Wyoming Highway Patrol investigates fatal hit and run on I-80 near Rock Springs
ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — The Wyoming Highway Patrol took to social media to make a plea over the weekend — to help identify a hit-and-run semi-truck driver. The crash occurred on I-80 at about 4:20 p.m. at Exit 99…
Leaders work on rules to allow firearms in state facilities
By Carrie Haderlie Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Officials are getting closer to approving streamlined rules allowing members of the public to carry concealed firearms in state-owned public buildings. In late February, after nearly a…
FBI: Wyoming ranks 3rd per capita in losses to scammers
LARAMIE (WNE) — Scammers stole $43,502,744 from Wyoming victims in 2024, according to the latest report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. Those losses made Wyoming the No. 3 state in the nation in terms of per-capita losses….
Four individuals on ICE holds, arrested and arraigned for drug charges in Sheridan
SHERIDAN (WNE) — Edwin Lopez, Mauro Solorzano, Cesar Hernandez and Luis Hernandez faced arraignments in Sheridan County Circuit Court Thursday for drug-related charges following a traffic stop. All four individuals are not legal citizens of the United States and…
Labor advocates: Most lethal state in the nation for workers ignores blue-collar plight
• It’s Workers Memorial Day. Yet Wyoming elected officials mostly silent in wake of yet another alarming report of workplace carnage, advocates say. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com In 2023, a worker died after falling through a skylight on a…
Conservation group calls for return of wild horses captured by BLM
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The American Wild Horse Conservation on Tuesday sent a formal letter to the Bureau of Land Management condemning the agency’s 2024 roundup in Wyoming’s White Mountain Herd Management Area, which reduced the wild horse population to…
Officials urge leaders to tackle housing shortage at the local level
By Carrie Haderlie The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Community Development Authority recommends action at the local level when it comes to Wyoming’s statewide housing shortage, after lawmakers failed to prioritize a lack of…
Wyoming Department of Health announces updated income guidelines for WIC aid
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Thousands of Wyoming families continue to receive free nutritious foods and education, breastfeeding support and health care referrals through the Wyoming WIC Program, operated by the Wyoming Department of Health, the department said in a news…
Average gas prices down slightly in Wyoming since a week ago
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have fallen 2.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.11 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 6.3 cents per…
Man arrested after 11-hour standoff
RIVERTON (WNE) — Riverton Police Department officers attempted to execute an arrest warrant on Wednesday but instead found themselves part of an 11-hour standoff with an armed subject barricaded in a home on the city’s north end, according to…