Mandatory mask use returns to Grand Teton
By The Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Grand Teton National Park announced Monday that it will again require masking in all buildings. Masks are required at all park buildings regardless of vaccination status, the park said. That…
Flooding forces closure, evacuation of Yellowstone
By Mark Davis and Kevin Killough Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — Unprecedented rain, combined with fast melting late season snow, has flooded nearby communities and forced the closure and evacuation of Yellowstone National Park and nearby attractions….
Wind energy faces bird-kill and other habitat challenges
By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Collisions with rotating wind turbine blades kill a variety of birds in Wyoming — from passerines to raptors. Exactly how many birds — and whether mortality rates might pose a threat to local and migrating bird…
Newcastle police chief arrested, resigns
NEWCASTLE (WNE) — Too many beers and a joke gone wrong led to a domestic dispute call and the arrest of Newcastle Police Chief Samuel Keller, 58, and the Newcastle City Council began the process of finding and hiring a…
Groups challenge Bridger-Teton grizzly ruling
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A legal standoff over grizzly bear killings in Bridger-Teton National Forest will continue as conservation groups challenge a recent court ruling that sided with federal officials and local ranchers….
Woman banned from Grand Teton for providing false info in search
JACKSON (WNE) — A former Jackson resident has been banned from Grand Teton National Park and ordered to pay restitution after park officials say she knowingly provided false information in the search for a missing hiker last summer that cost…
Cheney slams Trump at Capitol riot hearing
By Jonathan Make Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., played a major role at a prime-time televised hearing Thursday evening of the congressional committee she belongs to which is investigating the Jan. 6,…
Yellowstone peak gets new name
By Joshua Wolfson Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER —A peak at Yellowstone National Park that had been named after an Army lieutenant who led a massacre of Native Americans will now be known as First Peoples Mountain, the…
Buffalo man killed in Marine aircraft crash in California
BUFFALO (WNE) — Former Buffalo man, Seth Rasmuson, was among the five Marines killed when an Osprey aircraft crashed in southern California on Wednesday. Rasmuson graduated from Buffalo High School in 2019. Rasmuson’s family confirmed his death to the Bulletin….
Teton County commissioners approve housing for critical service providers
By Sophia Boyd-Fliegel Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — As many as 26 homes on 12,000-square-foot lots can now legally be built for critical service providers in the Horse Creek neighborhood near Hoback. On Tuesday, Teton County commissioners unanimously…