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…
Kansas man identified in Greys River drowning
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the man who drowned in the Greys River on Tuesday, July 23. According to the LCSO, Mark Osmondson of Madison, Kansas died as a result of drowning approximately 16 miles…
Fatal Crash Near Casper
On July 20, 2019, a fatal crash occurred around milepost 14 on Wyoming 258 near the city limits of Casper, Wyoming. Around 10:00 p.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the area for a motor vehicle collision. A 1992…
Wyoming Regional Wildlife Supervisor Testifies Before the Senate on Human-Predator Conflict
Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), welcomed Brad Hovinga, Jackson regional wildlife supervisor for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, to the committee. Hovinga was testifying before the committee…
Enzi sponsors resolution declaring July 27 as National Day of the American Cowboy
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution declaring July 27, 2019 as the National Day of the American Cowboy. This resolution, sponsored by U.S. Senators Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. and Jon Tester, D-Mont., commemorates the pioneering men…
NEWS BRIEFS for Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Cheyenne City Council adopts comprehensive open data policy CHEYENNE (WNE) – Cheyenne City Council members voted unanimously Monday to establish a policy that city officials say will make more information available to more people. The new open data policy commits…
Herbicides, bugs on plant strategies wrestle tenacious invasive weed
Cheyenne area rancher Nina Haas walked slowly in the range grass, lush from summer rain, looking down at Dalmatian toadflax plants, and stopped. Something had grabbed her attention, and she went down to one knee for a closer look. “There,”…
WYDOT auctioning two more Welcome to Wyoming signs
People who may have missed the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s last “Welcome to Wyoming” sign auction have another chance to own a piece of history. WYDOT is holding an online auction for two 4-by-8-foot aluminum “Welcome to Wyoming” signs featuring…