Yellowstone River Bridge to be replaced
Mammoth Hot Springs – On April 13, 2020, the National Park Service Regional Director for Regions 6, 7, 8, Mike Reynolds, signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for an environmental assessment (EA) to replace the Yellowstone River Bridge in…
Mask making unites community
◆ Valley works together to sew face masks. A few weeks ago as Star Valley Health was making plans for COVID-19, the need for face masks at the hospital was discussed. “The auxiliary heard about that and we said of…
Wyoming Basketball inks six players for 2020-21 season
Group Features three high schools players and three junior college transfers LARAMIE, Wyo. (April 15, 2020) – University of Wyoming head men’s basketball coach Jeff Linder announced on Wednesday the signing of six players to the 2020-21 roster. Three junior college transfers and…
Game and Fish halts nonresident daily fishing license sales
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is suspending the sale of nonresident daily and five-day fishing licenses, effective immediately. This suspension is due to the need to ensure individuals coming into Wyoming for a non-work related purpose comply with Governor…
Mills man dies in I-25 rollover
DOUGLAS (WNE) — A single vehicle rollover occurred on the morning of April 8 outside of Glenrock. The driver, Colbey J. Emms, 33, of Mills did not survive the crash. “A 2004 Cadillac CTS was headed east on US 20/26,”…
Mobile food pantry and Star Valley community food drive a success
◆ Shelves are stocked, individuals and families helped. Thursday, April 2 volunteers gathered at the National Guard Readiness Center in Afton to unload and distribute 24,000 pounds of food to over 250 patrons in Star Valley. “The food was from…
Wyoming’s Second Coronavirus-Related Death Confirmed
Compiled from Wyoming News Exchange newspapers Wyoming reported its second death attributed to coronavirus on Wednesday. The state Department of Health, in a news release, announced that the victim was an older Laramie County man who had been hospitalized for…
Hathaway exception granted to all students who drop courses during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) is granting an exception for cause to all Hathaway Scholarship recipients who do not meet satisfactory academic progress due to courses dropped on, or after, March 13, 2020. Hathaway Scholarship recipients must maintain…
Uinta County authorities seeking information on suspicious mail activity
Information from the Uinta County Law Enforcement Services Facebook page. “On Monday April 13, 2020 at approximately 11:30 a.m., Dispatch received a report of a female in a white Jeep going through the mailboxes on County Road 217 outside of…
First Coronavirus-Related Death Confirmed in Wyoming
Wyoming recorded its first death attributed to the coronavirus Monday. Gov. Mark Gordon and Sean McCallister, chief executive officer for the Johnson County Healthcare Center, both confirmed that the person who died was an older man from Johnson County who…