| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Editor-in-chief | John Mangalonzo |
| Founded | 1891 (asThe Natrona Tribune) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 100 N. Ash St. Casper,WY 82604 United States |
| Circulation | 7,213 Daily 9,149 Sunday (as of 2023)[1] |
| OCLC number | 9611324 |
| Website | trib |
TheCasper Star-Tribune is anewspaper published inCasper, Wyoming, with statewide influence and readership.
It is Wyoming's largest print newspaper, with a daily circulation of 23,760. The paper offers print editions on Tuesday's, Thursday's, and Saturday's[2] TheStar-Tribune covers local and state news. Its website, Trib.com, includes articles from the print paper, online updates, video and other multimedia content.
In 2002, the newspaper was acquired byLee Enterprises.
The origins of theCasper Star-Tribune date to 1891, when the weeklyNatrona Tribune began publishing under the ownership of 20 men organized as the Republican Publishing Co.[3][4] In 1897, A.J. Mokler acquired the newspaper and changed its name to theNatrona County Tribune. Mokler sold the Tribune in 1914 to J.E. Hanway and Associates and two years later Hanway produced the first edition of theCasper Daily Tribune, which quickly grew to become the largest newspaper in Wyoming by circulation. The weeklyNatrona County Tribune continued to publish through the 1920s, when it merged with other publications and eventually shut down.
In 1920, Hanway commissioned a standalone building for the newspapers, the "Tribune Building" in downtown Casper, which was used by the company until 1963. The renamed Tribune Company purchased the morningCasper Herald in 1925 and merged it withDaily Tribune, creating theCasper Tribune-Herald.
TheCasper Morning Star was first published in 1949, with Allan Drey as the founding editor and publisher. The Tribune Company acquired theMorning Star in 1955. In 1961 both newspapers were sold to Wyoming Publishers Inc., which renamed the daily edition theCasper Tribune and created a new Sunday edition called theCasper Star-Tribune. Separate delivery of theMorning Star andTribune ended in 1965, replaced by a single daily and Sunday paper, theCasper Star-Tribune.[5]
Howard Publications bought the paper in 1972 and operated theStar-Tribune until its acquisition by Lee Enterprises in 2002. Lee Enterprises purchased theStar-Tribune, along with family-owned Howard Publications' 15 other daily newspapers for $694 million.[6]
In 1985, theCasper Star-Tribune was the runner-up for thePulitzer Prize in excellence in public service journalism for its investigation of Northern Utilities Inc.[7] The investigation found that the company was significantly overcharging natural gas customers in Wyoming due to an unfavorable agreement that Northern Utilities had entered into years earlier with its corporate parent.[8]
TheCasper Star-Tribune began charging for access to its website in 2011 by using ametered paywall.[9]
In 2018, the newsroom staff of theCasper Star-Tribune voted to unionize under the umbrella ofThe News Guild, becoming the first newspaper staff in Wyoming to do so.[10] TheCasper Star-Tribune is the first newspaper owned by Lee Enterprises to have unionized while owned by the company.[11]
Starting June 13, 2023, the print edition of the newspaper will be reduced to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also, the newspaper will transition from being delivered by a traditional newspaper delivery carrier to mail delivery by the United States Postal Service.[12]
In April 2025, Lee Enterprises named veteran journalistJohn Mangalonzo as executive editor of the Star-Tribune.
In 2004, theCasper Star-Tribune acquiredThe Casper Journal, a weekly news publication. In 2017 theCasper Journal's website was transferred to theCasper Star-Tribune's website. TheCasperJournal printed its last edition in August 2022.[13]
TheCasper Star-Tribune regularly wins the Wyoming Press Association's "Deming Cup for General Excellence", awarded to the best large newspaper in the state, as well as other regional awards.[14][15]
TheCasper Star-Tribune's editorial board has endorsed both Republicans and Democrats for public office.[16] In 2008, the newspaper endorsed Democratic nominee Barack Obama. In 2012, the editorial board endorsed Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The newspaper did not endorse a presidential candidate in 2016.[citation needed]
