Woman, 67, dies in Snake River guided fishing incident after boat overturned
JACKSON (WNE) — A 67-year-old woman died on the Snake River shortly after noon Tuesday in a guided fishing accident when the drift boat she and two other people were in tipped at an eddyline, “began to take on water…
Op-Ed: Kemmerer stands ready to embrace nuclear power while not dismissing coal
On June 2nd 2021 Kemmerer City Administrator Brian Muir and I, Mayor Bill Thek, met with Rocky Mountain Power’s Regional Business Manager Ron Wild at Kemmerer City Hall. Ron had come with a contingent of local community Mayors: LaBarge…
Flags at half-staff in honor of Wyoming Vietnam soldier
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon made the following announcement: “I have ordered both the U.S. and Wyoming State Flags be flown at half-staff statewide from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, July 21 in honor and memory of First Lieutenant Alva “Ray”…
Diving For Lucky’s: Nearly $1,700 raised for local animal shelter during Skydiving event
Lucky’s Place animal shelter received a significant donation over the weekend following a skydiving event held at the Afton-Lincoln County Airport. Carol Jones of Snake River Skydiving Wyoming said a total of 169 tandem skydives took place during the three…
No injuries in plane crash at Afton Airport
Emergency response personnel were dispatched to a plane crash at the Afton-Lincoln County Airport around 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, July 20. A plane was found a few hundred feet off the runway on the south end of the airport. Lincoln County…
Two dead in wreck near Evanston
EVANSTON (WNE) — A man and boy are dead after another man drove his pickup into vehicles that were stopped for a previous accident on Interstate 80 near Evanston on Sunday, July 18, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol. The…
Jackson sees more than 50,000 visitors a day
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — It’s midsummer in Jackson Hole and bumper-to-bumper traffic on Broadway, Snow King Avenue and Highway 22 has felt worse than ever before. Lines for a morning bagel look…