Troopers respond to Teton Pass mayhem
By Kate Ready Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Wyoming State Trooper Todd Baxter slept in Thursday morning after a chaotic Wednesday night running from crash to crash on Teton Pass until close to dawn. Standstill…
Rocky Mountain Power wants to hike electric rates again, this time by $116M
• The utility says its Wyoming customers owe $86.4 million due to unforeseen coal, natural gas and power purchase costs in 2023. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com If you’re one of Rocky Mountain Power’s 144,511 customers in Wyoming, your…
Conservation groups press for big game habitat exclusions in federal solar energy initiative
• The Bureau of Land Management is accepting comments through April 18 on a plan to offer solar energy leases in Wyoming and several other western states. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com The Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to…
3 more murders confirmed in Fremont County; Lander man arrested
By Sarah Elmquist Squires The Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — A homicide was reported on the Wind River Reservation over the weekend, an arrest was made in a second homicide on the same day, and the Fremont County…
Elk antler poacher fined, loses hunting privileges for 3 years
JACKSON (WNE) — Just weeks before the legal antler hunt season on public lands opens May 1 for Wyoming residents and May 8 for others, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced stiff penalties against an antler poacher. An Idaho…
Grizzly found, killed in the Bighorns
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Wyoming officials on Sunday detected a grizzly bear living in the Bighorn Mountains, a range 100 miles east of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem that grizzlies haven’t occupied for…
Governor Announces Opening of Expanded Property Tax Refund Program
• Deadline to apply is June 3 CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon and the Wyoming Department of Revenue are pleased to announce the property tax refund program for homeowners is now open for applications. At the Governor’s request, the…
Big Boy No. 4014 to embark on Westward Bound tour this summer
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Union Pacific’s famed Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will return to the rails this summer with a scenic tour across mountain ranges and high desert vistas in four western states: Wyoming, Utah,…
Casper comes together in grief to mourn Bobby
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — He was known by friends and neighbors as Bobby, a familiar face on the basketball court and recognized by his dashing mop of curly brown hair and boyishly charming…
Death threats roll in as wolf abuse investigation proceeds
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Sublette County is usually a quiet community of about 9,000 people. But after allegations of wolf abuse went international, residents have been inundated with violent threats from across…