Fires burn at Togwotee and Palisades
The Fish Creek Fire by Togwotee Pass has reached 24,904 acres as of Tuesday, September. 10. The fire is considered 69-percent contained. The Northern Rockies Team 2, under the direction of Scott Schuster, has 504 personnel on the site with…
SVI Radio Interview: Lincoln County Sheriff Shane Johnson
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SVI Radio Interview: Alpine Mayor Eric Green, Gravel Pit Expansion
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Afton VA Clinic now offering flu shots for Veterans
AFTON, Wyoming—The Afton VA Clinic team invites enrolled Veterans to stop by for their annual flu shots during normal business hours (Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) To take part, enrolled Veterans simply come to the Afton VA Clinic, at 125…
Game and Fish Gears Up For More CWD Monitoring
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department needs help from hunters this fall to collect Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) samples from deer, elk and moose for chronic wasting disease testing. Samples are requested across Wyoming in key deer and elk…
Man accused of shooting 5 on Kentucky interstate vowed to ‘kill a lot of people,’ warrant says
By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LONDON, Ky. (AP) — The man suspected of opening fire on a highway in Kentucky sent a text message vowing to “kill a lot of people” less than 30 minutes before he shot and…
Louisiana residents prepare as Tropical Storm Francine is expected to hit their coast as a hurricane
By SARA CLINE and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tropical Storm Francine strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday and was forecast to make landfall as a hurricane this week in Louisiana, where evacuation orders were quickly…
James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King”…
Sweetwater County Commissioners: BLM’s proposed RMP still too restrictive and too much access will be lost
By Ann Jantz Rocket Miner Via- Wyoming News Exchange ROCK SPRINGS — Sweetwater County representatives are preparing a response in protest of the Bureau of Land Management’s recently released Rock Springs Final Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Resource Management…
Free flowing traffic returns to Togwotee as Fish Creek Fire burns to the south
JACKSON (WNE) — Free flowing traffic has returned to Highway 26/287 over Togwotee Pass where the Fish Creek Fire continues to put up smoke columns visible from Jackson. While a pilot car system has ended, fire officials are asking the…