Lander school district approves firearms for staff
By Seth Klamann Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Lander-based Fremont County School District No. 1 became just the fourth district in Wyoming to allow approved staff members to carry firearms in schools after a school board vote…
Council of Catholic Women to host community flea market Saturday
A community flea market and rummage sale will take place on Saturday, July 27 in the Holy Family Catholic Church parking lot. The event will be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is under the direction of the…
Community blood drive planned for August 21
A community blood drive will take place on Wednesday, August 21 in the Greys River Room at Star Valley Health. Blood donors are welcome from noon to 5:45 p.m. “The hospital isn’t sponsoring the blood drive but with the blood…
Palisades Reservoir remains full going into final week of July
The good news of cool, wet weather in the spring and early summer months in Star Valley is that Palisades Reservoir reaps the rewards. According to information provided by the Bureau of Reclamation, Palisades is sitting at 94 percent full…
WHP Trooper Injured In Two Vehicle Collision
A Wyoming Highway Patrol vehicle was involved in a motor vehicle collision yesterday evening south of Cheyenne. The Trooper was patrolling southbound on US 85 when a Dodge Ram pickup truck entered US 85 from East Jefferson Road causing both…
Bonneville County Sheriffs Office to participate in the State of Idaho Aggressive Driving Mobilization.
The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, along with Law Enforcement Agencies all across the State of Idaho, are adding extra officers to our streets, roads, and highways between July 26, 2019 and August 7, 2019 to target aggressive drivers. The Idaho…
Wyoming Law Enforcement Torch Run Selling Pigskin Madness Raffle Tickets
WYOMING – Wyoming Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Wyoming is selling Pigskin Madness Raffle Tickets, a $20.00 game of chance. Each ticket has seven chances to win each of the 17 weeks of the professional football season. Each…
NEWS BRIEFS for Friday, July 26, 2019
Crop insurance payout depends on cause of canal collapse TORRINGTON (WNE) — The collapse of an irrigation tunnel along the Fort Laramie-Gering canal has threatened the livelihood of farmers in the Wyobraska area by cutting them off from a key…
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to Visit Wyoming’s Thunder Basin National Grassland
WRIGHT, Wyo – Secretary Perdue will visit Wyoming July 30-31 and visit Thunder Basin National Grassland. This will be Perdue’s second visit to Wyoming and his first visit to Thunder Basin National Grassland, one of only 20 national grasslands in…
Contura agrees to buy back Blackjewel’s Wyoming mines
By Greg Johnson Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — Blackjewel LLC has reached a deal to sell the Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte surface coal mines in Campbell County along with a mine in West…