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Month: October 2020

TEXT-IN RESPONSES: Do You Plan To Get The Flu Shot?

Heading into the flu season, professionals in the medical field are strongly encouraging everyone to get the flu shot, saying it’s more important than ever this year due to COVID-19. Medical personnel say it’s unknown how the flu will interact…

Kemmerer City says it received helpful advice for downtown renovations

Kemmerer City Administrator, Brian Muir, says the Downtown Redevelopment group recently met with the community and received some helpful advice on how to spruce up downtown. He says everyone’s response was helpful as over 200 surveys were given to the…

Devils Tower visitor numbers up in September, down for year

GILLETTE (WNE) — Popular tourist attractions have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and Devils Tower is no exception. The number of people who came to see the first U.S. national monument through September 2020 has decreased by 9.6%…

Confirmed coronavirus cases up by triple digits for sixth consecutive day

By The Wyoming News Exchange New laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus increased by 152 on Monday, marking the sixth consecutive day of triple-digit growth in the number of new confirmed cases recorded in the state. The Wyoming Department of Health, in…

Woman sentenced to 5 to 7 years in prison for assault by vehicle in Gillette

GILLETTE (WNE) –   A woman who ran into a semitruck on Interstate 90 after getting on the wrong on-ramp will spend up to 14 years in prison. Mary Jane Steele, 52, was sentenced to five to seven years in prison…

Snow King gets nod to expand in three directions on national forest

JACKSON (WNE) – The Bridger-Teton National Forest is moving forward with a plan for Snow King Mountain that allows the ski resort’s infrastructure to spread out in three directions: to the east, west and over the backside into Leeks Canyon….

Three-year-old suffers thermal burns in Yellowstone National Park

JACKSON (WNE) — A three-year-old suffered second-degree-thermal burns to the lower body and back in Yellowstone National Park on Friday. The accident occurred near the Fountain Freight Road near Midway Geyser Basin when the toddler took off running from the…

Interviews

Oct. 12: Toby Merritt, Thayne Volunteer Fire Department

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KICK IT OR KEEP IT: “Ready or Not” by Josh Dorr

A song from a Wyoming musician is up for vote in today’s Kick It or Keep It on SVI Radio. Josh Dorr, a country singer from Gillette, released his most recent album titled Sundancer in 2017. The most popular song…