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2020 Tour de Wyoming travel route showcases southwest Wyoming

◆ 370 mile bike tour scheduled for July 12-17. Tour de Wyoming has released its planned route for the summer of 2020. Celebrating its 24th year, Tour de Wyoming will showcase southwest Wyoming. The tour will take place July 12-17….

(Photo Gallery) – Alpine Winter Jubiliee

The annual Alpine Winter Jubilee featured snow sculpting, a light parade, the Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race and more in 2020. (January 31-February 1) (SVI Photos by Sarah Hale)

Defending champ, Malo, posts fastest time in Alpine & Pinedale Stages of Pedigree race

Stage Stop defending champion Anny Malo of Quebec, Canada posted the fastest time in Stage 2 of the 25th annual Pedigree Stage Stop Race in Pinedale, Wyoming on February 2. Malo’s winning time of 2:22:46 on the 34.5-mile out-and-back course…

Program boosts medication access in Wyoming by “recycling” medicine

◆ Wyoming residents can donate medication. Provided by the Wyoming Department of Health The Wyoming Medication Donation Program, a Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) effort, works to boost access to needed medications and to reduce waste by repurposing useable medicine….

Alpine offers Winter Jubilee and sled dog race this weekend

◆ Winter enthusiasts make plans for weekend of fun. The Town of Alpine will host some serious winter fun this weekend, beginning on Friday, January 31 with the annual Winter Jubilee. The festivities begin at 5 p.m. Friday at the…

New information in Evanston cold case

Press Release from the Evanston Police Department In July of 2001, in Evanston, WY, a 28 -year-old woman, later identified as Sue Ellen Higgins, was killed in her residence. While the Evanston Police Department investigated this case thoroughly, the lack…

Wyoming not playing catch up on real ID when it comes to driver’s licenses

◆ State has been in compliance with real ID requirements since 2011. Information provided by WYDOT Federal requirements that states issue REAL IDs by the fall of 2020 will have no impact on Wyoming driver’s licenses. According to the Wyoming…

Coming Events: January 29-February 1

*To add your event to the SVI Calendar, email it to amandan@svinews.com or call us at 307-885-5727. Wednesday, January 29 PUBLIC HEARING on Senate File 159 on the sale of power plants. This is a formal Public Service Commission hearing…

Watch for Wildlife: Semi collides with bald eagle

Some motorists in Wyoming become too complacent to wildlife on or alongside the roadways and no one ever wins in a vehicle collision. Cokeville Game Warden Neil Hymas took the photo below of a vehicle collision with a bald eagle. “The…

Business Coucil hires businessman as new CEO

By Ron Gullberg Strategic Relations Director, Wyoming Business Council Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors Co-Chairwoman Megan Goetz announced Wyoming native Josh Dorrell is the state economic development agency’s next Chief Executive Officer following a national search. Governor Mark Gordon…