Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 12:00 am
Victim of fatal shooting identified
WORLAND - The victim of a shooting was identified Tuesday as Raul Gomez, 33, who had been living in rural Washakie County, police said.
Sergio Rojas, 27, was charged with second-degree murder after telling authorities he had shot his friend to death, Sheriff Steven Rakness said.
Gomez was married to Rojas' sister, authorities said, and both men are Peruvian nationals.
Rojas told authorities he shot Gomez with a rifle early Monday after a brief argument and physical confrontation, Rakness said.
The investigation into the incident continues, he said.
Great Lakes disagrees with audit showing it owns DIA fees
DENVER (AP) - Great Lakes Aviation on Monday disputed the amount that city officials said the company owes for using Denver International Airport and said it intended to follow procedures spelled out in its lease to resolve the difference.
The city auditor's office on Sunday said the airline owes the city $482,244 in various fees and interest for using DIA from 2000 to 2004. Charges include $276,585 in underpaid landing fees, apparently due to Great Lakes Aviation using the wrong aircraft weights to calculate the fees after it switched aircraft models.
In a statement, the company said it disagreed.
Under an airport use and lease agreement, interest on payments due to the city accrues at 18 percent annually, the report said.
The payment due part of the $10.5 million owed for 2004, with the airline already having paid more than $10 million of that amount, the audit showed.
Cheyenne-based Great Lakes operates 150 weekday flights out of DIA.
In a continuing effort to help Wyoming military interests on a federal level, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., Chairman of the Senate Air Force Caucus, reached across party lines to Senator Ben Nelson, D-Neb., who has accepted Enzi's request to be the caucus' new co-chair, Enzi said in a press release Tuesday.
"This caucus ensures the commitment of its members to the United States Air Force. It brings leaders together to focus on the impact the Air Force has on states and the people in communities that support bases," Enzi said in a statement. "Senator Nelson brings a great deal of leadership to this caucus and I look forward to working with him to continue educating ourselves and our colleagues about the mission and projects of the U.S. Air Force."
"I'm pleased to again be working with my friend Mike Enzi, this time to address the needs and advance the capability of our Air Force," said Nelson. "I look forward to the opportunity to further support our men and women who cross into the blue."
Enzi created the Senate Air Force Caucus in 2000 to help gain intimate knowledge of Air Force concerns and to convey to his fellow senators issues of importance from a Wyoming perspective, especially focusing on F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne.
Enzi has recruited 47 fellow senators to join him on the caucus.