While former Gillette Mayor Louise Carter-King sent many derogatory and insulting texts calling city council members “idiots” among other names, she did not violate any state laws, according to an investigation.
The mayor of Gillette resigned late Thursday almost one week after a number of disparaging text messages between her and the former city administrator were leaked.
The mayor of Gillette apologized late Tuesday regarding text messages that were leaked, revealing disparaging comments she made about local city council members and others.
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It’s been nearly a month since Blackjewel LLC abruptly shuttered its coal production operations, locking some 600 Gillette-area miners out of the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr coal mines. And as Blackjewel continues to hammer out its fate in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Gillette searches for silver linings to this latest economic cumulonimbus.
