City of Torrington Press Released dated September 30, 2026 The recent drastic increase in transmission costs for our electricity has been a frustrating event for the City of …
When the Torrington Tigers needed a new scoreboard at Dean Bullock Field, the money came from several places, including a sales tax that Goshen County shoppers pay on everyday purchases. That tax funds Go Goshen’s Progress Program, which has quietly put money into projects in every corner of the county for nearly two decades.
At Three Little Diamonds Christian Athletic Center, kids cartwheel across the mat and cheerleaders rise high overhead as athletes ages 5 to 17 learn gymnastics, tumbling and cheer. No experience is required. Ashley La Rue opened the gym two years ago, and her older sister, Sondra Ellis, came aboard this year to expand the program. La Rue, a gymnast growing up, had been driving to Scottsbluff to coach. She decided the money was better spent on mats of her own. The center operates out of the gym at Bethel Baptist Church, 2980 E. D St.
Southeast High School filled homecoming week with dress-up days, class competitions, a bonfire and a dance, capped by the crowning of the 2026 homecoming royalty.
TORRINGTON – More than 100 quilts filled the Rendezvous Center at the Goshen County Fair Grounds Sept. 25-27 as quilters, vendors and visitors gathered for the 2026 Quilts Along the Platte quilt show.
TORRINGTON – Life-size red silhouettes representing people killed in domestic violence incidents will be displayed Friday, Oct. 2, as Torrington hosts the 2026 Wyoming Silent Witness Ceremony.
TORRINGTON – What was once an aging wall near one of Torrington’s busiest intersections has been transformed into a colorful representation of the community, its agricultural roots and the landscape surrounding it.
Close to 174 Goshen County fourth-graders spent Wednesday elbow-deep in Wyoming agriculture at the University of Wyoming's James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center, rotating through stations on everything from livestock and soil to insects and irrigation.
TORRINGTON - Months after Hildy and Django were found shot and lying together in the North Platte River, Pamela Garcia said the conclusion of the criminal case brought little sense of justice to her family.
TORRINGTON – Children and their caregivers filled Old Moose Coffee and Events with music, movement and creativity Monday morning during the Goshen County Library’s Little Beans Club.
Ellis' Harvest Home's Music on the Farm event Saturday drew its biggest crowd since the event began, according to Dan Ellis, who runs the farm with his son Zack and wife Cheryl. “We were pretty pleased with it. Pretty good turnout — the best one we've had since the first year we've done it,” Ellis said.
The City of Torrington was blindsided this summer by a massive, unexplained spike in the cost of transmitting electricity to the community — one city officials say they had no advance warning of, and still cannot explain. Mayor Herb Doby said rates have not been increased on consumers at this time. Here is how the situation has unfolded so far.
The Goshen County Sportsman Club opened its gates Saturday for its annual open house and youth shoot, a free morning of trap shooting, air guns and a catered lunch built around the memory of club founding member Dave Eaton.
The Torrington Rotary Club's new Football Tailgate Party fundraiser sold 178 tickets for Saturday's watch party at Cottonwood Country Club, where the event was open to the public and drew fans to see the University of Wyoming Cowboys take on Central Michigan while raising money for the club's community walking path project and other Rotary causes, including local scholarships; respite care and home-health services for seniors with Alzheimer's disease and dementia; and literacy initiatives.
Trail Elementary families gathered Tuesday evening for a Title I Family Night themed “Get in the Game: Data,” combining a presentation on student data with an evening of outdoor yard games. Title I is a federal program that provides additional funding to schools with a high number of students from low-income families, supporting resources such as reading and math intervention specialists and family engagement events like this one. The event, held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., included a presentation for families on how to interpret AimsWeb data reports sent home about their students, as well as an overview of the school's intervention structure. Afterward, families headed outside for yard games including cornhole, giant Jenga, Connect 4, ladder golf and other outdoor activities, with several game sets given away in a drawing at the end of the night.
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TORRINGTON – The Goshen County Library recorded its largest summer reading program to date, with 451 patrons participating and more than 365,000 minutes read, the Goshen County Commissioners learned during their Tuesday meeting.
TORRINGTON – The Goshen County Commissioners proclaimed October 2026 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month during their Tuesday meeting, recognizing survivors and the organizations that assist them.
The Torrington City Council moved through a full agenda Tuesday, approving a grant application for a sewer improvement project, awarding a contract for irrigation upgrades at Pioneer Park, and proclaiming Constitution Week, among other business.