Wyoming Wildlife Task Force recommends splitting white-tailed, mule deer licenses
By Stephen Dow The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources committee is considering a controversial bill draft requiring separate hunting licenses for white-tailed deer and mule deer. The…
Amid ongoing drought, local reservoirs to be drained
By Jim Stanford Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Despite a predominantly cold, wet spring, the Snake River basin remains in a drought, and federal water managers plan to use nearly all water stored in nearby reservoirs…
Wyoming likely home to oldest mine on continent
By Maya Shimizu Harris Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER— Researchers from the University of Wyoming and Wyoming State Archeologists Office have confirmed that humans used an ancient red ocher mine in eastern Wyoming starting almost 13,000 years ago,…
Pinedale school board halts national school board funding
PINEDALE (WNE) — In a vote of no confidence for the National School Board Association, the Sublette County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees unanimously approved a motion at its May 12 meeting to withdraw all local funding for…
WIC expands benefit options to combat baby formula shortage in Wyoming
By Evan Robinson-Johnson Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Faced with a baby formula shortage stemming from a national recall and supply chain disruptions, the Wyoming Women, Infants and Children program, or WIC, has expanded its coverage…
Governor urges Wyoming residents to take advantage of property tax refund opportunity
LYMAN (WNE) — Governor Mark Gordon is reminding Wyoming homeowners they may qualify for a partial property tax refund through funding made available by legislation he signed into law in March. The Property Tax Refund Program has a deadline of…
Retracing a soldier’s steps: Documentary follows life of WWII POW from Rock Springs
By Mary Steurer Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A few years ago, Mark Pedri and Carrie McCarthy visited Rock Springs to spend Thanksgiving with Pedri’s family. They stayed in his late grandpa’s redbrick, split-level house. Curious time…
Kemmerer collects 26 tons of cardboard in the last eight months
KEMMERER (WNE) — According to Kemmerer landfill operator Jodi Dillree, the local recycling of corrugated cardboard has been a success with 52,500 pounds (26 tons) recycled in the last eight months. “The public has really been responding. They are bringing…
90-year-old woman ticketed again, this time for hitting son with cattle prod
GILLETTE (WNE) – A 90-year-old woman was ticketed for unlawful contact after hitting her son with a cattle prod Friday. Deputies had ticketed the same woman on Wednesday for destruction of property after putting honey on her son’s door to…
Tick and skeeter season brings bug bite danger
JACKSON (WNE) — Slap on some bug repellent, tuck your pant legs into your socks and scan yourself for creepy-crawlies. In a seasonal advisory, the Wyoming Department of Health warns that ticks can spread tularemia, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and…