleaning.