Montana
Montana contractor gets $10.8M for Highway 387 road work in Natrona County
CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded a more than $10 million bid from Montana-based Riverside Contracting Inc. for road work on Highway 387 in Johnson and Natrona counties.
The work includes asphalt paving, fencing, chip sealing, traffic control and milling on 12.8 miles of Highway 387 between Edgerton and Wright. The work is contracted to be completed in April 2026.
The award came Thursday, Oct. 17, during the commission’s regular business meeting. It’s part of $59.88 million awarded in contracts this month, according to a news release.
JTL Group Inc., doing business as Knife River, based out of Cheyenne, was awarded a $5.82 million bid for a project involving asphalt paving, aggregate surfacing, traffic control, chip seal, sidewalk and curb and gutter work on about 8.1 miles of U.S. Highway 26 between Guernsey and Fort Laramie in Goshen County. The contract completion date is Aug. 31, 2025.
Knife River was also awarded a $1.63 million bid for a project involving asphalt paving, aggregate surfacing, stormwater drainage, traffic control, clearing/grubbing work, sidewalk and curb and gutter work on 0.4 miles of Warren Avenue in Cheyenne. The contract completion date is Oct. 31, 2025.
The commission awarded a $33.92 million bid to Sundance-based Croell Inc. for a reconstruction and realignment project involving asphalt paving, aggregate surfacing, grading, structure, traffic control, stormwater drainage and milling work on 8 miles of Interstate 90 between the Montana state line and Ranchester in Sheridan County. The contracted completion date is Nov. 30, 2026.
South Dakota-based Highway Improvement Inc. was awarded a $671,250 bid for a crack seal project involving crack sealing, traffic control and asphalt paving work at various locations within Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie counties. The contracted completion date is May 30, 2025.
Wilson Bros. Construction Inc., based out of Cowley, was awarded a $630,512 bid for an irrigation piping project involving irrigation system work, aggregate surfacing, asphalt paving, fencing, grading and traffic control work on U.S. 16 between Worland and Buffalo in Washakie County. The contracted completion date is March 31, 2026.
All of those projects are funded primarily with federal dollars, a commission news release said.
Funded primarily by state dollars, the commission awarded a $3.54 million bid to Cheyenne-based Reiman Corp. for a bridge replacement project involving structure work, traffic control, asphalt paving, grading, aggregate surfacing, seeding and erosion control work at various locations within Natrona and Platte counties. The contracted completion date is Nov. 30, 2025.
DeBernardi Construction Co. Inc., based out of Rock Springs, was awarded a $2.83 million bid for a bridge rehabilitation project involving structure work, traffic control, asphalt paving, guardrail and concrete paving work at various locations within Sweetwater and Uinta Counties. The contract completion date is Oct. 31, 2025, and this project is also funded primarily with state dollars.
Almost all WYDOT projects are awarded to the lowest bid, the commission said.
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22-31-52-56-67, Powerball: 15, Power Play: 2
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- Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky For Life: 8:38 p.m. MT daily.
- Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Big Sky Bonus: 7:30 p.m. MT daily.
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Montana
Public Meeting at Hub on Smith Concerning Montana Water Call Prompting Priority Administration in Tongue Basin
Wyoming State Engineer Brandon Gebhart announced that on May 5, 2026, the State of Montana placed a call under Article V(A) of the Yellowstone River Compact to fill Tongue River Reservoir in Montana. As a result, priority administration is in effect on post-1950 water rights in Wyoming that divert water from the Tongue River and its tributaries and are not excluded from the compact.
A public meeting will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 18, in the dining room of The Hub on Smith. Attendees are asked to enter on the north side of the building.
The Tongue River Basin has been experiencing drought conditions over the past year with historically low winter snowpack and streamflow conditions. According to the release, those conditions led to Montana’s interstate call and prompted the administration of the Tongue River Basin in Wyoming.
The priority administration will affect post-1950 water rights within the Tongue River Basin, including reservoir storage, stream diversions and groundwater withdrawals, all of which affect river flows. Post-1950 water rights will be regulated off or prevented from turning on. Wyoming hydrographer-commissioners will continue to administer reservoir storage and post-1950 diversions throughout the spring and work with affected water users until the administration is lifted.
As provided in the compact, domestic uses less than one-half acre in area and livestock uses, including stock reservoirs less than 20 acre-feet in capacity, are excluded from this administration. The release noted these excluded rights could be subject to future regulation to satisfy priority calls by senior Wyoming water rights.
Beginning May 5, 2026, Wyoming hydrographer-commissioners have worked to record the current storage levels of reservoirs with post-1950 water rights. Going forward, those reservoirs can continue to accrue storage so long as post-1950 storage gained after the interstate call on May 5 remains in storage until either the water is released to satisfy the Montana call or Montana lifts the call because Tongue River Reservoir will fill.
Reservoirs with unfulfilled pre-1950 water rights can continue to store water and that storage will not be subject to release to satisfy Montana’s call. However, that storage and other direct flow rights could be subject to regulation to satisfy priority calls by senior Wyoming water rights.
The priority administration will be carried out pursuant to state law by hydrographer-commissioners assigned to various portions of the Tongue River Basin, working under the direction of Division II Superintendent David Schroeder.
The Wyoming State Engineer’s Office can be contacted at:
Jack Morey, deputy state engineer, 307-777-5032, jack.morey2@wyo.gov
David Schroeder, Division II superintendent, 307-674-7012, d.schroeder@wyo.gov
Jeff Cowley, interstate streams administrator, 307-777-1942, jeff.cowley@wyo.gov
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- Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky For Life: 8:38 p.m. MT daily.
- Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
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