Togwotee Pass reopens
JACKSON (WNE) — Highway 26 over Togwotee Pass has reopened. Officials will guide traffic through the area west of Dubois where the fire has burned closest to the road, according to a Friday morning press release. Maintenance crews will run…
Draft bill allows running over wolves, but requires immediate kill
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Predators Working Group unanimously supported a draft bill Wednesday that would continue to allow residents to intentionally run over predatory animals with snowmobiles but require…
The outfits saving Wyoming lives struggle to save themselves
• EMS agencies are considering solutions like consolidation to stay afloat, but the patchwork of funding makes financial sustainability challenging. By Madelyn BeckWyoFile.com Most businesses in Wyoming would go under if they were operating more than a million…
Survivalists of Sweetwater County prepare for the unexpected
By Trina Dennis Brittain Rocket Miner Via- Wyoming News Exchange ROCK SPRINGS — Some groups believe the world is going down in flames soon, especially after the election. Others think there are less dramatic but unexpected situations the public…
Early season snow slowed Fish Creek Fire, giving firefighters time to work
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The wintry weather system that dropped a few inches of snow on Togwotee Pass overnight last Sunday has slowed the growth of the Fish Creek Fire and…
Labor Committee votes to adjourn early, frustrating some members
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — To the dismay of some lawmakers, the Wyoming Legislature’s Labor, Health and Social Services Committee adjourned two hours after it began on the second day of its…
Grizzly bears relocated
CODY (WNE) — Two grizzly bears that attacked livestock on two different national forests in northwest Wyoming were recently trapped and relocated to the upper North Fork. After consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and…
Yellowstone tourism contributes $828M to local economy
CHEYENNE (WNE) — A new National Park Service report shows that 4.5 million visitors to Yellowstone National Park in 2023 spent $623 million in communities near the park.That spending supported 8,560 jobs in the local area and had a…
Judge rules in favor of LDS temple
By Buzzy Hassrick Cody Enterprise Via- Wyoming News Exchange CODY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints won its lawsuits to build a proposed controversial temple in Cody, according to a judge’s decision issued Monday. The opponents…
Mining company needs $500 million to get rare earths to market
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — American Rare Earths, the mineral exploration company whose Halleck Creek mine in Albany County is believed to be one of the largest critical mineral deposits in the world,…