***Update: Missing man recovered in Palisades avalanche
The following is a release from the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office. Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputies, Search and Rescue, and Air Idaho Rescue were able to resume operations this morning and recover the victim from yesterday’s avalanche, 46 year old Robert…
Governor, State Health Officer extend statewide Public Health Orders through April 30
• Governor also Directs 14-Day Quarantine for Travelers Arriving in Wyoming from another State or Country Governor Mark Gordon and State Health Officer Dr. Alexia Harrist have extended the three existing statewide health orders through April 30 to slow community…
Local health officials offer reassurances, dispel myths in wake of COVID-19
BY JULIE DOCKSTADER HEAPS Assurances that the first positive COVID-19 test in Lincoln County is not “community-spread,” explaining the “evolution” in testing and triage, and dispelling myriad myths. All this and more was publicly discussed by local health officials this…
Wyoming COVID-19 cases rise to 162, state lab limits testing
Compiled from Wyoming News Exchange newspapers Wyoming’s coronavirus case count grew to 162 on Friday morning, an increase of nine from the previous day. The Wyoming Health Department announced that as of 10 a.m. Friday, nine new cases were reported…
Wyoming News Briefs: April 3, 2020
Cheyenne officials eye liquor store deliveries CHEYENNE (WNE) – A few weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic’s local impact, city officials are eyeing a way to allow Cheyenne’s liquor stores to make deliveries – something already permitted in most other parts…
Bear Lake County residents reassured declaration of emergency is simply ‘proactive approach’
The Bear Lake (Idaho) County Commission has issued a Declaration of Emergency during the COVID-19 crisis. However, Commission Chair Vaughn Rasmussen reassured the citizens of the area that the declaration is simply a proactive approach for state or federal funding…
April 3: Vaughn Rasmussen, Bear Lake County Commissioner
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Retiring Game Warden was mentor, role model
FROM THE WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT Green River – Cokeville Game Warden Neil Hymas is trading in his saddle and his “green truck” for his next adventure in life; retirement. Hymas, known by his radio call number of GF-34,…
Independent Obituaries: April 1, 2020
The following obituaries appeared in the April 1, 2020 edition of the Star Valley Independent. For more local obituaries, please visit Schwab Mortuary. Daniel Ambrose ‘Danny’ Vishon, 75, of Thayne, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at Eastern Idaho Regional…
April 3: Coach Kade Erickson, SVHS Girls Basketball
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