Missing woman believed to last be in Teton Park
JACKSON (WNE) — Multiple law enforcement agencies are searching for 22-year-old Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, who is believed to have been in Grand Teton National Park before her disappearance. Petito’s parents filed a missing persons report Sept. 11, about two weeks…
Gordon says state ready to challenge vaccine mandate
By The Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming is prepared to challenge a federal vaccine mandate in court, Gov. Mark Gordon declared in a statement Thursday. President Joe Biden Thursday announced sweeping new policies that require employers…
Sublette commissioners lift fire restrictions
PINEDALE (WNE) — Ranchers across western Wyoming are thankful for the precipitation that finally came in recent weeks. It’s quenched a dire thirst for livestock and wildlife alike, finally leading the county out of disastrous drought conditions. Sublette County Commissioner…
Woman works to establish missing persons database
By Ellen Gerst Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — In 2019, Desirée Tinoco started a Facebook group after hearing about two men missing in Wyoming, whose cases weren’t getting much coverage. “You see a little kid go missing…
Climber in fatality identified as California resident
JACKSON (WNE) — The climber found dead at the base of the Black Chimney route on Teewinot Mountain has been identified as Hitoshi Onoe, a 42-year old IT engineer who was vacationing in Jackson. A Japanese national, Onoe worked in…
Bear killed after incidents with campers
PINEDALE (WNE) — A Wyoming Game and Fish large-carnivore conflict team on Aug. 29 lethally removed a troublesome male black bear pushing the limits to get human food. Hikers and campers coming out of the Big Sandy and Clear Lake…
Worland woman to celebrate 104th birthday
WORLAND (WNE) — Worland resident Dolores Arps, known as Dee to her friends, will turn 104 years young on Monday, Sept. 6 or maybe Tuesday, Sept. 7. She was born in Dodge, Nebraska, on Sept. 6, 1917, at least that…
Active COVID cases rise by more than 700 in one day
The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming increased to levels not seen since early December on Wednesday. Figures from the state Health Department’s regular coronavirus update showed the number of active cases in the state increased by 714 to…
COVID hospitalizations continue to rise
By Morgan Hughes Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Wyoming rose to 195 on Monday — the most since Dec. 10. The last time hospitalizations were climbing at this rate in…
Donations for family of fallen marine reach $500,000; local bank fund established
JACKSON (WNE) — Three days after an online fundraiser was started, donations to assist the family of Rylee McCollum — the Jackson native and U.S. Marine who was killed in Afghanistan — have reached nearly $500,000. About 10,000 people from…