Snyder elected district court judge

Governor Matt Mead announced Thursday he had appointed Dawnessa Snyder as District Court Judge for the Second Judicial Circuit in Carbon County.

Snyder will be replacing outgoing judge Wade Waldrip, who will be retiring from the bench July 7. Snyder, a native of Rock Springs, is currently chief deputy in the Carbon County Attorney's office, and has served as a prosecutor in the Carbon County Attorney's office since 2003.

Snyder obtained both her undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Wyoming, and was an adjunct professor at Western Wyoming Community College. During her time as...