Teton bighorn hunt puzzles backcountry skiers
They wonder: Why increase tags while considering decreasing skiing to protect sheep? By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — This fall, a hunter successfully harvested one bighorn ram just west of Grand Teton National…
Uinta County Citizens Coalition: Natural Asset Companies new threat to property rights
By Virginia Giorgis Bridger Valley Pioneer Via- Wyoming News Exchange LYMAN — Conservation easements in the past were looked at as a way to protect land from development by giving a local land trust or government agency the right…
Calls for Jackson fire chief’s ouster grow to include county administrator
• Fuming at Jellie, critics also press county to fire administrator Watkins. By Sophia Boyd-Fliegel Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Unrest over Teton County emergency response leadership is growing, and now gunning for the top….
New data suggests renewable energy sources will outpace coal in 2024
By Zac Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — For a long time they said it would happen. And now they say it’s happening. A new report shows that in the U.S. this year renewable electricity —…
Woman gets 12-17 years for killing fiancé near Kemmerer
By Rana Jones Kemmerer Gazette Via- Wyoming News Exchange KEMMERER — New Zealand woman Monique Sullivan was sentenced last month to 12-17 years in prison for manslaughter in the stabbing death of her fiancé. According to a sworn affidavit…
Carnivores and scavengers could help reduce CWD
• Bobcats may only deposit a fraction of the infectious prions on the landscape that they eat, early study results show By Christine Peterson, WyoFile.com Wyoming Game and Fish biologists and technicians have spent the last year and a…
Bidding open on 13 bison
GILLETTE (WNE) — Those interested can now bid on 13 animals from the state bison herd. Bidding is open at the Hot Springs State Park office in Thermopolis until 4 p.m. Jan. 16. The available bison include seven 2023 heifer…
WYDOT gauges interest in electric vehicle charging stations
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Wyoming Department of Transportation has issued a Request for Information to gauge interest from potential station owners interested in participating in the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program. In 2021, the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act…
Nuclear power winning supporters, but restoring the industry could take more than we think
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Nuclear energy appears to be having a moment. The U.S. and 21 other countries at the climate talks in Dubai last month made a supercharged pledge to triple…
With low snow in Jackson Hole, wapiti trickle onto National Elk Refuge
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — There’s at least one person in Teton County who sees a silver lining in the low snowpack. “I’m probably the only person in Jackson Hole that’s happy we…