Blackjewel miners to lose health insurance on Saturday
By The Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — Hundreds of locked out Blackjewel LLC Wyoming coal miners are wondering when or if they’ll be called back to work at the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr mines in…
Wyoming News Briefs: August 26, 2019
SVI Media is part of the Wyoming News Exchange. These stories come courtesy of the WNE. Man drowns after drift boat overturns JACKSON (WNE) — A family was fly-fishing from their drift boat on the Snake River on Friday when…
Albany County man enters race for U.S. Senate
By Jordan Achs, Laramie Boomerang Via- Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — Tired of seeing the millionaires in political office continuously representing big corporations instead of the Wyoming people, Albany County resident R. Mark Armstrong has announced he is running for…
Opposition to ICE facility strong at Evanston event
By Kayne Pyatt, Uinta County Herald Via- Wyoming News Exchange EVANSTON — “When we show support for our brothers and sisters, we encounter the Lord,” Father Augustine Carillo of St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church said as he finished reading a…
Wyoming News Briefs: August 23, 2019
Sheridan commissioners frustrated with air service deal delay SHERIDAN (WNE) — Sheridan County commissioners expressed frustration with the city of Sheridan during a regular meeting Tuesday for its inability to come to a funding agreement with the county regarding local…
Study of Bighorn Forest moose in second year
By Mark Davis, Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — By the time the sun began illuminating tree-covered peaks, Sam Stephens was already in hot pursuit of a cow moose near Shell. Before 5 a.m., his green company truck…
Teton Co. withdraws from federal funding program
By Tom Hallberg, Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Title X funding is no more in Teton County. The Teton County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to withdraw from the federal program, which provides grants…
Group continues work on wasting disease
By Floyd Whiting, Buffalo Bulletin Via- Wyoming News Exchange BUFFALO — A working group formed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is exploring options and taking public opinion on the management of chronic wasting disease throughout Wyoming. In April,…
Legislation proposed to address missing, murdered indigenous people
By Chris Aadland, Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Proposed legislation would give officials in Wyoming a clearer picture of missing and murdered Indigenous people while improving cooperation among federal, state, local and tribal authorities when investigating cases….
Wyoming News Briefs: August 20, 2019
SVI Media is a part of the Wyoming News Exchange. These stories come courtesy of the WNE. Sheridan studies naming park for Wallop SHERIDAN (WNE) — Sheridan City Council is scheduled to consider a resolution that would rename North…