Partners Continue to Support Porcupine Landslide Prework Efforts
Alpine, Wyo., May 24, 2018 – The Bridger-Teton National Forest is continuing to work with consultants and partnering agencies to get contractors, funding, equipment and personnel lined up to work, as soon as it is effective and safe to do…
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Symposium May 30-31 at UW
Recent developments in drone usage, along with technology challenges, acquiring data and legal issues, are among topics at the upcoming Wyoming Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Symposium at the University of Wyoming. Sessions are Wednesday-Thursday, May 30-31, at the UW Conference…
How the LDS Church manages its finances
Josh Furlong, KSL.com SALT LAKE CITY — Like many religions around the world, the LDS Church relies on donations from its members to support the day-to-day operations of a growing church — a principle it calls “the law of tithing.”…
(Video) – Cokeville Class of 2018 Graduation
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE COKEVILLE CLASS OF 2018 GRADUATION. Simplot Smoky Canyon Mine has generously sponsored the 2018 graduation season for LCSD #2 which includes Star Valley High School (May 22), Cokeville High School (May 23) and Swift Creek…
Town of Jackson looks at banning plastic bags
By John Spina Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — With a biodegradable life span of 500 to 1,000 years, every piece of plastic ever made still exists in some form unless it was incinerated. With the average…
LDS Church Transfers 169 Missionaries Out of Nicaragua
Church spokesman Daniel Woodruff released the following statement on May 22: “Due to growing political instability in Nicaragua, the Church is in the process of transferring 169 missionaries out of that country. This includes 37 missionaries from the Nicaragua Managua…
As West Coast shuns coal, states like Wyoming will face difficult choices
By Heather Richards Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — If Oregon, Washington and California ditch coal, it may leave Wyoming’s largest utility, and its customers, holding a bag they don’t want to carry, officials told lawmakers Monday. Wyoming…
Big Snake runoff looms
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole Daily Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The brunt of a runoff season that’s predicted to reach 150 percent of average will likely rush through Jackson Hole’s streams and rivers in the next week or…
(Video) – Simplot Smoky Canyon Mine presents 2018 SVHS Graduation
Simplot Smoky Canyon Mine has generously sponsored the 2018 graduation season for LCSD #2 which includes Star Valley High School (May 22), Cokeville High School (May 23) and Swift Creek High School (May 24). Tuesday night’s broadcast from SVHS will…
Where is Kayla Davis? Idaho authorities seeking information
This story courtesy of EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission. IDAHO FALLS — She had only been married a few months when 23-year-old Kayla Davis and her husband, 23-year-old Walker Thomas, moved to Idaho Falls from Pocatello to start…