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Year: 2022

TCSAR Rescues Backcountry Skier

Teton County Search and Rescue responded to a backcountry skiing incident on Jan. 2. The skier, a woman, was on Windy Ridge on the west side of Teton Pass when she injured her knee.  TCSAR was able to fly the…

Hunting Applications Now Open

Hunting applications for the 2022 season open on the Wyoming Game and Fish Department website on Jan. 3. Hopeful hunters can submit elk, deer, antelope, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, and spring wild turkey applications.  Hunters will need to have…

Interviews

Jan. 3: Star Valley Search & Rescue

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KICK IT OR KEEP IT: “The Good Part” by AJR

A song released nearly five years ago and enjoyed a holiday boost in downloads and is now up for vote in today’s Kick It or Keep It. “The Good Part” by AJR was released in June of 2017 as part…

Wyoming at Nevada Men’s Basketball Game Postponed

The University of Wyoming Athletics Department released the following statement on Sunday, January 2. “Due to COVID-19-related concerns within the Wyoming men’s basketball program, the game between the Cowboys and Nevada scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 4 in Reno, Nevada, has…

Man swallows drugs during traffic stop

GILLETTE (WNE) — A man swallowed an unknown quantity of drugs he later claimed to be meth and fentanyl during a traffic stop in Gillette on Tuesday afternoon. Officers pulled over his 2002 Honda for running a stop sign near…

Two in custody after chase in Casper

CASPER (WNE) — Police ended a roughly four-hour negotiation with two adults peacefully on Wednesday morning, following a chase that ended with the pair crashing their truck. The encounter closed a section of East Yellowstone Highway in north Casper for…

Travel and Tourism Board brings on to develop ‘destination management plan’ for Jackson Hole

By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Come the New Year, Teton County residents will get the opportunity to weigh in on the future of tourism in the valley. The Jackson Hole Travel and Tourism…

Experts weigh in on planned nuclear facility

By Kayne Pyatt Kemmerer Gazette Via- Wyoming News Exchange KEMMERER — The Wyoming Energy Authority and the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources presented a recent webinar titled “Advanced Nuclear 101” to provide expert information and to answer questions…

Officials eye killing bighorn ewes to stop disease

By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — As a gaggle of grad students milled about, probing, prodding and drawing blood from three bighorn sheep, Aly Courtemanch was keeping her eyes peeled for something in particular….