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Year: 2023

WWCC students from Kemmerer take 2nd in state Skills USA

A number of students from Western Wyoming Community College, including two from Kemmerer, recetly placed well in the Wyoming Skills USA competition, held in Casper in April. Aiden Runnion and Aaron Ortiz, both from Kemmerer, along with Hunter Gross of…

Interviews

May 22: Lincoln County Commissioner Jerry Hansen – Part 2

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Interviews

May 22: Lincoln County Commissioner Jerry Hansen – Part 1

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Fatal winter puts ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ on shaky ground

• A year that started off especially deadly for the Sublette Herd of Antilocapra americana threatens to drastically reduce numbers of animals using an ancient, celebrated migration.   By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com A collared pronghorn took her last breath on…

Officers rescue man after kayak overturns

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies rescued a man who overturned on a kayak Sunday afternoon on Palisades Reservoir. Around 4 p.m., deputies were patrolling on the water near the McCoy Creek area when they came upon an upside-down kayak, life jacket,…

Weekend Sports Wrap: Spring Culminating Events come to an end

The 2022-23 sports season wrapped up with State events in Casper and Sweetwater County over the weekend with Kelly Walsh High School once again hosting State Track and Field.  SVHS is now firmly in the 4A ranks and came away…

KICK IT OR KEEP IT: “Midnight Ride” by Chris Petersen

A country song by this year’s Celebrity Judge for The Vocalist is up for vote on Kick It or Keep It. “Midnight Ride” was released by Chris Petersen in November of 2020. To date it has been Petersen’s 2nd most…

Prosecutors agree to release man detained after Yellowstone death

By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Michael Wayne McCollum will be released from a Montana jail where he was held on Yellowstone National Park’s behalf — even though federal prosecutors initially labeled him a…

Bridger Valley man gets life in prison for ‘half-baked, poorly executed’ murder-for-hire

By Hayden Godfrey Uinta County Herald Via- Wyoming News Exchange EVANSTON — A Bridger Valley man was sentenced to life in prison last Thursday after unsuccessfully orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot against his ex-wife.  According to a sworn affidavit by Uinta…